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In 1910, Wanamaker replaced his Grand Depot in stages, and constructed a new, purpose-built structure on the same site in Center City Philadelphia. The new store, built in the Florentine style with granite walls by Chicago architect Daniel H. Burnham , had 12 floors (nine for retail), numerous galleries and two lower levels totaling nearly two ...
An illustration of Philadelphia City Hall and John Wanamaker's "Grand Depot" at 13th and Market Streets in Philadelphia The Grand Court at 13th and Market Streets in Philadelphia The Wanamaker building at 13th and Market Streets in November 2013. In 1861, Wanamaker opened his first store in partnership with his brother in-law Nathan Brown.
[3] [4] Nevin directed Wanamaker's to buy property on South Broad Street across the street from Philadelphia City Hall. [4] The land was the site of two late-19th-century 13- story high-rises. On the corner of Broad and Penn Square stood the Lincoln Building, originally called the Betz Building.
The Wanamaker Organ is located within a spacious 7-story Grand Court at Macy's Center City (formerly Wanamaker's department store) and is played twice a day Monday through Saturday. The organ is featured at several special concerts held throughout the year, including events featuring the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus and Brass ...
Roosevelt Mall is a medium-sized outdoor shopping mall, located along Pennsylvania Route 73 (Cottman Avenue) between Bustleton Avenue west end and U.S. Route 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) in the east end, or Rhawnhurst neighborhood, of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mall has 45 stores and services.
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In 1875 the north side of the 1000 block (site of the Milne Factory) was a cemetery; the site of the Curtis Building was a lumberyard; the Wyeth sites at 10th and 12th Streets were coal yards; the Wanamaker Factory was the location of the 13th and 15th Street Passenger Railroad stables and car barn.
The North American Building is an 81 m (266 ft), 21-story, historic high-rise building at 121 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The building was designed by Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim (1840–1919) as the headquarters of the newspaper The North American and commissioned by Thomas B. Wanamaker, the newspaper's publisher and son of John Wanamaker, the department store ...