For all intents and purposes, we are also saying goodbye to the Wanamaker Building itself, a city landmark since John Wanamaker laid the cornerstone in 1909 to great fanfare. Until a future use of the ...

Macy’s took over the landmark Wanamaker Building located at 13th and Market Street in 2006. Retail legacy giant John Wanamaker founded his namesake John Wanamaker & Co business in 1869 and ...

GOODBYE CELEBRATIONS. IT SITS RIGHT NEXT TO CITY HALL, AND WHILE IT’S MACY’S NOW THAT IS CLOSING TO MOST OF US, IT WILL ALWAYS BE JOHN WANAMAKER’S. I REMEMBER GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO WANAMAKER ...

and thereafter wound up gathering dust in a warehouse until wealthy Philadelphia entrepreneur John Wanamaker rescued it for his then-under-development eponymous department store, figuring its ...

Let us know! Hundreds packed the Center City Macy’s on Saturday to listen to the Wanamaker Organ in a daylong concert celebrating the instrument as the department store marks its final weekend. A ...

The owner of malls in Cherry Hill and Moorestown has sold a shopping center in suburban Philadelphia. PREIT said it transferred Exton Square Mall for $34.2 million to Abrams Realty, a Pennsylvania ...

The Wanamaker building opened 114 years ago. Since John Wanamaker's closed in 1995, it's been a Hecht's, Strawbridge's, Lord & Taylor and, most recently, Macy's. "It's just an old building ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- This marks the final weekend of operation for the Macy's at the iconic Wanamaker Building in Center City. Hundreds of people gathered all day Saturday to listen to the ...

PREIT has sought ways to introduce homes at its other mall properties, including selling land for apartments to be constructed at the Moorestown Mall in New Jersey. The company also has explored ...