There was a time when going downtown in Philadelphia meant something special. Long before online shopping and suburban malls transformed American retail, Market Street was the center of Philadelphia’s ...

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy. Summary Records documenting John Wanamaker's import of French painting from Parisian salons and ...

Philadelphia’s recently shuttered “palace of shopping,” Daniel Burnham’s 12-story department store commissioned by industrialist John Wanamaker, was largely influenced by Palazzo Medici in Florence, ...

The Wanamaker Building was built to be an icon of modern retail, a colossal temple of middle-class consumerism in the heart of Philadelphia. Over 100 years later, the palatial department stores of ...

The Wanamaker Building, once viewed as a retail pillar in Center City and home to some of Philly's most prized landmarks, entered a state of flux this year after Macy's closed and owners released ...