No time to plan! Learned that today was perhaps the last day to hear the Wanamaker Organ, because Macy's was closing tomorrow. Took the SEPTA regional rail train from Wawa Station to Jefferson Station in Philadelphia, and walked up Market Street.
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| The historic Wanamaker Building (est 1861, building 1910-1911, by Daniel H Burnham in Florentine Renaissance style) |
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| The Market Street entrance to Wanamaker's, which was sold several times after 1978, and most recently has been a Macy's Department Store since 2006 |
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| A glimpse of the statue of William Penn atop the Philadelphia City Hall |
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| Even the store fixtures were being sold at Macy's |
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| The Wanamaker Organ (former 1904 St Louis World's Fair pipe organ) is located in the Grand Court; it is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world |
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| President William H Taft delivered the dedication address |
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| "Meet me at the Eagle" is a famous phrase in Philadelphia |
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| Kent and Tamiko with the Durana the Eagle (1904, by August Gaul) in the seven-story Grand Court of the Wanamaker Building, while the organ played |
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| Originally nine of twelve floors were retail, but Macy's used only three (KSS) |
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| Tree of Knowledge Mural (2003, by Michael Webb) (KSS) |
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| We had lunch at Reading Terminal at Beck's Cajun Cafe; a huge muffaletta (KSS) |
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| Mac and cheese balls (KSS) |
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| Jambalaya (KSS) |
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