One of the things I was looking forward to most about this past weekend’s ‘The Traveling Chicks’ excursion in Chicago was an opportunity to have a personal tour of the Chicago State Street Macy’s location. As a lover of both shopping and history, I have heard such wonderful things about the Macy’s on State Street.
Lydia from the Macy’s Visitor’s Center gave us a grande tour of the largest Macy’s store in the world, apart from Macy’s Herald Square in New York City. We started with a lesson on how the building we were standing in started as Marshall Field’s. The building was destroyed twice in a fire, one incident was attributed to The Great Chicago Fire on October 10, 1871 which damaged about 4 square miles of Chicago.
It was rebuilt both times and rose to prominence at THE place to shop and dine in Chicago. In 2006, Marshall Field’s (under Dayton-Hudson) became Macy’s under much scrutiny of its mid-west residents, but has since become an accepted part of Chicago and the surrounding area.
The Tech Chick and I were treated to visuals from the wonderful and historic Tiffany ceiling, The Walnut Room, courtyard water fountain, and so much more. It was such a treat seeing the fixtures and history first hand while learning about their origins and stories behind it.
To learn more about visiting Macy’s State Street, visit their specialized site: Visit Macy’s Chicago.
Below are a few pictures I took with my Blackberry during our tour. Special thanks to Kamal, Mayo, Lydia and the entire staff of Macy’s State Street for making this happen.
The famous Tiffany Favrile Ceiling
Hope you picked up a box of those famous frango mints or chocolates!
I didn’t buy any because I am not a min chocolate girl but we did have some samples and I was quite impressed that they were made homemade on site.
Ooops mint chocolate girl.