Talk:Wanamaker's

Philadelphia store question
There's been an edit which leads one to believe the Wanamaker's flagship store location across from Philadelphia's City Hall was either vacant circa 1995-1996, or was named Hecht's in this same period. Not being from Philly or even close, all I know is what the May Company said on its website (see article sources). Is someone more knowledgeable about this and perhaps would like to make the story about this building's recent use more clear? Thanks! --avnative 12:36, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

It was Lord & Taylor, before being converted to Macy's. Njbob (talk) 21:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Vague Answer?
I am in Philly, so can only tell you what I remember. After Wannie's closed, other stores did quickly take the location. I remember three, although wouldn't have remembered Hecht's was the first one without reading this article. It was, but it was only Hecht's for a short time. I guess I'm really just verifying something most Philadelphians know, but have no specific source, pass memory.

Also, I wanted to add that there is a little "citation needed" link regarding the saying, "Meet me under the Eagle." Same problem as my last remark. It's just something Philadelphians know. How does one citate common knowledge of Philadelphians? Only thing I can do to prove it (and I'm assuming the same goes for the person who wrote this article) is that we Philadelphians are very picky about our history. If this was not common knowledge, you'd have many Philadelphians finding this page just to complain. ;) --Atwhatcost (talk) 09:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Some Wannie's facts...
The toy department fell on the eighth floor, not only encompassing a wide variety of traditional toys, but also was home to a Monorail that would shuttle children around the building. This has recently been added to the archives of the Please Touch Museum, rumored to be moving to the old Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park and to be housing not only the Monoirail, but also such treasures as the set from Noah's Ark, a classic children's show airing on the local ABC affiliate, and one of the wooden carousels which are part of Philadelphia's history.

Regardless, points of interest that are still in the Wanamaker flagship are the pipe organ, the Great Hall, the bronze eagle, and the iconic tile floor made famous in Mannequin (if not Mannequin II).

Additionaly, Wanamaker's was named Hecht's (from my best knowledge) from 1995 until it's turnover to Lord & Taylor.

Former Locations
In the late 1970's/early 1980's, there was a Wanamaker's store at 150 Broadway (a small office building)in lower Manhattan (northeast corner of Broadway and Liberty Street). The store occupied about a quarter of the first and second floors, plus part of the basement. Kjjj10 04:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The NYC store occupied the former A.T. Stewart building on Broadway between 9th and 10th Sts. which extended back to Fourth Avenue. The annex, between 8th and 9th Sts. still stands and houses a K-Mart on the Fourth Avenue side. The two buildings were connected by a bridge over 9th St. http://gvshp.org/blog/2011/12/07/east-9th-street-then-and-now/ 2604:2000:F1C3:6700:E09D:CCE:1209:EA23 (talk) 04:08, 23 June 2017 (UTC)


 * This page should definitely have a subparagraph listing suburban branch stores as well as an infobox for the chain. 98.115.168.68 (talk) 23:42, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Re-added a section on some of the suburban stores that had been reverted for sockpuppetry. ShadyCrack (talk) 16:48, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

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Possible to split?
I'm thinking it might be advantageous to split this into two articles: one about Wanamaker's the chain, and another about Wanamaker's the historic location. Like any historic place, I would think a separate article could give it a better treatment than being combined into a mess of details about the company's subsequent history (under May, Macy's, etc.). I'm not from Philly, either, so I wouldn't be the best one to do the split, but I came upon this article while looking into the history of May Company (which used to run May D&F here in Colorado) and just wondered. Comments are appreciated! Duncan1800 (talk) 15:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Numerous Wikipedia policy vios
My edits today, and the two tags placed, enumerate a very large number of Wikipedia policy violations in this article, which is written like a personal essay lacking virtually any footnotes and having contained an inordinate number of vague, personal, unquantifiable POV, such as someone's voice making the Christmas show "come to life" (among many other examples). Before editing a Wikipedia article, the responsible thing to do is to become familiar with the basic policies at the Five Pillars of Wikipedia, which stress that every statement be verified by authoritative reliable-source citations. -- 207.237.230.157 (talk) 17:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Dondi movie
Wanamaker's was mentioned in the movie Dondi 179.60.73.201 (talk) 00:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)