Behind the scenes at Philadelphia's iconic Wanamaker Organ before Macy's closes 05:00. Walk inside the doors of the soon-to-be closed Macy's department store in Center City Philadelphia and you ...

But what’s different about the doomed Macy’s shops in, say, Lafayette, Louisiana, and Flint, Michigan, is that they don’t contain the Wanamaker Organ, whose future is now in question.

John Wanamaker bought the organ from the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and shipped it to Philadelphia in 1909. The massive instrument had to be carried in 13 freight train cars.

The city recently approved permits that provide a look into the architect firm's designs for the historic site.

Macy's announced it would close its Center City store in the Wanamaker Building, raising questions about the future of the historic organ and Eagle statue. Both are protected through the city's ...

On Thursday, before the news broke publicly that Macy’s would be departing from Center City, the Wanamaker Building resonated with a long, sorrowful sigh. Dylan David Shaw, the organist on duty ...

As a historian of Philadelphia and historic preservation, I recognize the panic as a familiar response to the economic changes that have been shaping the city for 75 years. As city leaders have ...

Walk inside the doors of the soon-to-be closed Macy's department store in Center City Philadelphia and you can still hear that magical sound — the Wanamaker Organ. But not for much longer. Many ...

As a historian of Philadelphia and historic preservation, I recognize the panic as a familiar response to the economic changes that have been shaping the city for 75 years. As city leaders have ...