In the 1970s I visited Chicago for the first time and was surprised to find a 38-story office building called the Pittsfield Building. I was even more surprised to learn that the building had a ...

Dillenbeck, John. (2018). "Marshall Field's Building Chicago" [photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr Pro. When Macy's confirmed the closure of its sprawling Water Tower Place store on Chicago's ...

Discover the rise and fall of the legendary department store Marshall Field’s. "Give the lady what she wants." "Meet me under the clock." For generations of Chicagoans, these phrases evoke a single ...

From the Walnut Room restaurant to its window displays, Marshall Field’s figured out how to draw in the crowds during the holiday. Carolyn Cross’s great grandparents came to Chicago from Lithuania ...

Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.

CHICAGO — It’s been nearly 20 years since anyone bought anything at a Marshall Field’s store, but the retailer still lives large in the Chicago area conscience. The department store founded in the ...

The Nov. 10 story, "Macy's capitalizes on local roots," mentioned that Macy's acquired the former Marshall Field department store in Chicago and that the name "Marshall Field" is no longer being used.

CHICAGO — Two-and-a-half-dozen moving Christmas window display figures from the historic Chicago retailer, Marshall Field’s, are now up for auction. Potter & Potter Auctions is now live with 30 of the ...

Department store cookies were a storied shopping tradition that is deeply missed. Relive the glory days with this copycat Marshall Field's chocolate cookies recipe.

For a man who would go on to amass a great fortune from his elegant department store, Marshall Field had humble beginnings. Chicago Stories is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...