3/5 D. C. 1 year ago on Google
Having
lived
in
several
major
cities
where
Macy's
has
taken
over
grand
old
department
store
buildings,
I
can
say
when
Macy's
shows
up,
you
can
pretty
much
accept
the
fact
that
an
era
has
ended.
I
see
some
glowing
reviews
here,
perhaps
coming
from
people
that
don't
realize
what
"used
to
be".
This
is
true
of
the
State
St.
Chicago
location
(as
well
as
the
Wanamaker
building
in
Philadelphia).
I
unfortunately
never
got
to
visit
Marshall
Field's
prior
to
the
change.
I
did
visit
the
new
Macy's
not
too
long
after
the
take
over.
At
that
time,
the
store
still
felt
kinda
festive,
but
I
could
tell
some
of
the
grandeur
was
already
gone.
Now,
in
2022,
the
store
is
but
a
whisper
of
what
it
once
was.
Granted,
Covid
played
a
big
part...and
traffic
in
the
store
still
isn't
back
up
to
"exciting"
yet.
I
have
some
ideas
about
what's
going
on.
I
don't
think
the
location
is
a
destination
as
it
once
was
for
city
dwellers.
Because
downtown
is
changing
rapidly,
there
also
isn't
the
type
of
foot
traffic
there
once
was,
from
people
converging
on
the
loop
for
work.
So
a
lot
of
the
customers
are
visitors,
or
maybe
residents
who
happen
to
have
made
the
trip
down.
Retail
is
also
quickly
changing,
and
the
department
store
as
an
icon
is
dwindling.
But
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
Macy's
itself.
I
happened
to
work
at
the
Herald
Square
location
in
the
80s
and
THAT
was
still
an
exciting
place
(not
so
much
anymore).
I
also
worked
for
Macy's
again
in
the
early
2000s
in
King
of
Prussia,
PA.
That's
when
I
realized
how
bland
the
company
had
gotten.
Presentation,
the
type
of
employees,
and
general
atmosphere
all
have
gone
to
pot.
At
State
St.
even,
once
you
leave
the
main
floor,
some
of
the
employees
are
dressed
like
they're
going
to
a
picnic,
not
selling
"finer
retail".
Plus,
Macy's
pretty
much
stretched
themselves
too
thin,
placing
multiple
stores
within
short
distances.
The
Water
Tower/Michigan
Ave.
store
has
had
to
close.
That
being
said...the
building
as
an
architectural
feature
is
still
amazing.
Please
do
some
reading
about
the
history
of
Marshall
Field's
and
the
eventual
residency
of
the
store
in
this
location.
Do
take
time
to
view
the
amazing
"Tiffany
Dome"
that
was
designed
by
Tiffany
himself.
And
yes...they
still
have
a
"bargain
basement"
where
you
can
find
incredible
markdowns,
although
it's
on
the
2nd
floor
(well,
men's
is).
AND...one
of
the
few
stores
that
still
has
an
extensive
candy
dept!!!
I
will
say
that
Macy's
also
is
one
of
the
only
chains
that
WILL
put
in
good
effort
to
decorate
for
Christmas...
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