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The Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois. Now housing Macy's State Street, the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style complex was designed by architect Daniel Burnham and built in two stages—north end in 1901–02 (including columned entrance) and south end in 1905–06.
The following is a list of the affected stores, including some local and regional stores that earlier had been absorbed into chains that became part of Federated, May, or Macy's. Abraham & Straus ( Macy's in 1995) D. M. Read (Macy's in 1990) Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986) The Bon Marché (Macy's in 2005)
Emporium (early medieval), a 6th- to 9th-century trading settlement in Northwestern Europe. Emporium (Italy), an ancient town on the site of present-day Empoli, Italy. Emporium (Rome), the river port of ancient Rome. Emporium (Jamestown, California), a building listed on the US National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Tuolumne County.
1882 – Chicago Police Chief William McGarigle, in the pay of Chicago crime lord Michael Cassius McDonald, was indicted for graft and later fled to Canada. 1882? – John "Mushmouth" Johnson opened the Emporium Saloon and gambling establishment, began his reign as Chicago's first South Side Policy racket king.
Chicago has played a central role in American economic, cultural and political history. Since the 1850s Chicago has been one of the dominant metropolises in the Midwestern United States, and has been the largest city in the Midwest since the 1880 census. The area's recorded history begins with the arrival of French explorers, missionaries and ...
James Westfall Thompson. James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941) was an American historian specializing in the history of medieval and early modern Europe, particularly of the Holy Roman Empire and France. He also made noteworthy contributions to the history of literacy, libraries and the book trade in the Middle Ages .
Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;
Galleries Maurice Sternberg is Chicago 's oldest continually operating art gallery, founded in 1945. [1] The gallery was founded by Maurice Sternberg and Judith Sternberg in the arcade of the Drake Hotel. In its early days, the gallery became known for exhibiting the work of American and European artists including Antoine Blanchard, Edouard ...