Wanamaker’s Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its Grand Court Organ is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world. (Photo by Carol Highsmith via Library of Congress) [2337X1750]
Wanamaker’s Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its Grand Court Organ is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world. (Photo by Carol Highsmith via Library of Congress) [2337X1750]
Is there a sorta creepy Dicken’s Christmas Village thing there?
chilibeana
I would love to see this in person. Reminds me the old Macy’s at Herald Square NYC. They just don’t make ’em like this anymore.
climbthatladder
Around the holidays they do a light show accompanied by the organ every hour or so, and I will say it’s cool as fuck to be shopping for bras and hear an organ start playing at FULL BLAST twenty feet away.
mskrabapel
Was this where they filmed parts of the movie Mannequin?
DrummingChopsticks
I was here right after Christmas – Macys isn’t taking care of the space all that well
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It’s a massive organ
Hutcher_Du
Hey, did Frankie ever tell you about the time I threw him off of the John Wanamaker building?
IrishGh0st91
I used to work in offices above the Macy’s in the Wanamaker. Very cool building, especially around Christmastime.
Euronomus
That’s why mom named you Dirt instead of Wanamaker!
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Source photo: [https://www.loc.gov/item/2010630086/](https://www.loc.gov/item/2010630086/)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ)
Is there a sorta creepy Dicken’s Christmas Village thing there?
I would love to see this in person. Reminds me the old Macy’s at Herald Square NYC. They just don’t make ’em like this anymore.
Around the holidays they do a light show accompanied by the organ every hour or so, and I will say it’s cool as fuck to be shopping for bras and hear an organ start playing at FULL BLAST twenty feet away.
Was this where they filmed parts of the movie Mannequin?
I was here right after Christmas – Macys isn’t taking care of the space all that well
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It’s a massive organ
Hey, did Frankie ever tell you about the time I threw him off of the John Wanamaker building?
I used to work in offices above the Macy’s in the Wanamaker. Very cool building, especially around Christmastime.
That’s why mom named you Dirt instead of Wanamaker!
https://youtu.be/ulDC1w1ydLI
That place sounds properly awesome!
“Let’s fire down to John Wanamaker’s and get ourselves a couple of Tommy Bahama shirts. Are you familiar?”
I would love to hear “Who let the dogs out?” on this.
Did they film Mannequin here?
I remember my Mom taking me there at Christmas time to look at their huge light display!
But also- I’m not clear on why a department store needs a pipe organ?
Why did they put an organ in a department store?
I’d love to hear them play In the Garden of Eden. It’s my favorite hymn, even though it sounds a bit like rock and/or roll.
I wonder why they don’t use warm bulbs for this room – I can never get into this cold lighting!
Thus cementing the “the American church is consumerism” idea
Ahhhh The church of retail.
Is this the department store from Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
Schoenstein Organ at the Conference Center in Salt Lake city is significantly larger than this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoenstein_Organ_at_the_Conference_Center