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Macy's on State Street,
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Macy's on State Street, a Macy's flagship store announces the
Centennial Celebration of it's most noted icons including The Great Clock, The Tiffany Ceiling, The Walnut Room and the Great Tree. Plan a visit to the State Street Store in Chicago to celebrate with us! Complimentary self-guided tours of the State Street icons are available as MP3 files to download from visitmacyschicago.com or on audio players in our 7th floor visitor center. |
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| Great Clock on State & Washington |
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The first clock was installed on Nov 26, 1897 at the corner of State & Washington. In 1907, this clock was replaced with the one we see today. Designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, each clock is made of 7¾ tons of cast bronze
and hung by ornamental ironwork projected several feet from the building. |
The face of the clock is 46" across, the minute hand is 27" and the hour hand is 20½" long. The clock is impulse operated from a master timepiece located in the store. The timepiece is checked twice daily with the Arlington time signal and corrects the clocks every hour. On November 3, 1945 the clock was immortalized in a Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover with a repairman setting the landmark clock by his own pocket watch.
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| Tiffany Ceiling |
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Located at State and Washington and unveiled on September 30, 1907, it is one of the largest remaining examples in the world of unbroken Tiffany mosaic glass. The ceiling itself covers 6,000 square feet and contains 1.6 million pieces.
Installed directly under the supervision of Tiffany himself, the ceiling
serves as an example of the artist's most famous formula for making glass
called the "favrille" process. |
The project took 1½ years to complete with more than 50 men on scaffolds to inlay the glass.
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| Walnut Room |
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The world famous Walnut Room first opened on Sept. 30, 1907. Located on the 7th floor, the Walnut Room is one of the oldest operating restaurants in Chicago and the very first restaurant in a department store. The restaurant is 17,000 square feet,
the walls are constructed of Circassian wood |
imported from Russia and the chandeliers are made with original Austrian crystal. This restaurant grew from the tradition of millinary department associate, Mrs. Hering, who would bring homemade chicken pot pies for her clients should they become hungry while they shopped as there were no restaurants in department stores at that time, and, in fact, not one respectable place for a lady to dine. This became a success and Mrs. Hering's Chicken Pot "Pie's" legacy are still celebrated in the Walnut Room today.
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| The Centennial Great Tree |
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Great Tree and the world famous Walnut Room, Macy's on State Street will feature Martha Stewart Collection kugels in an array of vibrant colors as the theme for this year's Great Tree. Kugels, German for "balls," were first used as tree decorations in the mid-1800s. Martha Stewart is reviving the kugel this season, specifically to celebrate the centennial of the Great Tree and Walnut Room, and will visit Macy's on State Street to officially light the tree at noon on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The kugels will be available for purchase as tree ornaments and oversized decorative accents at Macy's on State Street and select other Macy's locations this holiday season. The Martha Stewart Collection, Macy's exclusive assortment of bed, bath, entertaining, and cooking products inspired by Martha's personal collections and favorite things, represents the largest brand rollout in Macy's history.
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| The 40th Annual Animated Holiday Windows |
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November 10, 2007 will also mark the official unveiling of Macy's 2007 animated holiday windows on State Street. This year, Macy's on State Street is the program sponsor of the world-renowned, Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet's 20th anniversary production of The Nutcracker. In celebration of the partnership with The Joffrey Ballet, Macy's will feature Robert Joffrey's The Nutracker in nine animated windows down State Street this holiday season. The animated windows will be unveiled at 9:45 a.m. on November 10.
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