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Marshall Field’s: The Store that Helped Build Chicago (Landmarks)

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Someone who has waited in a Christmas line for the Walnut Room’s Great Tree can attest that Chicago’s loyalty to Marshall Field’s is fierce. Dayton-Hudson even needed to take out advertising around town to make an apology for changing the Field’s hallowed green bags. And with good reason–the store and those that ran it shaped the city’s streets, subsidized its culture and heralded its progress. The resulting commercial empire dictated wholesale trade terms in Calcutta and sponsored towns in North Carolina, but its essence was once at all times Chicago. So when the Marshall Field name was once retired in 2006 after the stores were purchased by Macy’s, protest slogans like “Field’s is Chicago” and “Field’s: as Chicago as it gets” weren t just emotional hype. Many still hope that name will probably be resurrected like the city it helped beef up throughout the Great Fire and the Great Depression. Until then, fans of Marshall Field’s can celebrate its history with this warm look back on the beloved institution.

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