Each Christmas of my youth, my parents took me to the time-honored Philadelphia tradition of the Christmas Lights Show at Wanamaker’s in Philadelphia’s first commerce district on Market Street ...

As a historian of Philadelphia and historic preservation, I recognize the panic as a familiar response to the economic changes that have been shaping the city for 75 years. As city leaders have ...

(THE CONVERSATION) After Macy’s announced in November 2023 its plans to close approximately 150 locations across the United States, some Philadelphians fretted – not so much about the fate of ...

Key Background. With Macy’s Inc. revenues tanking – down 9% from $24.6 billion in 2019 to $22.3 billion in 2024 against a backdrop of flagging department store sector sales – it will close ...

Carol Jackson has fond memories of visiting the Christmas light show and listening to the organ play as a child. (Emily Neil/WHYY) Jackson, 51, was 3 or 4 years old when she first heard the instrument ...

As a historian of Philadelphia and historic preservation, I recognize the panic as a familiar response to the economic changes that have been shaping the city for 75 years. As city leaders have ...