Macy's Flagship Store - Chicago, Illinois



This is a 1:1 scale replica of the original Macy's store in Chicago's downtown neighborhood. Before 2006, the building bared the name "Marshall Fields", but in 2006, Macy's bought the company, which in turn lead to the name change. The original 1892 placards on the sides of the buildings say It is a 1

2-story building, and was constructed in stages between 1891-1892 and 1914 on a partitioned block with sections that were added to the building in 1902, 1906, 1907, and 1914.

Although he died before they were constructed, Charles B. Atwood, (1849-1895), of the D. H. Burnham & Company (from original 1891-1892 structure's architect

Daniel H. Burnham

, (1846-1912), later firm), designed the two primary additional sections along State Street (The northern building built in 1902 and the southern in 1907).

Today, the building is located at 111 North State Street, between Washington and Randolph Streets, within the designated "Loop" Retail Historic District of the Chicago "Loop" , across State Street from the " Block 37 " future construction project, across Randolph Street from the Joffrey Tower, and across Wabash Avenue from The Heritage at Millennium Park.

Some history and facts on the building







For a while , the building was the largest store in the world at 73 acres (300,000 m^2) of floor space, with the largest book, china, shoe, and toy departments of all the world's department stores.



The Tiffany Ceiling is over 6,000 square feet (560 m^2), It is the first iridescent glass dome of it's kind and it continues to be the largest glass mosaic in existence. The only thing that rivals it is Egypt's 3,000-year-old



The building is known for its two exterior clocks, which weigh about 7.5 short tons (6.7 long tons) each, on its northwest and southwest corners along State Street at both Randolph and Washington Streets. The southwest clock at the original Washington Street intersection, known as ---"The Great Clock", was installed on November 26, 1897. Marshall Field envisioned the clock as a beacon for his store which he viewed as a meeting place. The clock was installed after the southwest corner of the store had become a popular meeting place and people began leaving notes for one another on the Marshall Field's windows. The clock was an attempt to end this practice, and encourage punctuality. * ( see bottom ) * The current building has multiple atriums. Some of them include a Louis Comfort Tiffany, (1848-1933), (later Tiffany & Co. studios of New York City) mosaic vaulted ceiling dome caps a 5-story balconied atrium in the southwest corner; the northwest section has a 13-story skylit atrium, and a newer atrium with a fountain in the center is bridged by double escalator banks.For a while , the building was the largest store in the world at 73 acres (300,000 m^2) of floor space, with the largest book, china, shoe, and toy departments of all the world's department stores.The Tiffany Ceiling is over 6,000 square feet (560 m^2), It is the first iridescent glass dome of it's kind and it continues to be the largest glass mosaic in existence. The only thing that rivals it is Egypt's 3,000-year-old Temple of Karnak , with its 70-foot (21 m) columns that rival the four 50-foot (15 m) Ionic-style capped granite columns on the State Street facade.The building is known for its two exterior clocks, which weigh about 7.5 short tons (6.7 long tons) each, on its northwest and southwest corners along State Street at both Randolph and Washington Streets. The southwest clock at the original Washington Street intersection, known as ---"The Great Clock", was installed on November 26, 1897. Marshall Field envisioned the clock as a beacon for his store which he viewed as a meeting place. The clock was installed after the southwest corner of the store had become a popular meeting place and people began leaving notes for one another on the Marshall Field's windows. The clock was an attempt to end this practice, and encourage punctuality.

An underground public concourse connects the basement to 25 East Washington Street, which formerly housed the Marshall Field's Men's Store; the building is a major hub for the " Chicago Pedway ".

Another notable building Charles B. Atwood (A primary architect in designing the Marshall Field's building) designed is the Reliance Building, the skyscraper that is diagonal from the southwest corner of the building. It is one of the most famous pieces of Chicago-styled architecture, and is noted for it's "Chicago Styled Windows". Today, the building stands as a mixed use retail and hotel building, with the hotel bearing the "Atwood" name to honor it's architect.

* * * Apparently, I forgot to add the second clock on the southwestern corner of the building. This will be added and will be available for download next update of the project.

The Loop - Chicago Replica Project



This building is a part of my rendition of Chicago's Loop area. The link to the project is down below, and the download of this building includes the rest of the city itself.



The Loop - Chicago Replica Project

www.planetminecraft.com/project/the-loop---chicago-project/



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This building is a part of my rendition of Chicago's Loop area. The link to the project is down below, and the download of this building includes the rest of the city itself.The Loop - Chicago Replica Project



Texturepack



The Loop - Chicago Project's texture pack download link is down below. There will be a Planet Minecraft post of this texture pack within a few weeks.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/lujk1884yz7mf84/Chicago+Texture+Pack+v1.11.zip



The Loop - Chicago Project's texture pack download link is down below. There will be a Planet Minecraft post of this texture pack within a few weeks.