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The Greatest Store That Ever Was - The Greatest Store That Ever Will Be
I'll meet you under the clock!
Marshall Field's made State Street that Great Street
Uncle Mistletoe. He flew around the tree, decorating it, on my first visit to Marshall Field's in 1972.
How about some Frango Mints?
Even Norman knew it was special
This was a wonderful store, too, and not just the famous Basement.
"What's the big deal about the Grand Floridian? It looks just like Marshall Field's!" - Becky, 1997
Thank You, Marshall Field, for laughs at the window, for my dad's ties and my mom's clothes, for salt sticks, Lincoln Logs, and giant round petit-fours, for school shoes and dresses and my camel-hair coat, for the escalator at Old Orchard and the little balcony at State Street, for Frango Mint Chip Cookies, for wooden cat toys, for providing a bewildered college student with an escape place to visit, for stationery, for Christmas windows that made even this Scrooge enjoy the holidays, for countless wedding registries and baby gifts and birthday gifts, for pizzas, wine, candles, makeup, purses, shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, and sweaters, for someplace to cut through on a cold day on the way to work, and for defining the shopping experience for generations of Midwestern visitors! This page unofficiallly sponsored by: |
