Can Chicago Ever Recapture the Magic of Marshall Field's?
A lot of Chicagoans will always know the Macy’s on State Street simply as Marshall Field’s. That’s because the department store and others like it played a huge role in shaping the city and American shopping habits at large. Ahead of the Elmhurst History Museum’s “Lost Chicagoland Department Stores” exhibit opening Friday, author and curator Leslie Goddard tells host Jacoby Cochran what the history can tell us about the future of Chicago retail.
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