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Wanamaker Store Takes Particular Pleasure
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Its Hospitalities
rpHE Wanamaker Store as it stands today is one
-1- individual's contribution ' to the commercial
greatness, the dignity and the fame of Philadel
phia. Like many other works of man, it was once
a vision in a young mind, but, unlike many other
visions, it was wrought into a reality not, how
ever, without long and patient toil and thought.
It is much easier to build a great store than let
build a great institution.
To be a great store and at the same time a
great institution is to be a thing of great public
interest. .
A store of that kind must have an atmosphere,
a pervading individuality. Moreover, it can have
no duplicates
And it is always itself, never looking any
where else for inspiration or guidance.
Our friends who best know this store tell us
they can easily feel the individuality jof it. You
cannot find much individuality in an institution
unless it has a vision back of it. This store is the
working out in practice of an independent ideal,
the outcome of that particular kind of concen
trated vision belonging to a mind that can trust
itself to go forward upon new and unexplored
paths.
This is true leadership, and we want to tell of
some of the things that have come of it, hoping
that our Knights' Templar friends and their ladies
will be interested" by them, and that they will feel
free and welcome to take advantage of all the
hospitalities and courtesies we can offer.
A Few Facts Regarding the
Wanamaker Building
HEIGHT
From sidewalk 247 feet (13
stories), from sub-basement,
281 feet (14 stories).
LENGTH
480 feet, width 450 feet
TOTAL FLOOR AREA
Nearly 45 ''acres, or 2,000,000
square feet.
FIREPROOF AND SCIEN
TIFICALLY VENTILATED
STYLE OF ARCHITEC
TURE Roman-Doric.
INTERIOR CONSTRUC
TION Concrete and marble on a
framework of steel.
EXTERIOR
Maine granite.
ELEVATORS
Fifty pasnser elevators of the
afets plunger tjpe, looted In
double banks In the ttreualls.
nnd sixteen freight elaatorF
POWER AND LIGHT
These are furnished from the
outslc?e bj means of the slsaii
tl" 'Wanamaker power plant
on Ludlow ptrcet neartu
HEATING AND VENTILA
TION The air In the lower floors of
the Store Is changed eer six
minutes, being remoed by
suction as fresh nlr Is ad-"
milled All air comes In
through mi all -wash, which
removes all dust and suspended
matter, and H also, In winter,
passed through heatlnc loIIh
The upper floors are heated by,
direct radiation, and the en
tilatlon Is secured by the ad
mirable arnnpement of high
and wide windows, high ceil
ings, and the great alrshaft in
the tenter of the Store
The Wanamaker Store in
Philadelphia
is visited every year by thousands of sightseers from all
over the world, and nearly all'of them say that it is
"the most wonderful Store, in the world"
To us this is nothing remarkable, knowing as we do
that the object of the Founder was to make "the most
wonderful Store in the world."
The area and dimensions of the Store run into im
pressive figures.
We want you to remember that the spirit of Wana
maker Store service and. the courtesy and welcome that
await visitors are in proportion to the figures and in every
way in keeping with all the wonderful features of the
building in which they are offered.
Store Tours
This great Store with its many features of interest
yell repays a tour, and visitors are invited to join the
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parties made up regularly in the Rendezvous on the Eighth
Floor, neai- the, Tea Room. A guide accompanies each
group and three-quarters of an hour to an hour should be
allowed for the tour.
The Grand Court
The most impressive structural feature of the Wana
maker building is the Grand Court, rising majestically
from the center of the Main Floor and having for a back
ground the Great Organ. Around the seven galleries
which open on the Court on seven floors twenty-five
thousand people can listen to the strains of this wonderful
instrument.
The Grand Court was the scene of impressive exer
cises incident to the Store's dedication by President Taft
at the close of the Jubilee Year, December 30, 1911.
The architecture of the Court is Ionic and Corinthian,
its dome rising 150 feet above a series of Italian and Greek
marble arches. From these arches classic and stately
columns rise, floor above floor, toward the higher series
of groined arches which support the lofty dome. The floor
is paved with Tennessee marble.
The south end of the Court contains a gallery, above
which is the organ loft; the gallery itself is for the use of
the Military Band of the Store, and accommodates about
one hundred musicians. At one side of this gallery is a
curtained enclosure containing the two "consoles," or key
boards, from which the Great Organ is played one being
movable and operated by the organist, the other being a
stationary console played by a mechanical player.
The Great Organ in the
Grand Court
is the largest organ in the world and weighs over 375,000
pounds. It was originally erected at and for the St. Louis
Exposition in 1904, and after being brought to the Wana
maker Store was rebuilt to proportions 80 per cent larger
than it was before. It contains 18,146 pipes and 232
speaking stops. The largest pipe is of wood, 32 feet long,
27 inches wide and 32 inches deep in the middle. It is
large enough to admit of two men crawling through it side
by side, on hands and knees.
The Organ delights many thousands of music-lovers
passing through' the Store each day, and several times in
the course of the day it plays either music or chimes.
The Great Crystal Tea Room
The great Crystal Tea Room is the largest dining
room in Philadelphia and one of the largest in the world,
covering as it does a floor area of 22,000 square feet and
seating easily 1400 diners. It derives its name from its
remarkable lighting effects, received from the rows of beau
tiful crystal reflecting chandeliers suspended from the
ceiling between its great oaken columns.
The Tea Room is the chief of a remarkable series of
superbly appointed rooms, situated on the Eighth Floor and
commanding a splendid view of the city and the Delaware
River, and constituting a feature of the Store which should
not be missed: The great Crystal Tea Room, the Imperial
Blue Room, the Coronation Red Room, the Golden Jubilee
Room, the French Banquet Salon, the private Mirror Room,
the Rendezvous and the extensive modern kitchens.
Egyptian Hall
is a magnet of attraction to music-lovers. It is an immense
auditorium, planned and decorated in the Egyptian style
of art, seats 1 100 persons, and has been the scene of much
interesting public speaking and of many fine public con
certs. The platform can accommodate a chorus of several
hundred. It contains a fine organ.
When not being so used, it is lilled with a remarkable
collection of fine musical instruments.
Greek Hall
.ilso contains an organ and is at times used as a concert
hall or for lectures. It is one of a series of attractive
smaller rooms including Moorish Room, Byzantine
Chamber, Empire Salon and others, adjoining Egyptian
Hall, which are also devoted to the display and sales of
pianos.
University Hall
located on the Eighth Floor (Market), is a spacious audi
torium which was opened in October, 1915, as a center
. of the higher educational activities of the employes of the
Store.
The Institutional Life of
the Store
One of the ideals of the Wanamaker business has
always been the training of its employes to greater use
fulness and self-development, and two schools within this
building are dedicated to this purpose.
The John Wanamaker Commercial Institute
and
The American University of Trade and
Applied Commerce
In these institutions the employe receives a good educa
tion in common branches and business courses, with tech
nical or occupational training, gymnastic work, military
drill and instrumental and vocal music. The younger boys
and the girls attend school for several hours each day, and
there are also evening classes for those older.
Social clubs and entertainments add a healthy note of
recreation, and matters of health and hygiene are carefully
watched by a competent medical staff, whose services are
free.
Interest in music is fostered by singing classes, a mili
tary band and a choral society. The military organization
of the boys has six ccfmpanies, forming the "First Regi
ment, J. W. C. I.," and drilled according to United States
Army regulations. Athletic activity among the girls con
sists chiefly of basketball and tennis matches. The Store
athletic association the Meadowbrook Club has a run
ning track and game courts on the roof of the Store.
Public Hospitalities and
Conveniences
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