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Sat Mar 22, 2025, 09:43 AM Mar 2025

Say goodbye to Center City Macy's this weekend with Wanamaker Organ concert [View all]

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Say goodbye to Center City Macy's this weekend with Wanamaker Organ concert

The Macy's located on 1300 Market Street is set to close for good on Sunday, March 23, 2025

By Cherise Lynch • Published March 21, 2025 • Updated on March 21, 2025 at 6:04 pm

An all-day organ concert on Saturday will commemorate the final weekend that the Macy’s store in Center City, Philadelphia, will be open. NBC10’s Tim Furlong reports as everything is for sale.

It's an end to an era. … The Macy's in Center City Philadelphia is set to close its doors this weekend for good, but it's going out with a musical bang.

There will be a special sendoff featuring the legendary Wanamaker Organ on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., where a parade of organists will perform hourly recitals.

According to event organizers, the concert is free to attend.

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Behind the scenes at Philadelphia's iconic Wanamaker Organ before Macy's closes

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Philadelphia's iconic Wanamaker Organ is protected, but questions about its future remain as Macy's prepares to close its Center City store this weekend. Reporter Joe Holden got a look behind the scenes of the iconic instrument.

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Merry Christmas from the old Wanamaker Department Store Pipe Organ!
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