Plans are underway to bring back holiday programming at Philadelphia’s historic Wanamaker Building, home of the Dickens Village and Christmas Light Show narrated by Julie Andrews, a group of civic leaders announced Friday.
Since Macy’s announced in January 2025 that it would be closing the store, many have wondered about the fate of the Wanamaker Organ and Grand Court, which features a one-ton bronze statue of a perched eagle. The city had said those are designated National Historic Landmarks and are also on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places — they are required to be preserved.
The building is also well known for its Christmas Light Show narrated by Julie Andrews, and the Dickens Village walk-through display that Macy’s had acquired from Strawbridge’s…