Marshall Field and Company Building

  In short

An enormous department store building which has set many standards for luxurious downtown department stores around the world. This enormous building has 13 floors and is 46 m high. It was constructed in 1902-1906. The building has several very impressive atriums and rich ornamentations including the largest glass mosaic in the world. Here were offered the first dining facilities inside the store, first personal shopping assistants, first escalators in stores, first public price tags, and many other business innovations. Famous features are two enormous, ornate clocks on the corners of the building.