Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen deceased

Posted: 03 Jul 2011


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Meet Me at the Eagle – Wanamaker's (Now Macy's) Grand Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Meet Me at the Eagle – Wanamaker's (Now Macy's) Grand Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Like the Organ, the Eagle, also came from the St. Louis World's Fair, where it was part of the German Exhibit of Arts and Crafts. All of the heavy plates that form the inner structure, as well as the feathers and other surface features, were separately wrought by hand with chisel, file and hammer. Each individual feather on the head and body was carefully modeled and fitted into place. There are 1,600 feathers on the head alone, and 5,000 on the entire Eagle. The sculpture weighs 2,500 pounds and sits on a granite base. The floor of the Grand Court had to be strengthened with girders to accommodate it.

There is an old Philadelphia custom to rendezvous in Center City by saying "Meet me at the Eagle."

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