That isn't the Boar I remember. I thought there was a smaller one about a yard square and recumbent somewhere on the ground floor of Wanamakers. Of course my memory could be gone. I haven't wandered that area for a long time.
On Feb 7, 2008 10:11 AM, b_s-wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >You succeeded in making me both nostalgic and home sick all at once. > >> >Apparently you can still meet under the Eagle but it is a Macy's now. > >> >I hope the Warthog is still there. > > > > Does Macy's have somebody playing the organ? > > The bronze iggle is still in the Macy's Philadelphia store by city hall. > The daily organ concerts continue--used to be concerts at store opening, > noon, afternoon, and at closing. The Wanamaker organ is one of the > largest pipe organs in the world. The bronze wild boar, Il Porcellino, > [a copy of the one in Florence, Italy] was at the Strawbridge and > Clothier store in Philly, but I don't know where it is since the store > closed [after Macy's bought it]. > > iggle: http://www.photosofphiladelphia.com/photo_963859.html > > Organ: > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/arts/music/09orga.html/partner/rssnyt/?_r=1&oref=slogin > > Il Porcellino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PorcellinoFlorence.jpg > > I used to work nearby and would often go to the store to hear the > concerts, and yes, we'd stroke the boar's snout for good luck at > Strawbridge's too. > > Betty > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
