The closure is the latest drama on a stretch of East Market Street that’s been the focus of a recent and fierce civic debate over the approval of a proposed arena for the Sixers.

Macy’s decision to close their store in the iconic Wanamaker Building in Center City Thursday afternoon was met with shock, sadness, and outrage by many in the Delaware Valley. In

The Macy's department store in Center City Philadelphia will be closing its doors for good, one of more than 60 locations that will be shuttered across the country.

Questions have emerged about what will happen to the iconic building, the holiday traditions and historic artifacts it has long housed, and where the store’s shuttering leaves employees and customers.

It is, quite literally, the end of an era in Center City Philadelphia as published reports say a major department store is closing.