Are They Still Calling Marshall Field's Macy's?

If you're near Chicago and are looking for something to do between servings of leftover turkey sandwiches, take your anti-consumerism sentiments to State and Washington, under the Great Clock that used to be part of Marshall Field but is now attached to Macy's and join the protest. Even though the name change has been official for a little while now, there are some people still lobbying Federated Department Stores to change the name back. Marshall Field's seems synonymous with Chicago, and it still seems a bit odd to see Macy's sitting on State Street.

For the protest today, Jim McKay and the organizers of the Field's protest site fieldfanschicago.org are encouraging women to show up dressed in 1890s costumes (and on their blog, they're even offering to provide some costumes themselves). You can hear McKay talk about it on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight from Wednesday morning. The protest itself starts at 1:00, but if you miss it, you'll surely be able to see some coverage on the local news this evening. Or if you can't make it but still want to protest Federated, the group sponsors leafleting of bookmarks and bumper stickers every Saturday from 12:30 to 5:00. If the Marshall Field name ever does reappear on the State Street store, you can say you were a part of it.