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Local Guides > Chicago The legacy of Marshall Field & Co.: Frango Mints

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Don't Touch My Frango or It's Been a Wonderful Life

I feel the need to express myself about the "death" of Marshall Field & Company, but what can I say that hasn't already been said? By now, we all know the fate of our beloved department store. Sometimes it helps to talk about it-like somehow it isn't real until I verbalize it. There was even a Web site dedicated to saving Field's from its impending doom at www.keepitfields.org. An elegant lunch "under" the Walnut Room Christmas tree has become a holiday ritual for scores of Field's customers and visitors alike. The holiday window displ...

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