The architectural harmony of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 continued to affect Philadelphia architecture until World War I. Here, Trumbauer provided the robber baron
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), while responding to the design and proportions of Daniel Burnham's Wanamaker store (
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) across the street. For nearly four generations, Philadelphia-based jewelry store Caldwell's occupied the prime Chestnut Street front; its Trumbauer-designed store has been adapted as a restaurant.
Widener Building
1913–1916, Horace Trumbauer. Bounded by Chestnut and Juniper sts. and S. Penn Sq.