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The Metreon is a shopping center located in downtown San Francisco, California, United States at the corner of 4th Street and Mission Street.It is a four-story 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m 2) building built over the corner of the underground Moscone Center convention center.
Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California.It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940.
Originally developed by Sheldon Gordon (co-developer of The Forum Shops at Caesars and Beverly Center), the nine-story mall opened in October 1988 as San Francisco Shopping Centre with approximately 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) of space, the then-largest Nordstrom store (350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2)) on the top several floors, the first spiral escalator in the United States, and a ...
Roos/Atkins was the name of a chain of upscale men's clothing stores based in San Francisco, California. It was formed through a 1957 merger of the Robert Atkins and Roos Brothers clothiers. It was formed through a 1957 merger of the Robert Atkins and Roos Brothers clothiers.
[1] [2] The clothing was sold out of a boutique store on Rodeo Drive before adding multiple locations there and elsewhere. [1] [2] [3] Bernini's stores were known as offering "the very best menswear", with some branches selling custom-made suits. [3] Pricing for a suit, shirt, and shoes could run into the thousands of dollars. [1]
After the war in 1945, the Takahashi Trading Company opened on 1661–1663 Post Street in San Francisco's Japantown. [6] It started as a small dry goods store and wholesaler. [ 6 ] Many of the Japanese items imported to the United States for the business were handcrafted, or of high quality including folk arts and crafts, origami materials, tea ...
The chain was known for placing stores above street level, where rents were cheaper. [3] [4] Foreman & Clark began as a men's store, in 1909 on Third and Main Streets in downtown Los Angeles. By 1920 it owned three factories, in New Jersey and New York; and stores in San Diego, Oakland, San Francisco, Chicago, Kansas City and Pittsburgh. All ...
Marilyn Monroe purchased the suit she wore when she married Joe DiMaggio in 1954 at JM. As of 1960 the store was one of the first in San Francisco to employ Asian-Americans in customer service. [citation needed] In 1967, JM was responsible for buying Lynda Bird Johnson's trousseau. The store also included the 'Wolves Den' department for men only.