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2. City of Paris Dry Goods Co. - Wikipedia

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   The sign on the building's roof. The store's history is rooted in the 1849 California Gold Rush.The company was founded by Felix and Emile Verdier in May 1850 [2] when Emile arrived in the San Francisco Harbor on a chartered ship, the Ville de Paris (City of Paris), loaded with silks, laces, fine wines, champagne, and Cognac.

3. V. C. Morris Gift Shop - Wikipedia

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   The V. C. Morris Gift Shop is located at 140 Maiden Lane in downtown San Francisco, California, United States, and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. The store was used by Wright as a physical prototype , or proof of concept for the circular ramp at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

4. List of companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area

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   As of 2020, 38 Fortune 500 companies had headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] San Francisco-based businesses are not listed here; the subset of San Francisco-based businesses by type is at the list of companies based in San Francisco. This list includes extant businesses formerly located in the Bay Area, which have moved, or been ...

5. Ghirardelli Square - Wikipedia

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   Lastly, Ghirardelli's underground garage was new: rather than having the garage connect to the road, shops were put at street level in order to promote social opportunities. [10] The cast bronze statue [11] in Ghirardelli Plaza, titled Andrea, was installed by San Francisco sculptor Ruth Asawa in 1968. [12]

6. Union Square, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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   For many decades, Union Square was the largest retail shopping district outside of New York and Chicago, the place that everyone in San Francisco and the larger San Francisco Bay Area visited "on a semi-regular basis, whether they were looking for a night on the town or a place to buy the basics". [8]

7. List of companies based in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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   Hearst Corporation – relocated to New York City; Hills Brothers Coffee – purchased by Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA; Levison Brothers / California Jewelry Co. San Francisco - defunct; Link TV - merged with KCET in 2012; McKesson Corporation - relocated to Irving, Texas in 2019; Montgomery Securities – purchased by NationsBank Corporation ...