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Rainbow's first substantial expansion, in 1978, was the opening of a general store (selling vitamins, dry goods, housewares, books, clothing etc.). It was located a few doors down from the grocery store. The general store initially ran at a considerable loss and became a significant financial drain on the grocery store.
The White House, San Francisco department store, closed on January 1, 1965, at which time it was housed in four buildings. [16] After remaining vacant for several years, the main building reopened as a parking garage on the upper floors, with restaurants and retail stores including Tiffany & Co. and Peck and Peck at street level. [15]
This redwood emporium sat in the middle of the San Francisco Peninsula's lumbering district; it was, for a time, the only general store and stagecoach stop between San Francisco and Santa Clara. [5] [10] The store sold everything from food to construction supplies and also served as a post office, bank, saloon and dentist office.
The Emporium Department Store Final Logo Exterior of the old downtown San Francisco flagship location. The Emporium, from 1880 to 1995 Emporium-Capwell, was a mid-line department store chain headquartered in San Francisco, California, which operated for 100 years—from 1896 to 1996.
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.
Hale Bros. operated a store in the Mission District at 2554 Mission near 21st Street, a branch of Oakland-based Whitthorn & Swan opened in 1925, which Hale's wholly acquired in 1926. [2] [18] It continued to operate as Hale’s sole San Francisco store until the mid-1960s even after the main Market Street store closed in 1963.
Macy's San Francisco roots date back to 1866 and the founding of O'Connor, Moffat, Kean Co. at Second & Market Streets, eventually moving into several buildings on south Post Street, between Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, where it rebuilt after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and reopened in March 1909.
San Francisco store at 50 Grant Avenue, 1912 to 1948 San Francisco store on Union Square, 1948 to 1994 Former I. Magnin store in Oakland, California. In the early 1870s, Dutch-born Mary Ann Magnin and her husband Isaac Magnin left England and settled in San Francisco. Mary Ann opened a shop in 1876 selling lotions and high-end clothing for infants.