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This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
In 1893, Domenico Ghirardelli purchased the entire city block in order to make it into the headquarters of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company.In the early 1960s, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was bought by the Golden Grain Macaroni Company, which moved the headquarters off-site to San Leandro and put the square up for sale.
FIGat7th – Los Angeles (1986) Fig Garden Village – Fresno (1962) The Forum at Carlsbad – Carlsbad (2003) The Fountains at Roseville – Roseville (2008) The Gardens on El Paseo – Palm Desert (1998) Ghirardelli Square – San Francisco (1893) Grossmont Center – La Mesa (1961) The Grove at Farmers Market – Los Angeles (2002)
In 1965, San Francisco declared Ghirardelli Square (where many of the Ghirardelli buildings were constructed) an official city landmark. Two years later, production facilities moved to San Leandro, California ( 37°42′40″N 122°08′42″W / 37.711°N 122.145°W / 37.711; -122.145 ( Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory
A herd of working goats walked off the job Friday in San Francisco, blocking traffic and nearly making its way to Ghirardelli Square, about half a mile from where the goats started.
On Saturday, Hailey Bieber stepped out in Los Angeles to show her support for Gigi Hadid’s Guest In Residence store opening, one of her first outings since she and husband Justin Bieber welcomed ...
The completion of the Union Street Stores inspired the formation of a commercial district along a five-block stretch of a deteriorating area in San Francisco that became a popular commercial destination in the city and “charting the course and the ambiance of the well-known shopping and dining mecca we know today.” [3] Along with the historic Ghirardelli Square and The Cannery (a former ...
Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat. One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, Madame Tussauds ...