Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The Emporium Dome

The Emporium opened on Market Street in San Francisco back in 1896. It suffered from, but survived, the 1906 earthquake. Closed finally in 1996, it was finally bought and refurbished and now houses Bloomingdales in the "Westfield San Francisco Centre." (The misspelling is on purpose, I suppose.) Nordstrom is in the same block. It's a neat location to spend a lot of money, if one is so moved.

The point, however, is that the original Emporium Dome has been exquisitely restored. Please gaze in wonder:



(Click to enlarge. I have turned this image into wallpaper for my laptop, and it looks really nice.)

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