Union Square, San Francisco Photos |
Union Square, just north of Market Street mid-way between the Ferry Building & the Civic Center is ringed by some of the finer department stores & shops in San Francisco. |
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| See also: San Francisco & Bay Area |
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| Highrises which surround Union Square marked by star-topped Starlight Room seen from residential hills south of city. | Bronze Victory statue by Robert Aitken on top of Dewey Monument column (1901) by Newton Tharp in Union Square. | Union Square column & old St Francis Hotel (1904 & 7) with its new Tower (1971) 32 floors behind. Architect: William L. Pereira & Assoc. | St Francis Hotel (1904 & 7) on Union Square. Architect: Walter Danforth Bliss & William Baker Faville. |
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| St Francis Hotel on Union Square. | Admiral George Dewey column in Union Square commemorates 1898 victory over Spanish navy in Manila Bay. | Saks Fifth Avenue (1981) on Union Square before Starlight Room building. Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. | Starlight Room building details on Union Square. Style: Gothic Revival. |
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| Neoclassical building on north side of Union Square. | Buildings on east side of Union Square column. | Art Deco building on east edge of Union Square. | Nieman Marcus building (1983) with facade greatly spoiled from original design on southeast corner of Union Square. Architect: Johnson/Burgee Architects. |
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| White marbled I. Magnin (now Macy's building) (1905-10) with Nieman Marcus beyond on Union Square. Architect: Reid Brothers. | Macy's department store on south side of Union Square. | Frank Lloyd Wright building or Xanadu Gallery (former V.C. Morris store) (1949) (140 Maiden Lane). Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright.  | Arched portal of Frank Lloyd Wright building. |
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| Ramps above entrance of Frank Lloyd Wright building. | Ramps & skylights of Frank Lloyd Wright building. | Hanging planter & skylight of Frank Lloyd Wright building. | Skylight details of Frank Lloyd Wright building. |
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| Looking through hole in partitions of Frank Lloyd Wright building. | Built-in drawer units of Frank Lloyd Wright building. | Looking down at entrance archway & ramps of Frank Lloyd Wright building. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |