MARKET  STREET page 12 of 20 THE INTERSECTIONS OF MARKET, POWELL, and FIFTH STREETS

Opening in 1896, the Emporium was San Francisco’s best-known department store for just shy of a century.  In September 2006, an entirely new building (but retaining the original Emporium facade) opened (with much fanfare and media attention) as the new wing of the Westfield San Francisco Centre.

Across Market Street are The old Bank of America building (now a retail store) and the Flood Building.  (For more on these buildings, consult the section on the Powell Street cable car turntable.)

The old Lincoln Building was torn down in the late 1980s to build the original wing of the Westfield San Francisco Centre.

Now completely forgotten, the Hale Brothers department store was once a major player in San Francisco.  Today, the ground floor is occupied by Copeland Sports.

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