In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco\'s merchant princes built grand Stores for a booming city, each with its own niche.
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Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium Department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids.
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For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum\'s for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend\'s for creamed spinach.
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco\'s merchant princes built grand Stores for a booming city, each with its own niche