Old Store’s Delicate Crown Is Lifted to New Heights 5/31/2004
The 62-ft-tall, 100-ft-dia dome, along with one façade of the old store, will be incorporated in a $410-million, 1-million-sq-ft addition to San Francisco Center, a retail complex owned by Westfield America Trust and Forest City Enterprises.
Project officials opted to jack the dome rather than dismantle and store it to mini-mize the impact on the historic component, especially the decorative metal inside, says Barry Widen, senior project manager for the developer, which is acting as its own general contractor.