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I go there for home decorating,(used to go for)stationary and other things. When I travel somewhere or send gifts to out of towners, I try to send something that is exclusive to the Bay Area and Gump's is one of the places I go to for more upscale things.
The second largest Bloomingdale's store is located on Market Street in San Francisco and the front facade(which is the entrance to SF Shopping Center) maintains the 'wedding cake' architecture of victorian SF.
Not an exhaustive list of offerings, but here's some of what downtown Seattle and downtown Bellevue offer:
DT Seattle: (Retail Core only, not including South Lake Union, Belltown, etc)
Abercrombie & Fitch
Aerosoles
Aldo Shoes
AllSaints Spitalfields
Alvin Goldfarb Jewelry
American Apparel
American Eagle Outfitters
Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor Loft
Anthropologie
Aveda Environmental Lifestyle Store
Bad Reputation
Banana Republic
Barnes & Noble
Barney's New York
Bartell Drug Store (3)
BCBG Max Azria
Bebe
Ben Bridge Jeweler
Bene
Benetton
Borders Books & Music
Brooks Brothers
Club Monaco
Coach Columbia Sportswear
Community Grocery & Deli
Diesel
Eddie Bauer
Escada
Express
Gap
Gucci
Hard Rock Cafe
H&M
Helly Hansen
J Crew
Kress Supermarket
Louis Vuitton
lululemon athletica
Luly Yang
Macy's
Mountain Hardwear
NikeTown
Nordstrom (flagship/HQ)
NYS Collection
Original The Deli
Pike Place Market
Quicksilver
Radio Shack
Ralph's Grocery & Deli
Rite Aid
Ross
Sephora
Target (coming soon)
Tiffany & Co
Urban Outfitters
Victoria's Secret
Walgreens
White House/Black Market
Just a few - too many restaurants/specialty stores to list.
Downtown Bellevue:
Neiman Marcus
Macy's
Nordstrom
JC Penney
Anthropologie
Brooks Brothers Country Club
David Lawrence
DNA 2050
Hermes
Jimmy Choo
Louis Vuitton
Kreiss
Piazza Sempione
Slavatore Ferragamo
Tory Burch
Wolford
David Barton Gym
Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa
QFC (supermarket)
Safeway (supermarket)
yada yada yada - all of your normal upscale edge city stores.
I think Seattle has a great downtown. Lots of options for all income ranges.
One of the kool stores you missed is R.E.I flagship store in Seattle
The second largest Bloomingdale's store is located on Market Street in San Francisco and the front facade(which is the entrance to SF Shopping Center) maintains the 'wedding cake' architecture of victorian SF.
The opposite entrance on Mission Street however, is quite contemporary in its design. An interesting contrast:
Isn't Macy's in San Francisco the 2nd largest department store in the US... right behind the Macy's in NYC?
Well, I used to think State Street Macy's in Chicago was bigger until I came across another article which puts Macy's Union Square SF at 975,000 sq ft of retail space which would make it 2nd to Macy's Herald Square in NYC.
Originally Posted by SF Chronicle All told, Macy's downtown retail space will increase to 975,000 square feet from 800,000 square feet, making it the third-largest department store complex in the country after Macy's Herald Square and Federated's Bloomingdale's flagship, both in Manhattan.
One of the kool stores you missed is R.E.I flagship store in Seattle
You're right! Can't believe I forgot that. I was just trying to list stores in the retail core area because branching out to SLU and Belltown made too many to list! Should have added that one though.
OK here's what I did. In Google maps, I zoomed into the city centers of Minneapolis, New York, San francisco, Chicago and San Francisco. Same zoom level, 1000 ft/inch. I panned the map to avoid water but include the CBD and the urban core in general. Then I Google searched 'store'. Here are the results. The actual numbers might fluctuate a bit from search to search.
1. NYC - 71,805
2. L.A. - 13,922
3. San Francisco - 12,800
4. Chicago - 9,818
5. Philly - 6,700
6. MNPLS/STPL - 2,700
Apologies in advance to anyone who thinks the search was too broad, doesn't like my methodology, or who wanted their city in the list.
This is a bit odd. For starters, Minneapolis and St. Paul each have their own downtown areas.
Using your method Minneapolis has 2,785, St. Paul has 2,419 and San Antonio has 2,388.
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