Where Have All The Waldeck's Gone?

Recently, I was reflecting upon the over half century of Waldeck's existence here in this wonderful city of San Francisco. Since we always rented space during our fifty five years in business, I wanted to compile a list of "Where have all the Waldeck's Gone?" and who replaced them.

The first spot, 200 Davis Street, the old Produce Mart, is now Three Embarcadero Center.http://www.embarcaderocenter.com/ec/

The next location, 542 Sansome Street, is now Station 13 of the San Francisco Fire Department. http://www.sf-fire.org/index.aspx?page=176 We moved because the fire station was being built.

Moving across the street to 501 Sansome, the Niantic Building built atop the old Niantic Hotel is now 505 Sansome Street with a plaque commemorating the site of the Ship Niantic. In Waldeck's actual location is the yummy Specialty's.http://www.specialtysdirect.com/home_stores.asp

After 501 Sansome was condemned we moved over to 524-526 Washington Street. Today, our good friends at Speedway Digital Printing www.speedwayprinting.com occupy 524 Washington Street and, at 526 Washington Street, is Kvanum a Swedish Home/Office Fixture Company founded in 1923
http://www.kvanum.com/showrooms/usa/san-francisco

We then opened a second store located in Three Embarcadero Center (the site of Waldeck's first location). After fourteen years there giving it our best shot, we decided to close. Today, in the Waldeck's space is Phoa Hoa Noodle Soup, the largest Vietnamese restaurant Chain in North America. http://www.phohoa.com/locator_01.html#Anchor-USA.

After learning that 524-526 Washington Street would have to go through seismic retrofitting, we opted to move down the street to 500 Washington Street. A few years later, our wonderful upstairs neighbors, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), bought the building. Today, the space once occupied by Waldeck's will now become a conference center for PPIC. I think that's really cool!