Ghirardelli Square
Unfinished History
Formerly the Pioneer Woolen Mill, then the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory, and today, the prototype for modern malls inside of historic urban structures, typically rehabilitated warehouses.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
In 1936, the area around the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory was still "undeveloped."
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Pioneer Woolen Mills at North Beach, 1868
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Pioneer Woolen Mills at original shoreline.
Photo: Bancroft Library
Big sand dunes on Black Point, with Telegraph Hill in distance.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA