San Francisco - Crocker Galleria

Situated on the corner of Post Street and Kearny Street, the 38-storey skyscraper known as the Post Montgomery Center, designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the Crocker Bank, was built in 1983. With its pink granite façade it is widely considered one of the most pleasing of modern buildings.

Not least of the Crocker Center's attractions is the highly impressive Galleria, an arcade of elegant shops where daylight floods in.

The 50 or more shops and restaurants are open during normal hours Monday to Saturday. The roof garden, where lunchtime sandwiches or picnics can be consumed, is a welcome oasis in busy downtown San Francisco.