V.C Morris Gift Shop / Xanadu Gallery
(6 vote, 83.33% worth checking out)
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140 Maiden Lane
San Francisco
94108
USA
coordinates: 37.7880745,-122.4057922
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Building names(s): V.C Morris Gift Shop / Xanadu Gallery / Xanadu Gallery
Architect/Designer: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Show on map & checkout the other sites nearby 140 Maiden Lane
San Francisco
94108
USA
coordinates: 37.7880745,-122.4057922
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Building names(s): V.C Morris Gift Shop / Xanadu Gallery / Xanadu Gallery
Architect/Designer: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Completion date: 1948
function(s): retail, showroom
getting there:
east of Union Square (approx 100m).
2 comments/reviews
www.bluffton.edu says:
Aug 27, 2008
This small commercial building uses a “Syrian” arch at the entrance, much like the entrances of some of Richardson’s buildings. (See the Glessner House, for example.) The curving ramp of the interior is usually regarded as a precedent for the later Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
gocalifornia.about.com says:
Aug 27, 2008
V. C. Morris Gift Shop, 1948
140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco
Tucked away on Maiden Lane, just off San Francisco’s Union Square, the V. C. Morris gift shop’s distinctive arched brickwork was designed to lure passers-by into the shop’s airy interior. The design of the shop clearly has similarities to the Guggenheim Museum, which Wright was designing at the same time. The shape of the curvilinear ramp is repeated in the display cases, tables and other furnishing. It is recognized by the American Institute of Architects as one of the seventeen Wright buildings that are representative of his contribution to American culture.
The shop is currently an art gallery. No formal tours are given, but visitors are welcome.