The Asian Art Museum

SF Centre

(In the former Nordstrom’s)

and 

The de Young East

(In the Emporium Rotunda)

 

Continuing their walk, 

Noah and Emma

made their way 

near the new location 

of the Asian Art Museum 

in the former Nordstrom's 

at SF Centre, 

its exhibition space 

now more than doubled,

to 350,000 square feet,

with its magical curving escalators,

and excited visitors

Immediately Tripling

In Yearly Numbers

of Visitors and Patrons. 

 

Their path takes them past 

the SFPD mounted unit 

standing across the street 

by the sleek

and elegant museum. ​

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The sight of

officers on horseback, 

in their classic uniforms, 

adds a sense of tradition

and calm 

to the cityscape.

 

As they walk, 

they admired

the Emporium building,

now housing

in its Rotunda,

on levels 2 & 3,

the location for the 

de Young East Museum,

housing the

18th-20th century

American art Collection. 

 

The historical architecture

of the Emporium façade

and its Rotunda

contrasted beautifully

with the classical modern

Asian Art Museum building, 

creating a unique blend 

of old and new, 

East and West.

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