Colombo Market Arch
600 Front St.
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Why it’s a landmark: “Colombo Market Arch is significant for its association with the Colombo Market building and the Italian-American community that founded the produce market.”
What else to know: The arch originally framed the western entrance to a block-long market with an open-air passage lined by vendor stalls — the centerpiece of a 50-acre produce district. But as the district declined, the city targeted the area for redevelopment. It now holds Embarcadero Center and the Golden Gateway residential blocks; all that remains is the arch, an incongruous relic on the edge of grassy Sydney Walton Square.
Year built: Part of a structure built in 1867, rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and demolished in the early 1960s
Architect: Clifford Daly