Crocker Galleria
{{Short description|Shopping mall in San Francisco, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Crocker Galleria
| image = Crocker Galleria entrance, San Francisco 2023-07-18.jpg
| caption = Entrance to Crocker Galleria
| location = 50 Post Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|37|47|27|N|122|24|06|W|type:landmark_region:US}}
| opening_date = 1982
| developer = Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
| number_of_stores = 3 (as of 2024)
| parking = Yes
}}
Crocker Galleria is a three-level shopping center located at 50 Post Street in San Francisco's Financial District.{{cite web | title=Crocker Galleria looks to shed retail space amid overhaul | website=San Francisco Business Times | date=9 July 2019 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/07/08/crocker-galleria-retail-downtown-sf-office-upgrade.html | access-date=23 July 2024}}
History
Crocker Galleria was opened in 1982, designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Originally, it housed around 62 stores and restaurants, providing an urban amenity for pedestrians in a densely packed urban core.
Known for its glass atrium inspired by Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, it offers a semi-indoor shopping experience.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Incidents
{{main|Disappearance of Kristen Modafferi}}
Crocker Galleria is also notable for the mysterious disappearance of Kristen Modafferi in 1997.{{Cite web |date=2000-02-03 |title=Kristen Deborah Modafferi |url=https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/kristen-deborah-modafferi |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General |language=en}} Modafferi, an 18-year-old college student, vanished after leaving her job at the Galleria. Despite extensive investigations, her case remains unsolved.{{cite news|work=Reader's Digest|last=Birkbeck|first=Matt|publisher=Trusted Media Brands, Inc.|location=New York City|issn=0034-0375|date=December 2003|title=Without a Trace|pages=84–94|url=http://patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/files/Dec_2003_Readers_Digest_Article_on_Kristen_Modafferi.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109183812/http://patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/files/Dec_2003_Readers_Digest_Article_on_Kristen_Modafferi.pdf|archive-date=2006-11-09}}