PLEASE JOIN US! For THE DEL MONTE SQUARE Dedication Ceremony...
Sep 9, 2004
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 @ 11 a.m.
Place: The corner of Beach Street and Leavenworth Street
Event Overview: The event will include remarks from:
-- Mayor Gavin Newsom
-- Richard G. Wolford, Chairman and CEO, Del Monte Foods
-- Chris Martin, THE CANNERY
-- Thomas LaTour, Kimpton/Argonaut Chairman and CEO
-- Kate Richardson, Maritime Historical Park Superintendent
Other invited guests include:
Kevin Shelley, California's Secretary of State
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress
San Francisco Board Of Supervisors, among others.
This event is free and open to the public and includes:
1) The world's largest "Del Monte" label cutting ceremony - A 1375 square feet long label wrapped around the perimeter of Del Monte Square
2) Del Monte Square's First Annual Cioppino Contest featuring recipes from Gary Danko of Restaurant Gary Danko and other local well known restaurants. (Celebrity judges will award first prize)
3) Fresh-cut flower give-aways
4) Sampling of peach crepes
5) Live swing band and dancers
6) Product and monetary donations will benefit the San Francisco Food Bank
Details: From 1907 to 1937, THE CANNERY and the Argonaut Hotel were known as Del Monte Plant #1. Just a few years after it was built it was considered the most productive fruit, vegetable and fish cannery in the world, employing over 2,000 people. After sixty-five years, Del Monte has restored its historic link to this location by putting the Del Monte name back on the block. Del Monte partnered with THE CANNERY to renovate the courtyard by converting the warehouse into three levels of winding walkways, balconies and bridges surrounding 130 year-old olive trees.
This area at the foot of Columbus Street is now known as Del Monte Square. Today it is the home of The Argonaut Hotel, The San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park and Visitors Center, thirty-five one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants, offices, nightclubs, a weekly Certified Organic Farmers Market and daily live entertainment. We are pleased to dedicate this site through a special ceremony.