SAN FRANCISCO – Bethlehem Steel Corp.’s former San Francisco offices have found a new use as a restaurant with two wine bars, along with displays of home furnishings.
RH, the company formerly known as Restoration Hardware, said the five-story Bethlehem Steel Building at Pier 70 shows off luxury furnishings from its collection, as well as art, antiques and artifacts.
The building was constructed in 1917 in the Classical Revival style, RH said. The company has restored old buildings elsewhere, including the former Museum of Natural History in Boston’s Back Bay and the Three Arts Club in Chicago.
The company operates The Palm Court Restaurant at the site, along with the wine bars and a rooftop with views of the San Francisco skyline, bay and San Francisco Bay Bridge. The building combines RH’s home furnishings and hospitality businesses.
“This was a rare opportunity to do what we love, in a city that we love and call our home,” said Gary Friedman, RH chairman and chief executive officer, in the statement.
One floor of the structure will display the RH Contemporary line, and selections from RH Modern, RH Interiors and other collections will also be featured.
Friedman said the building is open to the public for the first time in its 105-year history.
Bethlehem Steel was dissolved almost 20 years ago. Locally, former Steel land off Route 412 in Bethlehem has been converted into warehouses, and in South Bethlehem, 10 acres at the former headquarters is now SteelStacks, an arts and entertainment venue.
In Baltimore, the former Sparrows Point mill is now Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,250-acre logistics center.
RH is based in California and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RH. Shares last traded at $285.