Podesta Baldocchi

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Podesta Baldocchi (Podesta [1] & Baldocchi [2] ) is one of the oldest operating florists in San Francisco, founded in 1871. [3] [4]

Their headquarters on 224 Grant Avenue, with Italian marble artwork and tile floors, acquired from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

In September 1999, Podesta Baldocchi was sold to Gerald Stevens Inc., which once operated a network of 231 floral online locations, delivering flowers, in 28 markets in the United States. [4]

In November 2001, San Francisco native Marc Rovetti took ownership of Podesta Baldocchi. [11] [12] Marc's father had emigrated from Italy in the 1950s and had worked at Podesta Baldocchi before starting his own floral business. [13] Marc sold Podesta Baldocchi to the Rossi & Rovetti floral shop in 2001. [14]

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  2. ↑ "ABOUT US". Baldocchi & Daughters: Florals. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Jossey-Bass Publishers (1 December 2009). The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 349–. ISBN   978-0-470-54237-8.
  4. 1 2 "Venerable S.F. florist Podesta Baldocchi sold". sfgate.com. September 8, 1999. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Katalin Makkai (21 August 2013). Vertigo. Routledge. pp. 174–. ISBN   978-1-136-23131-5.
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