While the havoc it wreaked onward ...

While the havoc it wreaked onward San Francisco was obvious, the Loma Prieta earthquake also had a certain quantity of less conspicuous repercussions: It spawned a small renovation booming One project that emerged from that 1989 natural disaster was the renovation and seismic upgrade of the Folger Coffee Company building, which survived the city's 1906 earthquake relatively unscathed.

Built in 1904 the five-story formation is situated less than couple blocks from San Francisco Bay. In the early days, coffee beans were unloaded at the piers and then delivered to Folger for processing. The building