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More than entertainment, the new $200 million Metreon offers San Franciscans the ultimate urban experience

Long before the boom in mall construction, Ray Bradbury outlined his vision of urban retail centers in his 1970 essay "The Girls Walk This Way; The Boys Walk That Way:" "I have a plan for a whole city block where we might meet as in the old days, and walk and shop and sit and talk and simply stare."

It is this plan that inspired the 375,000-sq.-ft. Metreon, the new Sony Entertainment Center that features four floors of shops, restaurants, interactive at

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