Spectacles Of Union Square

Spectacles, located on San Francisco's historic Maiden Lane since 1972, has always been more concerned with precision and accuracy than the latest fads and gimmicks. Three generations ago, in 1932, the owners family opened their first wholesale lab in Detroit. Sisters Isabel and Rae were two of the first females in the optical industry.

I am fortunate to have been trained by an old European optician and lab man. Horst had come out of the lab to eventually own his store as have I. He taught me all he knew about making prescription lenses on outdated antiquated equipment - I had to master the trade and learn to manually perform tasks that one would never need to know when using modern equipment.