With the permanent closure of San Francisco’s Macy’s at Union Square announced two days ago, the city that I used to call my gateway into the US via Australia has died. Ten years ago, I wrote this homage to a place that, both breakfast and dinner, became a favourite haunt—part piano bar, home food comfort, part a place to watch some big screen ESPN or order a classic Martini. Rest in peace San Francisco, victim of endless homelessness and this past decade uncontrolled illegal immigration. The homeless were always with you but their code to passers-by was live and let live. Now in 2024, it’s obviously become too hard for business owners, locals, tourists and the homeless alike to co-exist. A great city has…