The Six Most Heartbreaking Store Closures of 2014

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• The stores that have come and gone but stay forever in our hearts; photo via Carrots/Trendspotter
• When luxe boutique Carrots closed last spring, it left a hole in Jackson Square, especially for finding brands like Margiela and Rick Owen
• When Conifer closed its doors by March, it came as a surprise. But the ecommerce business exceeded the brick-and-mortar one,
• Chloe Rose is another boutique that moved completely online from offline. Now you can shop the cute dresses, jumpsuits, shirts, and jeans directly through th
• One of the biggest bummers of the year was when ACRE/SF moved out of its North Beach location with a killer view (and its own Blue Bott
• Rising rents forced La Rosa Vintage to close last summer—in a roundabout way. Owner Werner Werwie moved another store Haight Ash
• Lombardi Sports is the longstanding sporting goods store that's making way for condo development. The doors haven't officially closed just yet so there's

Here today, gone tomorrow—that's the name of the game for brick-and-mortar retail. And this year has seen some truly heart-wrenching store closures for reasons that run the gamut from rising rents to new ventures. Click through to the gallery to reminisce about some of the city's best that now only exist in our dreams (or on the Internet). Then make it a new year's resolution to treat your local boutiques with extra care in 2015 so they won't ever have to think about shuttering.

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