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Victorian houses in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Approximately 48,000 houses in the Victorian and Edwardian styles were built in San Francisco between 1849 and 1915 (with the change from Victorian to Edwardian occurring on the death of Queen Victoria in 1901). Many were painted in bright colors.
Hearts in San Francisco is an annual public art installation started in 2004 by the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation for the purpose of fundraising. The project is inspired by the international CowParade exhibit, in which cow sculptures are painted by various artists and installed in various cities throughout the world.
Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (March 24, 1881 – August 7, 1968) was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California.She was known both as "Big Alma" (she was 6 feet (1.8 m) tall) and "The Great Grandmother of San Francisco".
Peggy Louise Caserta (September 12, 1940 – November 21, 2024) was an American businesswoman and memoirist. She owned Mnasidika, a boutique in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district that became a hub for the counterculture of the 1960s, and published two memoirs, including one detailing her relationship with singer Janis Joplin.
Looking east from the Steiner Street pedestrian overpass. Geary Boulevard (designated as Geary Street east of Van Ness Avenue) is a major east–west 5.8-mile-long (9 km) thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, United States, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Kearny Street, and running westbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western ...
Sam Houston is officially a millionaire, three days after the Queen of Hearts shined her light on him. Houston, a 61-year-old retired ironworker from Red Bud, received a check for $1,340,383.83 ...
Inez Brown Burns (1886-1976) was an underground abortion provider and socialite in San Francisco. [1] She created an extensive West Coast abortion network in the United States, which catered to a range of clients in the early 20th century. It is estimated that her clinic provided about 50,000 abortions in San Francisco [2] and about 150,000 ...
Queen of Hearts released her debut EP The Arrival in October 2011. [1] Featuring collaborations with The Sound of Arrows, Dreamtrak, Diamond Cut and Devils Gun, the EP picked up widespread support from The Guardian, [2] The Times, Popjustice, [3] Q and The Line of Best Fit. [4] The lead track, "Shoot The Bullet", featured an early remix from ...