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Park signage, 2013. Designed in 1957 by Robert Royston the square is a rooftop park located on the top level of a parking garage in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood. At the time, rooftop gardens were promoted in the city by real estate developers as a means to maximize build able areas, and were most often sited on two‐story, above‐ground parking structures. being one of the first ...
Sun Yat-sen is an outdoor sculpture depicting the Chinese physician, writer, and philosopher of the same name by Beniamino Bufano, installed in San Francisco's Saint Mary's Square, in 1937, in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2]
Memorial for fallen Chinese American Veterans of World Wars I and II, St. Mary's Square, Chinatown, San Francisco As a commander of the American Legion Post No. 384 (Cathay Post), Young helped to establish the San Francisco memorial to the fallen Chinese American Veterans of World War I and World War II, and along with his former commanding ...
The site is located near the Saint Mary's Square, at the crossroads of San Francisco Chinatown and the Financial District. [3] The statue "Comfort Women" Column of Strength, by sculptor Steven Whyte, is one of nine and the first sculpture placed in a major U.S. city to commemorate the comfort women. [4]
Saint Mary's Square — 651 California: Features statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, by Beniamino Bufano and a memorial for Chinese-American veterans of World Wars I and II. 3 Sing Chong building 1907 601–615 Grant: Designed by Ross & Burgren and among the earliest buildings erected after the 1906 earthquake. Strong influence on Chinatown architecture.
Saint Mary's Square; Sam Wo; San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture; San Francisco Chinese Hospital; San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade; 1900–1904 San Francisco plague; San Francisco riot of 1877; San Francisco Saints; Showgirl Magic Museum; Soo Yuen Benevolent Association; William Speer (minister)
Hoy, William J. (April 1943). "Chinatown Devises Its Own Street Names". California Folklore Quarterly. 2 (2). Western States Folklore Society: 71–75. doi:10.2307/1495551. JSTOR 1495551. Miller, Greg (30 September 2013). "1885 map reveals vice in San Francisco's Chinatown and racism at City Hall". Wired
Like many buildings in the area, it was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the community worked together to rebuild it [1] at its original location, 520 Pine, near St. Mary's Square. [2] The Los Angeles branch of the Kong Chow Family Association and Temple was designed by architect Gilbert Leong [3] and opened in 1960. [4]