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Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [ 1 ] breweries, [ 2 ] horse racing tracks , [ 3 ] and others ...
The V. C. Morris Gift Shop is located at 140 Maiden Lane in downtown San Francisco, California, United States, and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. The store was used by Wright as a physical prototype , or proof of concept for the circular ramp at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
The Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart, also known as the San Francisco Mart, [2] was completed in mid-1937, after about one year of construction, at a cost of about $3 million (equivalent to $61,000,000 in 2022). [3]
Name List 18 [1] National Historic Landmarks: See List: 182 [2] National Register of Historic Places: See List: 3 [3] ASCE Civil Engineering Landmarks: See List: 3 [4] ASME Mechanical Engineering Landmarks: See List
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [1]
Ernie's (1900–1995) was a restaurant in San Francisco, California. It began as a modest family-style Italian trattoria around the turn of the 20th century. It was located near the notorious Barbary Coast area of the city. In the 1950s, it became known as a luxurious restaurant serving mostly traditional French cuisine.
Gump's is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California. [2] The company was acquired by the Chachas family in June 2019 and announced that it would be opening a San Francisco location for the holiday season as well as an e-commerce business.
Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) (May 6, 1927 – April 24, 1984) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. [1] He was called the "world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter " and worked at the Sam Wo Chinese restaurant .