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  2. San Francisco Ferry Building - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall [ 3 ] and an office building. It is located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California and is served by Golden Gate Ferry and San Francisco Bay Ferry routes. On top of the building is a 245-foot-tall (75 m) clock tower with four ...

  3. A. Page Brown - Wikipedia

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    A. Page Brown. San Francisco Ferry Building, designed by A. Page Brown in 1892. A. Page Brown, born Arthur Page Brown (December 1859 – January 21, 1896), was an American architect known for buildings that incorporated classical styles in the Beaux-Arts manner. Having first worked in the office of McKim, Mead and White in New York City in 1879 ...

  4. Embarcadero (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    November 20, 2002. Rincon Park and Cupid's Span with the San Francisco skyline and The Embarcadero in the background. The Embarcadero (Spanish for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco, California. It was constructed on reclaimed land along a three mile long [2] engineered seawall ...

  5. Ferry Station Post Office Building - Wikipedia

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    Architectural style. Mediterranean. NRHP reference No. 78000756. Added to NRHP. December 1, 1978. The Ferry Station Post Office Building, also known as the Agriculture Building, is a historic building in San Francisco, California, United States. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

  6. Ferries of San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia

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    Central Pacific ferry El Capitan was the largest ferry on San Francisco Bay when built in 1868. [5] Ferry Berkeley (served 1898–1958) at the San Diego Maritime Museum. The first railroad ferries on San Francisco Bay were established by the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad and the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (SF&A), which were taken over by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in 1870 ...

  7. Miguel Covarrubias - Wikipedia

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    Rocío Sagaón (m. circa 1952) Covarrubias's caricature of himself as an Olmec. Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling, he was the co-discoverer ...

  8. Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District is a Registered Historic District in the city of San Francisco, California, United States. It consists of Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5, which form one of the largest [citation needed] surviving pier complexes along San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront road. [1] It was added to the National Register of ...

  9. One Market Plaza - Wikipedia

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    One Market Plaza is a complex of three office buildings at 1 Market Street along the San Francisco Embarcadero.The historic 11-story Southern Pacific Building, also known as "The Landmark", was completed in 1916, and incorporated into the development in 1976 that includes the 43-storey 172 metres (564 feet) Spear Tower, and the 27-storey, 111 metres (364 feet) Steuart Tower.