query: what hotel should i stay in san francisco?

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: Best Historic Hotel in the over 400 guest room category by Historic Hotels of America, an initiative of the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Palace Hotel, San Francisco The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. The hotel is also referred to as the "New" Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the original 1875 Palace Hotel, which had been demolished after being gutted by the fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The present structure opened on December 19, 1909, on the same

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: Palace Hotel, San Francisco The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. The hotel is also referred to as the "New" Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the original 1875 Palace Hotel, which had been demolished after being gutted by the fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The present structure opened on December 19, 1909, on the same site as its predecessor. The hotel was closed from January 1989 to April 1991 to undergo a two-year renovation and seismic retrofit. Occupying most of

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: affordable housing in San Francisco. International Hotel (San Francisco) The International Hotel, often referred to locally as the I-Hotel was a low-income single-room-occupancy residential hotel in San Francisco, California's Manilatown . It was home to many Asian Americans, specifically a large Filipino American population. Around 1954, the I-Hotel also famously housed in its basement Enrico Banduccci's original "hungry i" nightclub. During the "Manhattanization" of San Francisco in the late 60s, real estate corporations proposed plans to demolish the hotel, which would necessitate displacing all of the I-Hotel's elderly tenants. In response, housing activists, students, community members, and tenants united to

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: International Hotel (San Francisco) The International Hotel, often referred to locally as the I-Hotel was a low-income single-room-occupancy residential hotel in San Francisco, California's Manilatown . It was home to many Asian Americans, specifically a large Filipino American population. Around 1954, the I-Hotel also famously housed in its basement Enrico Banduccci's original "hungry i" nightclub. During the "Manhattanization" of San Francisco in the late 60s, real estate corporations proposed plans to demolish the hotel, which would necessitate displacing all of the I-Hotel's elderly tenants. In response, housing activists, students, community members, and tenants united to protest and resist eviction. Despite

title: Should I Stay or Should I Go

text: included in DVD "The Clash Live: Revolution Rock". Both disks were released on 6 October 2008. Should I Stay or Should I Go "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, from their album "Combat Rock". It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked

title: Should I Stay or Should I Go

text: Should I Stay or Should I Go "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, from their album "Combat Rock". It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". Many rumours have arisen about the song's

title: Hotel Nikko San Francisco

text: Hotel Nikko San Francisco Hotel Nikko San Francisco is a high-rise hotel at 222 Mason Street near Union Square, San Francisco, California. The 28-story hotel has 532 hotel rooms, and is owned by DATAM, LLC. and operated by Nikko Hotels. The hotel is one block away from Union Square, San Francisco and five blocks from the Moscone Center. The hotel opened in October 1987. The hotel was designed by AMTAD, Inc. and Whisler- Patri Architects and built by Takenaka. It underwent a $60 million renovation commemorating from December 2016 to March 2017, during which time the hotel was closed. The

title: Should I Stay

text: Should I Stay "Should I Stay" is a song by British singer Gabrielle. It was released as a single in 2000 and was the fourth and final single released from the "Rise" album. The song charted at No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart, the fourth top 15 hit from the album. The video for the single is very moody and depicts the atmosphere of the song more than having a linear storyline. The song samples part of the BBC News theme. In 2004 it was used in the second episode of BBC drama serial "Blackpool". CD: 1 CD: 2

title: Should I Stay

title: Park Central Hotel San Francisco

text: the ANA Hotel San Francisco, then The Argent Hotel. Following its sale in 2005, the hotel was renamed again and was known from April 12, 2007 to January 23, 2015 as The Westin Market Street San Francisco when it underwent a $28.3 million renovation. LaSalle Hotel Properties acquired the property for $350 million and renamed it Park Central San Francisco. Scenes in David Fincher's 1997 film "The Game" were shot in the hotel. Park Central Hotel San Francisco Park Central Hotel San Francisco is a 36 story highrise hotel at 50 Third Street in San Francisco, California. The hotel has

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: five days in his own jail. In the early morning of August 4, 1977, 400 San Francisco riot police began to physically remove tenants from homes despite the 3,000 protesters attempting to surround and barricade the I-Hotel. Within six hours, all 55 remaining tenants had been evicted. In total, 197 tenants were evicted. In 1994, real estate company Pan-Magna sold the I-Hotel land to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. Subsequently, an $8.3 million grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development was awarded to facilitate development of low-income housing. The Chinatown Community Development Center was

title: I Left My Heart in San Francisco

text: Sharon, Bennett's longtime accompanist and friends with the composers. Sharon brought the music along when he and Bennett were on tour and on their way to San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. Prior to Tony Bennett hearing it, the song was pitched to Tennessee Ernie Ford, whom Claramae Turner suggested Cross take it to. Ford turned the song down. In December 1961, in the famous "Venetian Room" at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Tony Bennett first sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". In the audience that night were San Francisco mayor George Christopher and future mayor Joseph L. Alioto.

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: this, all tenants were evicted on August 4, 1977. The hotel was demolished in 1981, and after the site was purchased by the International Hotel Senior Housing Inc., it was rebuilt and opened in 2005. It now shares spaces with St. Mary's School and Manilatown. The I-Hotel, originally established as a luxury location for travelers in 1854, relocated to Kearny Street in 1873 and was rebuilt in 1907 after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. During the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of seasonal Asian laborers came to reside at the I-Hotel. The communities and building around the I-Hotel grew

title: Park Central Hotel San Francisco

text: Park Central Hotel San Francisco Park Central Hotel San Francisco is a 36 story highrise hotel at 50 Third Street in San Francisco, California. The hotel has 23,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including a 9,000 square-foot ballroom with capacity of up to 1,200 guests. MaSo, the hotel's restaurant, can host private events for up to 300 guests and has an outdoor terrace. It was the first private project of the City of San Francisco Redevelopment Agency's development in the Yerba Buena district and opened in 1984 as the Hotel Meridien San Francisco. It was later known as

title: Should I Stay or Should I Go

text: content, such as Jones' impending dismissal from the Clash or the tempestuous personal relationship between Jones and American singer Ellen Foley. Should I Stay Or Should I Go' was thought to be written by Jones about Foley, who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf's "Bat Out of Hell" LP. However, Jones himself said: It wasn't about anybody specific and it wasn't pre-empting my leaving The Clash. It was just a good rockin' song, our attempt at writing a classic... When we were just playing, that was the kind of thing we used to like to play. – Mick Jones, 1991

title: Ambassador Hotel (San Francisco)

text: Ambassador Hotel (San Francisco) The Ambassador Hotel is a six-story, 134 room single room occupancy hotel at 55 Mason Street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, California. The hotel was designed by Earl B. Scott & K. McDonald as the Ferris Harriman Hotel and Theater, and completed in 1911. An addition was completed in 1922, and in 1923 the hotel was renamed Hotel Ambassador. In 1929, the theater was converted to a garage. True crime author Miriam Allen deFord was a noted resident from 1936 until her death in 1975. From 1978 to 1996, the hotel was managed by

title: Ambassador Hotel (San Francisco)

text: completed in November 2003, and it now serves as low income housing. Ambassador Hotel (San Francisco) The Ambassador Hotel is a six-story, 134 room single room occupancy hotel at 55 Mason Street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, California. The hotel was designed by Earl B. Scott & K. McDonald as the Ferris Harriman Hotel and Theater, and completed in 1911. An addition was completed in 1922, and in 1923 the hotel was renamed Hotel Ambassador. In 1929, the theater was converted to a garage. True crime author Miriam Allen deFord was a noted resident from 1936 until her

title: I Left My Heart in San Francisco

text: Year, as well as for Best Male Solo Vocal Performance. In 2001 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was ranked 23rd on an RIAA/NEA list of the most historically significant Songs of the 20th Century. It has often been performed in public by Bennett in concert as well as on special occasions. A statue of Tony Bennett was unveiled outside the Fairmont Hotel on 19 August 2016, in honor of his 90th birthday, the hotel performance, and the song's history with San Francisco. Bennett has said of the song, That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed

title: Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco)

text: Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco) Baldwin Hotel was a 19th-century luxury hotel and theatre built by Comstock Lode millionaire, entrepreneur, and gambler Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, formerly in downtown San Francisco, California. It was located on Powell Street at the corner of Market Street, near the Union Square area. The Baldwin Theatre was completed in 1875, and the Baldwin Hotel was completed around it in 1876. The hotel was designed in the Second Empire style by architect Sumner Bugbee. The theatre featured touring performers and it was first known as Baldwin's Academy of Music. Most of the touring performers of the

title: Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)

text: originally designed by Weeks and Day as the Huntington Apartments in 1922, and was converted to a hotel by real estate developer Eugene Fritz, who bought the property in 1924. Fritz' grandchildren ran the hotel until selling it in 2011 to Singapore-based Grace International. The hotel closed on January 4, 2014 and reopened in May 2014 as The Scarlet Huntington, following a $15 million renovation. Huntington Hotel (San Francisco) The Scarlet Huntington Hotel is one of the landmark luxury hotels at the top of the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California. It is located at 1075 California Street, cross

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: brilliantly lighted, is superb; its furniture, rooms and appointments are all fine, but then it tells you all over it was built to "whip all creation," and the millions of its lucky owner enabled him to triumph."" ... Andrew Carnegie, "Round the World" Free guided tours of the hotel are led by volunteers of the San Francisco City Guides, a program of the San Francisco Public Library. Although the hotel survived the initial damage from the early morning April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake, by late that afternoon it had been consumed by the subsequent fires. Notably, tenor Enrico Caruso

title: Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)

text: Huntington Hotel (San Francisco) The Scarlet Huntington Hotel is one of the landmark luxury hotels at the top of the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California. It is located at 1075 California Street, cross street is Taylor Street. The hotel is a twelve-story, Georgian-style brick building that features 135 guest rooms and suites. The hotel is named after Collis P. Huntington, one of the Big Four railroad tycoons of the Old West. However, it is across California Street from Huntington's Mansion, on the site of a mansion owned by the Tobin family, founders of the Hibernia Bank. It was

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: a city block, the now century-old nine-story hotel stands immediately adjacent to both the BART Montgomery Street Station and the Monadnock Building, and across Market Street from Lotta's Fountain. The Palace Hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The original Palace Hotel was built by San Francisco banker and entrepreneur William Chapman Ralston, who heavily depended on his shaky banking empire to help finance the $5 million project. Although Ralston's Bank of California collapsed in late August 1875, and Ralston himself drowned in San Francisco Bay on the

title: Hotel Nikko San Francisco

text: 22–24. The lounge offers a light breakfast every morning, as well as a wine and beer reception every evening, both available seven days a week. The 24-hour health club, Club Nikko, located on the fifth floor, is 10,000 sq. ft., and includes a fitness center, steam room, sauna, shiatsu massages, and an atrium style pool. There is a 2,200 sq. ft. outdoor terrace, which includes a dog run, both of which were completed during Club Nikko's renovation. The terraces provides access to fresh air and natural light. Hotel Nikko San Francisco Hotel Nikko San Francisco is a high-rise hotel at

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: of protesters, as did International Hotel Tenant Association chairperson Emil deGuzman and tenants Wahat Tampao and Felix Ayson. Ed Lee volunteered for the cause by working through the terms of various anti-eviction agreements as an attorney for the Asian Legal Caucus. Asian American student activists from nearby University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University also joined the protests, volunteering to repair and repaint the I-Hotel so that it remained habitable for tenants even as the Four Seas Investment Corporation failed to maintain basic utilities. Controversial Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones also became involved in the fight for the

title: Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

text: the hotel tower help dampen some of the wind sway due to powerful winds off the Pacific Ocean. Since 2008, former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has lived in the 38th-floor penthouse suite at the Four Seasons Hotel with her husband and growing family of three children, as well as live-in domestic help. Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco The Four Seasons Hotel & Residences is a mixed-use development at 757 Market Street in San Francisco, California near Moscone Center. Completed in January 2001, the tower is the first skyscraper of the 21st century to be completed in the city. The five-star

title: Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

text: Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco The Four Seasons Hotel & Residences is a mixed-use development at 757 Market Street in San Francisco, California near Moscone Center. Completed in January 2001, the tower is the first skyscraper of the 21st century to be completed in the city. The five-star hotel is operated by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, hosts 277 guest rooms and retail stores, and houses 142 luxury condominiums on the upper floors. The Four Seasons Hotel's restaurant is decorated with artwork and the hotel also operates a 10,000 sq.ft. fitness center. Non-linear viscous dampers located at the top of

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: into a 10-block Filipino American enclave along Kearny Street known as Manilatown, the Manilatown section of San Francisco. During the 1960s, residents were able to rent a room in the hotel for less than $50 a month. During the urban renewal and redevelopment movement of the mid-1960s, the International Hotel was targeted for demolition. This "urban renewal" that occurred in response to the end of World War II had destroyed the heart of the Fillmore District, San Francisco, and hundreds of homes and thousands of residents were displaced due to the city's plans to expand the downtown business sector. In

title: San Francisco Independent

text: That has nothing to do with editorial coverage." Adding, regarding Griffin's refusal to be interviewed by editorial board of the Independent: "Anytime a politician becomes so powerful they can choose which newspaper they want to talk to, or don't want to talk to, I think that's when the citizens of the county should be afraid." Ted Fang has defended his newspaper's actions, saying, "We fight for what we believe in." "San Francisco Chronicle" managing editor Daniel E. Rosenheim in 1995 rated The Independent staff young and hard-working commenting, "I find some of their coverage enlightening." San Francisco Independent The "San

title: Ambassador Hotel (San Francisco)

text: Hank Wilson, a San Francisco LGBT activist, who made the hotel a model for harm reduction housing. In 1993, photographer Paul Fusco published a series of photographs of some of the residents living with AIDS. Over many years, the hotel deteriorated. In 1994, KRON, San Francisco's channel 4, aired a documentary about the hotel and its residents called "Life and Death at the Ambassador Hotel" which documented the hotel's use as harm reduction housing. During the late 1990s, a collection of activist and labor organizations worked with residents to organize to improve the buildings. The now defunct Eviction Defense Network

title: 2005 San Francisco Proposition I

text: 2005 San Francisco Proposition I Proposition I ("College Not Combat") was a ballot measure passed by residents of San Francisco, California on November 5, 2005, with 60% in support. This proposition, which does not carry enforcement power, declared the city's opposition to military recruitment in public high schools and universities and stated that money should instead be directed toward scholarships. The proposition was written by Todd Chretien. Its proponents described its passage as a statement that voters "want it to be city policy to oppose military recruiters' access to public schools and to consider funding scholarships for education and training

title: International Hotel (San Francisco)

text: I-Hotel. After Jones was appointed as Chairman of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission, the Housing Authority voted to acquire the building using $1.3 million in federal funds and then to turn it over to tenants rights groups. When a court rejected that plan and ordered evictions in January 1977, the Peoples Temple provided two thousand of the five thousand people that surrounded the building, barricaded the doors and chanted "No, no, no evictions!" Sheriff Richard Hongisto, a political ally of Jones, refused to execute the eviction order, which resulted in Hongisto being held in contempt of court and serving

title: Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco)

text: day appeared there. The hotel and theatre occupied the entire block. The ground floor was divided into a number of large stores. A theatre attendee, Mrs. Frank Leslie, described the building in 1877: The entire building was destroyed by fire in 1898. Two people were killed, and the adjacent Columbia Theater building on Powell Street suffered considerable damage. After the Baldwin Hotel building was demolished, the Flood Building was built on the site in 1904. Baldwin Hotel (San Francisco) Baldwin Hotel was a 19th-century luxury hotel and theatre built by Comstock Lode millionaire, entrepreneur, and gambler Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin,

title: Fairmont San Francisco

text: Left My Heart in San Francisco" in December 1961. A statue of Tony Bennett was unveiled outside the Fairmont on 19 August 2016, in honor of his 90th birthday, the performance and the song's history with San Francisco. The Fairmont Hotel was used in the establishing shots for the fictional St. Gregory Hotel in the 1983 television series "Hotel". The hotel on which the original novel was based is now The Roosevelt New Orleans. Fairmont San Francisco The Fairmont San Francisco is an AAA Four-Diamond luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: in support of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. In 1923, Warren G. Harding's term as President ended suddenly when he died at the Palace Hotel, in Room 8064, an eighth floor suite that overlooks Market Street. In 1945, the Palace Hotel hosted a banquet to mark the opening session of the United Nations. The Palace was sold to Sheraton Hotels in 1954 and became the Sheraton-Palace Hotel. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev spoke at a banquet at the Sheraton-Palace during his American tour in 1959. The Garden Court was declared a San Francisco Landmark in 1969. In

title: I Left My Heart in San Francisco

text: I Left My Heart in San Francisco "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglass Cross (1920–1975) and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett. In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time," peaked at #19 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, and was also included on the album "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". It also reached number seven on

title: Hotel Nikko San Francisco

text: renovation was led by Hirsch Bedner Associates. The hotel has 16 guest floors, 11 elevators, a health club, spa, lounge, cabaret room, and a restaurant. Restaurant ANZU is located on the second floor and is visible from the lobby. ANZU, is overseen by Hotel Nikko's Food and Beverage Director, Chef Phillippe Striffeler. Striffeler was named one of five 2015 recipients of the Antonin Carême Medal presented by the American Culinary Federation’s San Francisco Chapter on November 16, 2015. The hotel has an Imperial lounge, located on the 23rd floor, which is only accessible to guests staying on the Imperial floors,

title: What Pet Should I Get?

text: Seuss conceived "The Pet Shop" first but eventually decided to use the characters in a less narrative-structured book instead and developed "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" around them. "The Pet Shop" was reconstructed for publication by Goldsmith, who also colored the black-and-white illustrations. The reconstructed book was published by Random House in July 2015 as "What Pet Should I Get?". Random House reported it would likely publish two additional volumes based on the other material found in the same box. In "The New York Times", Maria Russo gave "What Pet Should I Get?" a largely positive review,

title: What Pet Should I Get?

text: saying that "the book is, if not top-flight Seuss, a very good example of his particular genius for distilling both the spirit of his times and the timeless mind-set of children." What Pet Should I Get? What Pet Should I Get? is a Dr. Seuss children's book, posthumously published in 2015. Believed to have been written between 1958 and 1962, the book chronicles the adventures of Jay and Kay from Seuss' "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" in their attempts to buy a pet. In a pet store, a young brother and sister (Jay and Kay) are trying

title: What Pet Should I Get?

text: What Pet Should I Get? What Pet Should I Get? is a Dr. Seuss children's book, posthumously published in 2015. Believed to have been written between 1958 and 1962, the book chronicles the adventures of Jay and Kay from Seuss' "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" in their attempts to buy a pet. In a pet store, a young brother and sister (Jay and Kay) are trying to choose a pet. They consider a vast array of possible pets as their deadline of noon approaches. Finally, they settle on a pet whose identity remains unrevealed. After Theodor Seuss

title: I Left My Heart in San Francisco

text: me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life. The Songwriters Hall of Fame gave Bennett the "Towering Performance Award" for his vocal rendition of the song. A version by rhythm and blues singer Bobby Womack peaked at #48 on the Billboard R&B singles chart in 1969. Also in 1969, the song was adopted by the City and County of San Francisco as one of its two official anthems, the other being the title song from the 1936 film "San Francisco (1936 film)". I Left My Heart in San Francisco "I Left

title: InterContinental San Francisco

text: InterContinental San Francisco The InterContinental San Francisco is a high-rise hotel at 888 Howard Street in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. The 32-story hotel has 550 hotel rooms, and is operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The hotel is next to the Moscone West Center, completed in 2003. The hotel opened on February 28, 2008. There is a two-level underground garage and a six-floor podium housing hotel amenities. The hotel was designed by Patri Merker Architects, and Hornberger + Worstell with Webcor Builders as primary contractors and with Architectural Glass and Aluminum serving as the Glazing

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: by a four-story brick apartment block built in 1916, which still occupies much of the northwest corner lot at Post and Leavenworth streets where the "Baby" Palace Hotel had briefly stood. Completely rebuilt from the ground up, the "New" Palace Hotel opened on December 19, 1909, and quickly resumed the role of its namesake predecessor as an important San Francisco landmark as well as host to many of the city's great events. While externally much plainer than the original Palace, the new "Bonanza Inn" is in many ways as elegant, sumptuous, and gracious on the inside as the 1875 building.

title: Loews Regency San Francisco

text: Loews Regency San Francisco Loews Regency San Francisco, formerly the Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco, is a luxury hotel that occupies the top 11 floors of 48 story office tower of 345 California Center at 222 Sansome Street in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Initially planned as condominiums, the twin towers of hotel were situated at 45-degree angles relative to the rest of the building with several glass skybridges that offer views of the San Francisco Bay Area. In February 2015, the hotel was sold to Loews Hotels and renamed the Loews Regency San Francisco. As of February 2015

title: I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album)

text: I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album) I Left My Heart in San Francisco is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1962 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Originally available as Columbia rekey CL 1869 (mono) and CS 8669 (stereo), it is one of the best-selling albums of Bennett's career. In February 1962, the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was released by Columbia as the b-side to "Once Upon a Time," but became a chart hit in its own right.

title: InterContinental San Francisco

text: amenities include a fitness center, an indoor lap pool, Jacuzzi, a business center, and pets are allowed with fee and weight restriction in some rooms. The conference center contains two large ballrooms, an executive board room and 21 meeting rooms. InterContinental San Francisco The InterContinental San Francisco is a high-rise hotel at 888 Howard Street in the South of Market district of San Francisco, California. The 32-story hotel has 550 hotel rooms, and is operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The hotel is next to the Moscone West Center, completed in 2003. The hotel opened on February 28, 2008. There

title: Should I Go

text: are shown in the lines: "Should I Go? / Should I Stay? / I'm In Control / Either Way". Murmuring about her career concerns, Norwood sings "I'm standing on the edge of the industry / Wondering if it’s all that important to me / To get my records back out there on the street again / This game ain’t what I’m used to". Norwood also alludes to the late 1990s when she dominated female urban contemporary with other female teen singers such as Aaliyah and Monica and she felt that the "Industry was more like a different world." Vocally, the

title: Fairmont San Francisco

text: Fairmont San Francisco The Fairmont San Francisco is an AAA Four-Diamond luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel was named after mining magnate and U.S. Senator James Graham Fair (1831–94), by his daughters, Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, who built the hotel in his honor. The hotel was the vanguard of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The group is now owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, but all the original Fairmont hotels still keep their names. As of July 2014, room rates begin at $409 per night. It has

text: the Sky", "Love for Sale" from "The New Yorkers", and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from "Oh, Look!". Bennett's rescue of "Once Upon a Time" from "All American" gave him "San Francisco" instead, his signature song. I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album) I Left My Heart in San Francisco is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1962 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Originally available as Columbia rekey CL 1869 (mono) and CS 8669 (stereo), it is one of the best-selling albums of

title: 2005 San Francisco Proposition I

text: to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead. O'Reilly further debated the comments on his Fox News Channel television program "The O'Reilly Factor" with Chretien on November 14, 2005, with O'Reilly claiming it was a "satirical reference." 2005 San Francisco Proposition I Proposition I ("College Not Combat") was a ballot measure passed by residents of San Francisco, California on November 5, 2005, with 60% in support. This proposition, which does not carry enforcement power, declared

title: Drama City: What Should I Do?

text: his ill mom and doesn't get along with his dad. After one of his arguments with his dad, he runs out of the house to let off steam by playing with his roller blades. Somehow he traveled through time he meets his parents prior to their dating. Drama City: What Should I Do? Drama City: "What Should I Do?"(드라마 시티: 어떡하지?") is Episode 234 of the South Korean KBS television series, Drama City, which is a collection of single episode short dramas. Each episode has a different story, and the cast changes every week. Seong Ho, played by Lee Joon-gi,

title: Drama City: What Should I Do?

text: Drama City: What Should I Do? Drama City: "What Should I Do?"(드라마 시티: 어떡하지?") is Episode 234 of the South Korean KBS television series, Drama City, which is a collection of single episode short dramas. Each episode has a different story, and the cast changes every week. Seong Ho, played by Lee Joon-gi, lives a poor life with his father, while his sickly mother is hospitalized. But suddenly, he is later on transported back into his father's past and discovers more about his parents and how they met. A rampant boy, whose mother is very ill, has problems coping with

title: San Francisco Marriott Marquis

text: San Francisco Marriott Marquis The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is a 39-story skyscraper in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Situated at the intersection of Fourth and Mission Streets, across from the Metreon and Moscone Convention Center, the building is recognizable by the distinctive postmodern appearance of its high-rise tower. The building was completed in 1989, and contains 1,500 hotel rooms. The original architectural firm Zeidler Partnership Architects was replaced by DMJM architect Anthony J Lumsden, who gave the building its overall architectural style. The San Francisco Marriott is the second tallest hotel in San Francisco, after

title: San Francisco graft trials

text: as his fee whatever was left out of the initial $100,000 fund, stating "But I don't there will be anything left and I will put up my time against your money." In the end, Heney didn't receive any compensation for his work, and in fact gave up lucrative legal work to stay with the prosecution. On March 10, the Board of Supervisors granted the Home Telegraph Company a 50-year exclusive franchise to provide phone dial service to San Francisco, an act that brought immediate condemnation from the "San Francisco Examiner". They reminded the board in an editorial that their election

title: Hilton San Francisco Financial District

text: was actually the old San Francisco Hall of Justice. The old Hall of Justice was demolished in April 1968. The hotel was originally built as the Holiday Inn Chinatown in 1971. The new hotel had an unusual rooftop swimming pool that is featured in the opening scenes of the first Dirty Harry film (1971). Hilton San Francisco Financial District Hilton San Francisco Financial District is a 27-story hotel located in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, California at 750 Kearny Street. Formerly the Holiday Inn Chinatown, the hotel re-opened in January 2006 after a renovation. The lobby interior, designed by

title: Hilton San Francisco Union Square

text: original wing by a skybridge. The hotel was featured in the 1972 screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?", where the main characters stay at a Hotel Bristol hosting a music convention. Filming took place in the new 46-story skyscraper hotel, with the lobby, drugstore, ballroom, seventeenth floor, and partly-finished top floor all filling the first hour of the film. In March 1985, Hilton was refused permission to open a casino property in Atlantic City, with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in part citing that "reputed members of organized crime had frequented the San Francisco Hilton and had been seen coming

title: I Stay in Love

text: "I Stay in Love" was filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, using a story line that Cannon and Carey co-wrote. Carey filmed the video on October 5, at The Bank Nightclub of The Bellagio Hotel and Casino Resort, and in the Mojave Desert on October 6, 2008. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cannon spoke about the video and said that there is a scene where Carey is in bed with a man (played by Andrew Karelis), and that "Mariah plays the showgirl and there's a guy who cheated and there's flashbacks...". The music video for "I Stay In Love" was

title: I Know What I Like

text: I Know What I Like "I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album "Fore!" in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. Like the earlier single, "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like" featured background performances by then-San Francisco 49ers, Dwight Clark, Riki Ellison, Ronnie Lott, and Joe Montana. Upon the release of the album in 1986, "I Know What I Like" peaked at number 25 on the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1986. When

title: Hearts in San Francisco

text: Hearts in San Francisco 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. The choice of hearts is inspired by the Tony Bennett song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Each year, uniform heart sculptures are painted by different artists and installed at locations throughout San Francisco, including Union Square. The heart sculptures are auctioned off at

title: Peoples Temple in San Francisco

text: In October 1978, a crippling blow occurred when San Francisco Temple leader Terry Buford defected, though she wrote a series of notes falsely claiming that she was going "under cover", as a "double agent" to infiltrate "Timothy Stoen's group." Buford had secretly gone to stay with Temple attorney Mark Lane, whom she had met during interactions in the San Francisco headquarters. While most influential allies broke ties with the Temple following Jones' departure after increasing media scrutiny, some did not. For example, Willie Brown stated that the attacks were "a measure of the church’s effectiveness." San Francisco columnist Herb Caen

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: Southern California and reportedly drinking excessively, the monarch suffered a stroke in Santa Barbara and was rushed back to San Francisco. Kalakaua fell into a coma in his suite on January 18 and died two days later on January 20, 1891. The official cause of death as listed by US Navy officials was that the king had died from Bright's disease (inflammation of the kidneys). Financed primarily by Bank of California co-founder William Ralston, it offered many innovative modern conveniences including an intercom system and four oversized hydraulic elevators called lifting rooms. The most notable feature of the hotel was

title: InterContinental San Francisco

text: to open in San Francisco since the 1,500 room San Francisco Marriott inaugurated in 1989. With the InterContinental open, the hotel operator was planning to apply for LEED Certification. The InterContinental San Francisco received an Award of Merit in the Hospitality category of the Best of 2008 Awards from California Construction. Since the hotel's opening in 2008, it has played host to President Barack Obama, US Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The hotel offers a Michelin-starred restaurant, Luce, and a companion bar, Bar 888, that spotlights Grappa tastings and cocktails, and 24-hour in-room dining. Other

title: Loews Regency San Francisco

text: room rates begin at $499 per night, with the presidential suite at $8,000 per night. Completed in 1986, the 345 California Center tower is the fifth-tallest in the city at . Loews Regency San Francisco Loews Regency San Francisco, formerly the Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco, is a luxury hotel that occupies the top 11 floors of 48 story office tower of 345 California Center at 222 Sansome Street in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Initially planned as condominiums, the twin towers of hotel were situated at 45-degree angles relative to the rest of the building with several glass

title: Hyatt Regency San Francisco

text: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hyatt Regency San Francisco is a hotel located at the foot of Market Street and The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The hotel is a part of the Embarcadero Center development by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller, and John Portman. The San Francisco Chronicle's architecture critic John King has described the 1973 building as a "temple of hermetic urbanism" in a "self-contained sci-fi" style that by 2016 had become "dated", albeit remaining "still visually dazzling, in a futuristic sort of way." The "Regency Club Lounge" was once the "Equinox", a rooftop revolving restaurant,

title: San Francisco Marriott Marquis

text: of his show, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon", obliquely referred to the Marriott Marquis and its renowned shape in his monologue, joking, "["Jeopardy! "game show host]" "Alex Trebek actually hurt his leg while chasing [a] robber [out of his hotel room]. When 911 asked for his location, he was like, 'Erected in 1989, this San Francisco hotel became famous for its distinctive "jukebox" appearance.'" Notes Further reading San Francisco Marriott Marquis The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is a 39-story skyscraper in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Situated at the intersection of Fourth and Mission Streets, across

title: Hyatt Regency San Francisco

text: the lobby is itself inspired by a film. Architect John Portman has stated that its design was suggested to him by viewing the 1935 science fiction film "Things to Come". Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hyatt Regency San Francisco is a hotel located at the foot of Market Street and The Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The hotel is a part of the Embarcadero Center development by Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller, and John Portman. The San Francisco Chronicle's architecture critic John King has described the 1973 building as a "temple of hermetic urbanism" in a "self-contained sci-fi"

title: I Know What I Like

text: released as a single in 1987, the track re-entered the chart but topped out this time at number 31. The song is in major and uses the rare minor dominant (v) chord, lacking a leading-tone. I Know What I Like "I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album "Fore!" in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. Like the earlier single, "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like" featured background performances by then-San Francisco 49ers, Dwight Clark,

title: Fairmont San Francisco

text: been featured in many films, including "The Rock". Exterior and interior shots of the hotel were used as stand-ins for the fictional St. Gregory Hotel in the television series "Hotel". The Fairmont San Francisco was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#02000373) on 17 April 2002. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The hotel was nearly completed before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Although the structure survived, the interior was heavily damaged by fire, and opening was delayed until 1907. Architect and engineer Julia Morgan

title: South Park, San Francisco

text: (a total of 58 residences) on a 550-foot oval around a private grassy park. It featured the first paved streets and sidewalks in San Francisco. A windmill in the center of the park pumped water for the houses. From the late 19th to the early 20th century, South Park was also the center of one of San Francisco's largest Japanese American communities. Sandwiched between the waterfront and the South Pacific Railroad terminus, the area featured Japanese owned and operated hostels, hotels, baths, and shops. Many of the structures remain: the Madrid Hotel occupies what once was the Eimoto Hotel at

title: Hearts in San Francisco

text: Liu, Kara Maria, Silvia Poloto, Precita Eyes Muralists, Rex Ray, Rigo 23, Bill Russell, Monika Steiner, Laurel True, and Eric Zener. Hearts in San Francisco 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. The choice of hearts is inspired by the Tony Bennett song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Each year, uniform heart sculptures are

title: Fairmont San Francisco

text: Room an official San Francisco landmark. The plans were delayed and Tonga Room is still open today (despite many rumors of its temporary closure). On May 9, 2012, funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Woodridge Capital Partners LLC, a Los Angeles-based real estate developer and investor, bought the property for $200 million. They acquired the Mark Hopkins Hotel across the street in 2014. The hotel was sold again on November 30, 2015 to the South Korean Mirae Asset Global Investments group for $450 million. The Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel was where Tony Bennett first sang "I

title: Stay Central Hotel

text: into a hotel and bar. In 2012 Central Hotel was bought by the G1 Group a Scottish hospitality and leisure operator. After a refurbishment in 2014, Central Hotel was relaunched as STAY Central Hotel, Edinburgh. Stay Central Hotel Stay Central Hotel, Edinburgh is located in Cowgate area of Edinburghs Old Town. The 3 star hotel has 37 bedrooms. It is close to the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and Princes Street. The Cowgate has long been a place for the people of Edinburgh to socialise, and nowhere more so than the Central Hotel. Built in 1621 by the Guild

title: Grand Hyatt San Francisco

text: and the fountain sits in a set of brick stairs. The fountain depicts images of the Cliff House, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, the Seal of San Francisco, the band Jefferson Airplane, Francis Scott Key, and other San Francisco sights and figures, among other historical figures. Grand Hyatt San Francisco The Grand Hyatt San Francisco is a skyscraper hotel located half a block north of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The 36-storey, 660 room tower was completed in 1972 as the Hyatt on Union Square and renamed the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in 1990. A fountain by

title: San Francisco Marriott Marquis

text: proofing than several nearby hotels, the building only lost a single window. The San Francisco Marriott Marquis is one of eight Marriott International hotels in the city along with Courtyard San Francisco Downtown, Courtyard San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco Marriott Union Square, JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, Hotel Adagio, and the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. Local newspaper columnist Herb Caen complained that reflections from the hotel's windows blinded him in his office at the nearby Chronicle building, and compared its shape to that of a jukebox. Jimmy Fallon, on the July 25, 2011 episode

title: Hilton San Francisco Union Square

text: and replaced with a more contemporary post-modern facade to match the new wing. Between 2011 and 2017, the hotel underwent a $130 million overhaul, including noise-canceling windows and doors in guest rooms. The renovation was finished in 2017, with updates in Tower Two. It is the largest hotel on the West Coast. Hilton San Francisco Union Square The Hilton San Francisco Union Square is a skyscraper hotel located several blocks south-west of Union Square in San Francisco, California. Opened in 1964, the innovative 18-story, 1200-room original building was known as a "motel within a hotel", allowing guests to park directly

title: Francisco Grande

text: after John Wayne and Legends specializes in Southwestern cuisine. Francisco Grande Francisco Grande is a hotel and golf resort is located in Casa Grande, Arizona, approximately 46 miles south east of Phoenix. In 1959 the San Francisco Giants' owner Horace Stoneham developed the property as a spring training camp for his popular Major League Baseball team. The name of the property was taken from the San "Francisco" Giants and Casa "Grande". During its early years, the hotel was popular with celebrities like John Wayne and Pat Boone. Guests are able to stay in their eponymously titled suites. After the Giants

title: Francisco Grande

text: Francisco Grande Francisco Grande is a hotel and golf resort is located in Casa Grande, Arizona, approximately 46 miles south east of Phoenix. In 1959 the San Francisco Giants' owner Horace Stoneham developed the property as a spring training camp for his popular Major League Baseball team. The name of the property was taken from the San "Francisco" Giants and Casa "Grande". During its early years, the hotel was popular with celebrities like John Wayne and Pat Boone. Guests are able to stay in their eponymously titled suites. After the Giants moved to the original Scottsdale Stadium, the California Angels

title: San Francisco

text: of any city in the United States, and is one of the top-20 destination cities worldwide by international visitor spending. More than 25 million visitors arrived in San Francisco in 2016, adding US$9.96 billion to the economy. With a large hotel infrastructure and a world-class convention facility in the Moscone Center, San Francisco is a popular destination for annual conventions and conferences. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco noted by the Travel Channel include the Golden Gate Bridge and Alamo Square Park, which is home to the famous "Painted Ladies". Both of these locations were often

title: Hilton San Francisco Union Square

text: Room rates were $12 to $23 a day for singles, and $18 to $27 for doubles. The hotel was built by Cahill Brothers, Inc. in San Francisco, with David T. Williams, Inc. of New York handled the decorating. The Beatles stayed at the San Francisco Hilton during their 1964 US tour, opening their tour at San Francisco on August 18 after staying the night before at the Hilton Hotel. The hotel's distinctive parking layout is memorably featured in the 1968 film "Petulia", filmed in part at the hotel. The 46-story, Hilton Tower addition was completed in 1971, joined to the

title: Hilton San Francisco Financial District

text: Hilton San Francisco Financial District Hilton San Francisco Financial District is a 27-story hotel located in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, California at 750 Kearny Street. Formerly the Holiday Inn Chinatown, the hotel re-opened in January 2006 after a renovation. The lobby interior, designed by Gensler, is based on the ancient Chinese aesthetic system of Feng Shui. Water, fire and earth, three of Feng Shui's five elements, greet visitors as they enter the lobby, beginning with a medallion fountain centered in the hotel foyer. Potted orchids line the lobby perimeter and represent earth. A glass-enclosed fireplace marks the entrance

title: San Francisco Ballet School

text: San Francisco Ballet School San Francisco Ballet School was founded in 1933 as part of the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School when Gaetano Merola, the founder of the San Francisco Opera, perceived a need for an institution where dancers could be trained to perform in opera productions. Under the direction of founding ballet director, Adolph Bolm, the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School opened in 1933 and offered classes in ballet, tap, modern, and interpretive dance. The school was located in the William Taylor Hotel, with affiliate branch schools in nearby Bay Area locations Berkeley, Burlingame, Marin County, San

title: San Juan Hotel

text: a barber shop, a laundromat, a pharmacy, as well as an office for Braxton Beacham. The hotel first suffered hard times in the 1960s, and on September 7 1975 The San Juan Hotel closed. But the 1976 It was opened again by a businessman but it didn't have enough clientele to stay open so it closed again in 1977. In October 1978 The San Juan reopened as the Grand Central Hotel, a hotel for gay clientele. But turns The San Juan was planning to be demolished holes were cut in the upper floors in preparation for demolition. But around 5

title: University Club of San Francisco

text: Willis Polk to design a new clubhouse at the corner of Sutter and Van Ness Streets. Before the plans could be developed or the site purchased, however, the Sutter Street clubhouse was destroyed by fire in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. For the next two years, the Club rented and occupied temporary locations. In 1908, the Club purchased a lot atop Nob Hill at what is now 800 Powell Street, on the northeast corner of California Street, across from the Fairmont Hotel at the intersection of the two lines of the San Francisco cable car system. It previously had been

title: Grand Hyatt San Francisco

text: Grand Hyatt San Francisco The Grand Hyatt San Francisco is a skyscraper hotel located half a block north of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The 36-storey, 660 room tower was completed in 1972 as the Hyatt on Union Square and renamed the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in 1990. A fountain by Ruth Asawa is located outside the Grand Hyatt. The basin is of bronze, and the fountain as a whole sits at a height of 90 inches and 193 inches in diameter. The fountain is cylindrical, and the basin has a bas-relief with scenes of San Francisco. The basin

title: LGBT culture in San Francisco

text: was among the areas most heavily voting for Proposition 8; David Lee stated that Yes on 8 caused many Chinese-speaking voters to vote for the proposition by taking out advertisements in area Chinese newspapers. The areas with the highest percentages of for votes were in portions of Chinatown and Downtown, which were 65% in favor. The parts of Downtown included the condominiums of the Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco and the St. Regis Museum Tower as well as other city blocks around Bloomingdale's. Political consultant David Latterman stated that the residents in that area had recently moved into San Francisco

title: San Francisco Police Department

text: San Francisco Police Department The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the city police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California. The department's motto is the same as that of the city and county: "Oro en paz, fierro en guerra", Spanish for "Gold in peace, iron in war". The SFPD should not be confused with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, which is another county law enforcement agency within San Francisco. The SFPD (along with the San Francisco Fire Department and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department) serves an estimated population of 1.2 million, including the daytime-commuter population and

title: Gentrification of San Francisco

text: suburbs and commute into San Francisco every day. High rents in Silicon Valley and other factors have contributed to a phenomenon where many tech workers choose not to live closer to work in Silicon Valley and instead stay in San Francisco. A survey conducted by the Bay Area Council and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has found that 35 shuttle services operate a fleet of more than 800 buses that ferry 34,000 commuters every single day around the San Francisco Metropolitan Area. Of these shuttles, over 200 of them travel exclusively between San Francisco County and Santa Clara County. In 1994,

title: India Basin, San Francisco

text: Company, which docked there in the 19th century. A more creative explanation has it that it was so named because water from nearby springs would stay fresh until a ship reached India. The area has a strong community and many people are members of the India Basin Neighborhood Association (IBNA). The India Basin Shoreline Park (India Basin) Natural Area is located adjacent to Hunters Point Boulevard in San Francisco, at the shore of San Francisco Bay. India Basin is the only Natural Area within the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (SFRPD) system that borders on San Francisco Bay. The

title: Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area

text: in the 2015 survey commissioned by the City of San Francisco include job loss (25%), alcohol/drug use (18%), eviction (13%), argument/asked to leave by friend/family (12%), and divorce/separation (11%). Reasons for coming from outside San Francisco at the time of homelessness include seeking a job (25%), LGBTQ acceptance (11%), to access homeless services (22%), was visiting and decided to stay (17%), accessing VA services or clinic (5%), and family/friends are here (13%). Into the 20th century, the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a devastating epidemic of poverty, hunger, and homelessness, particularly in industry-dependent cities, such as San Francisco. Two

title: San Francisco in the 1970s

text: San Francisco and Towers was built in 1971. 425 Market Street was completed in 1973. The , 38 floor office tower at 425 Market Street was built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as their "Pacific Coast Headquarters" and was called "1 Metropolitan Plaza". It was built as a modern replacement for their older headquarters on Nob Hill at 600 Stockton Street (now remodeled as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel). It was among the first buildings in San Francisco to have a high-speed transport system for computer data cards, files and inner-office mail, at the time a state-of-the-art system. On May Day

title: San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)

text: Andrew. Palou's name was later applied to the San Andreas fault (misspelled) when the fault was discovered to be the creator of the valley. In 1776, the expedition led by Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, rather than stay on the coast as Portola had done, followed an inland route from Monterey, California established by Pedro Fages in 1770. De Anza descended the Santa Clara Valley to San Francisco Bay and followed its western shoreline up the peninsula to San Francisco. The de Anza party selected the sites for Mission San Francisco de Asís ("Mission Dolores") and the Presidio of San

title: LGBT culture in San Francisco

text: served male clientele. Michael Stabile of "Out" stated that the first "notorious" gay bar in San Francisco was The Dash, which opened in 1908. During World War I, the U.S. Navy began the "blue discharge" practice, which discharged known homosexuals in port cities, helping to create a gay community in San Francisco. The San Francisco LGBT community first fully formed in the 1920s and 1930s. The most prominent LGBT area then was North Beach. Mona's, San Francisco's first lesbian bar, opened on Union Street in 1934, and featured cross-dressing waitresses as well as entertainer Gladys Bentley. Nightclubs with drag shows

title: Stay Central Hotel

text: Stay Central Hotel Stay Central Hotel, Edinburgh is located in Cowgate area of Edinburghs Old Town. The 3 star hotel has 37 bedrooms. It is close to the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and Princes Street. The Cowgate has long been a place for the people of Edinburgh to socialise, and nowhere more so than the Central Hotel. Built in 1621 by the Guild of Tailors, it has stood through centuries of change and upheaval. On 28 February 1638 over 300 Scottish noblemen, church ministers, gentry and burgesses gathered in Central Hotel to draft the protest of the National

title: Hilton San Francisco Union Square

text: Hilton San Francisco Union Square The Hilton San Francisco Union Square is a skyscraper hotel located several blocks south-west of Union Square in San Francisco, California. Opened in 1964, the innovative 18-story, 1200-room original building was known as a "motel within a hotel", allowing guests to park directly next to their upper-story rooms. Filling an entire city block, it remains one of the tallest structures representing Brutalist architecture. A second 46-story tower was added in 1971, while a third smaller 23-story connecting tower was completed in 1987. Renovated in 2017 and still operated by Hilton, it is currently the largest

title: San Francisco

text: drew many people, especially African Americans from the South, to the area. After the end of the war, many military personnel returning from service abroad and civilians who had originally come to work decided to stay. The United Nations Charter creating the United Nations was drafted and signed in San Francisco in 1945 and, in 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended the war with Japan. Urban planning projects in the 1950s and 1960s involved widespread destruction and redevelopment of west-side neighborhoods and the construction of new freeways, of which only a series of short segments were built before

title: San Francisco Peace Pagoda

text: and the Hotel Okura, which all opened in Tokyo during the 1960s. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo and the father of architect Yoshio Taniguchi, known for the 2004 redesign of the New York Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco Peace Pagoda The San Francisco Peace Pagoda is a five-tiered concrete stupa between Post and Geary Streets at Buchanan in San Francisco's "Nihonmachi" (Japantown). The Pagoda, located in the southwestern corner of Peace Plaza between the Japan Center Mall and Nihonmachi Mall, was constructed in the 1960s and presented to San Francisco by its sister city Osaka,

title: San Francisco

text: 2000, the city's population reached new highs, surpassing the previous record set in 1950. When the bubble burst in 2001, many of these companies folded and their employees were laid off. Yet high technology and entrepreneurship remain mainstays of the San Francisco economy. By the mid-2000s (decade), the social media boom had begun, with San Francisco becoming a popular location for tech offices and a popular place to live for people employed in Silicon Valley companies such as Apple and Google. The Ferry Station Post Office Building, Armour & Co. Building, Atherton House, and YMCA Hotel are historic buildings among

title: Hilton San Francisco Financial District

text: site but it burned in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The Hall of Justice was rebuilt and re-opened in 1912. That building was on the site until it was demolished in 1968. The hotel was built on the site in 1971. The hotel was completely renovated the reopened in January 2006 as the Hilton San Francisco Financial District. The television show Ironside (1967–75), starring Raymond Burr, featured many exterior shots of the old SF Police headquarters formerly located on the land now occupied by the hotel. This was supposed to be the site of Ironside's office, the building

title: History of San Francisco

text: of the largest concentrations outside of China. Many businesses founded to service the growing population exist today, notably Levi Strauss & Co. clothing, Ghirardelli chocolate, and Wells Fargo bank. Many famous railroad, banking, and mining tycoons or "robber barons" such as Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford settled in the city in its Nob Hill neighborhood. The sites of their mansions are now famous and expensive San Francisco hotels (Mark Hopkins Hotel and the Huntington Hotel). As in many mining towns, the social climate in early San Francisco was chaotic. Committees of Vigilance were formed in

title: Palace Hotel, San Francisco

text: was at the time of its construction the largest hotel in the Western United States. At in height, the hotel was San Francisco's tallest building for over a decade. The skylighted open center of the building featured a Grand Court overlooked by seven stories of white columned balconies which served as an elegant carriage entrance. Shortly after 1900 this area was converted into a lounge called the "Palm Court". The bartender, William "Cocktail" Boothby, was a fixture at the hotel for some years. The hotel featured large redwood-paneled hydraulic elevators which were known as "rising rooms". Each guest room or