One went from Market St., along California St. all the way to the Cliff House at the ocean. Today the line ends at Van Ness Avenue. These are some apartment houses on Nob Hill. Some buildings on Nob Hill are recycled, like the Stanford Court Hotel, which used to be an apartment house and the Pacific Union Club which, was the former James Flood Mansion. The hotels on Nob Hill are very big, beautiful and fancy with courtyard, balconies, and French-doors.
Courtyards help traffic, make it easier for visitors to get into their cars, and to park their cars.
If people don't park their cars in the courtyards, they'd These are some of the hotels and apartments. The largest garages on Nob Hill are at Stanford Court Hotel the Crocker Garage, and Masonic Temple, which are on California Street, and at Grace Cathedral on Taylor Street. The Pacific Union Club is next to Huntington Park. The club is for men and their families to go to relax and enjoy themselves, and to talk about their business and social life. The mansion is also for members to stay at when their wives are out of town.