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The Southern Pacific Building is one of three office buildings comprising One Market Plaza along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The historic 11- story , 65-metre (213 ft) building, also known as "The Landmark", was started in 1916 [ 2 ] and completed in 1917.
The diamond hoax of 1872 (sometimes called The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872) [1] [2] was a swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a non-existent American diamond deposit to prominent businessmen in San Francisco and New York City.
The San Francisco branch had already entered the news in 1997 when it became the first (and as of 2009 only) successfully unionized sex business in the U.S. [1] [2] (The San Diego strip club Pacer's had seen a unionization effort in the early 1990s, but it was short-lived.) [3] The Seattle branch closed in June 2010. [4]
Room 641A is a telecommunication interception facility operated by AT&T for the U.S. National Security Agency, as part of its warrantless surveillance program as authorized by the Patriot Act. The facility commenced operations in 2003 and its purpose was publicly revealed by AT&T technician Mark Klein in 2006.
QuinStreet was formed in 1999 by Doug Valenti (chairman and CEO). Bronwyn Syiek, another founding team member, was president and COO. The company was first profitable in 2002 with revenues of $13 million; by April 2009, QuinStreet reported $300 million in annual revenues and approximately 450 employees.
Hyde Street Studios is an American music recording facility in San Francisco, California. [1] Located at 245 Hyde Street and previously occupied by Wally Heider Studios, it became Hyde Street Studios in 1980 when it was taken over by local songwriter, musician, and independent record producer Michael Ward with his two partners Tom Sharples and former Tewkesbury Sound studio owner Dan Alexander ...
345 California Center is a 48-story office tower in the financial district of San Francisco, California. Completed in 1986, the 211.8 m (695 ft) tower is the fifth tallest in the city after the Salesforce Tower , Transamerica Pyramid , 181 Fremont , and 555 California Street if the spires are included.
The first recording studio built at 827 Folsom Street in San Francisco was a built-new location for Coast Recorders, [3] one of many recording studios Bill Putnam operated in U.S. cities. Putnam leased the Folsom location from its aging owner, John Vitlin, a Russian immigrant who co-founded Global Merchandising, an import/export company in San ...