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The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. [1] Although polychrome decoration was common in the Victorian era, the colors used on these houses are not based on historical precedent. [2]
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In 2003, the City of San Francisco along with the Maybeck Foundation created a public-private partnership to restore the Palace and by 2010 work was done to restore and seismically retrofit the dome, rotunda, colonnades, and lagoon. Within January 2013, the Exploratorium closed in preparation for its permanent move to the Embarcadero.
Alamo Square Park, the neighborhood's focal point and namesake, consists of four city blocks at the top of a hill overlooking much of downtown San Francisco, with a number of large and architecturally distinctive mansions along the perimeter, including the "Painted Ladies", a well-known postcard motif. The park is bordered by Hayes Street to ...
Oil painting by James Henry Beard of Senator Henry Clay Valued at $300,000 to $500,000 Dallas, Texas (2008) How it was acquired: The great-great-great-grandfather of the guest purchased the ...
The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show (SFFAS) Changed its name in 2016 to The San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show, [1] and then in 2019 to The San Francisco Fall Show. It was established in 1982, making it the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West Coast, [ 2 ] and is ranked among the top such fairs in the world.
The Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, also known as Building 3, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, California, was an aircraft hangar constructed in 1938 for Pan American World Airways' trans-Pacific Clipper services, and then modified for the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition.
Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat. One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, Madame Tussauds ...