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The University Club of San Francisco was founded in 1890 by William Thomas, an alumnus of Harvard University (class of 1873) and the President of the Harvard Club of San Francisco. Thomas wanted a club that would accept alumni of more universities than just Harvard, including other Ivy League schools and West Coast schools like Stanford ...
Maud's, said historian Nan Alamilla Boyd, was a "clubhouse, community center and bar" that served to "bridge the gap between San Francisco's lesbian community and its hippie generation." [6] In her memoir Making Butch, Sue-Ellen Case describes her first visit to Maud's in 1966: I pushed open its plain black door to discover two dimly light rooms.
The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club [48] [49] The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864) [50] [51] The Family (1901), founded by members of the Bohemian Club who left in a dispute; The Marines Memorial Club (1946) The Norwegian Club of San Francisco (1898) The Olympic Club (1860) The Pacific ...
The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California.The university's main campus is located on a 55-acre (22 ha) setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park.
Forbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to 1970, [1] and operated on the second floor of 363 Sutter Street, [a] between Chinatown and Union Square.
In 1915, a group of local women established the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco to promote physical fitness and camaraderie among women and modeled it after the Woman's Athletic Club of Chicago. [1] It was the first women's athletic club west of the Mississippi. [3] The clubhouse was built in phases in 1917 and 1923. [4]
The Sobrato Center in San Francisco, California, is an athletic venue on the University of San Francisco (USF) campus. It contains War Memorial Gymnasium and serves as home for the San Francisco men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball team. It also houses athletic department offices and training facilities for the ...
Comstock Saloon is a historic saloon in San Francisco, California, located in San Francisco's North Beach. The building, since 1907, housed several different bars and owners. [1] [2] The predecessor being the San Francisco Brewing Company (1985–2012), which is the oldest microbrewery in San Francisco.