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He opened The Peak Cafe in Hong Kong in the 1990s, as well as various related ventures in San Francisco including a more casual cafe and an upscale bistro Stars Cafe, next door, another restaurant nearby known as Speedo 690 located at 690 Van Ness Avenue described by Tower as "romantic Polynesian cuisine" and a kitchenware shop. [2]
Hillsborough is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area.It is located 17 miles (27 km) south of San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula, bordered by Burlingame to the north, San Mateo to the east, Highlands-Baywood Park to the south, and Interstate 280 to the west.
The facade of the now-demolished 1924 hospital. The 1979 annex stands uphill. A site was acquired to expand the existing dispensary on Trenton in 1920, and the Chinese Six Companies convened a meeting of 15 community organizations, who boldly decided to build a modern hospital instead, which would require extensive fundraising; the 15 organizations met again in October 1922, forming the ...
Mechanics' Institute is a historic membership library, cultural event center, and chess club housed at 57 Post Street, San Francisco, California.It was founded in 1854 as a mechanics' institute, an educational and cultural institution to serve the vocational needs of out-of-work gold miners.
In 2008 the San Francisco Business Times reported that Levi Strauss & Co. would consider moving the headquarters out of San Francisco once the lease in Levi's Plaza expired at the end of 2012. In 2009 the company renewed its lease through the end of 2022; the company had 1,200 employees at the facility at the time. [ 5 ]
The Pioneer Building [2], also known as the Pioneer Trunk Factory - C. A. Malm & Co. building [3] is a historic building in San Francisco, California. The building is located at 2185-2199 Folsom and 3180 18th Streets. It was designed by San Francisco architect Thomas J. Welsh and built in 1902.
Ambassador Hotel in 2006 Plaque commemorating the hotel's placement on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. [1]
In October 2015, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved a plan to demolish the theatre and replace it with an eight-story building. [ 7 ] Market Street Cinema is considered haunted in popular culture: it features in a 2013 episode of Ghost Adventures (season 7, episode 25) [ citation needed ] and was used as a shooting location by ...