. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . Palace Hotel, Sail FranciscoFinished With Saliiictle White Enamel Trozchrulge & Livingston. Archilccls. The Old Palace Hotel. From a Photograj^h Taken in iSj- Tlie Architect and Engineer 39 The Palace Hotel Court, Old and New By HORATIO F. STOLL. THE formal opening of the new $8,000,000 Palace Hotel marks the finalstep in the rehabilitation of San Franciscos burned district. Suchscenes of rejaicing. such kindly expressions of good will and goodwishes have not been evoked by the reconstruction of any other buildingin San Francisco
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . Palace Hotel, Sail FranciscoFinished With Saliiictle White Enamel Trozchrulge & Livingston. Archilccls. The Old Palace Hotel. From a Photograj^h Taken in iSj- Tlie Architect and Engineer 39 The Palace Hotel Court, Old and New By HORATIO F. STOLL. THE formal opening of the new $8,000,000 Palace Hotel marks the finalstep in the rehabilitation of San Franciscos burned district. Suchscenes of rejaicing. such kindly expressions of good will and goodwishes have not been evoked by the reconstruction of any other buildingin San Francisco. This is not surprising, for none were more intimatelyassociated with the social, commercial and political historv of Californiasmetropolis than the Palace Hotel. While I realize there are many whose memories of the old caravan-sary cling more fondly to the weddings, cotillons, assemblies, and dancesthat occurred in the Maple and Marble rooms, and to the pleasant even-ings spent with convivial friends in the grill, the court stands out mostprominently in my mind. I can see the tiers of balconies, the handsomefurniture in rich red upholstering, the great palm in
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