. The Chamber of commerce handbook for San Francisco, historical and descriptive; a guide for visitors .. . anys building, decorated with a large map ofthe Central California counties, in 30 of which this San Fran-cisco enterprise serves over 321,000 people with water, gas,and electricity for light and power. Across Sutter streetis the Temple Emanu El, the citys oldest Jewish house ofworship, the beautiful architecture of which is famous, with theturrets that were surmounted, before the fire of 1906, withthose graceful Oriental domes that became a sort of insigniaof San Francisco. Adjoining th
. The Chamber of commerce handbook for San Francisco, historical and descriptive; a guide for visitors .. . anys building, decorated with a large map ofthe Central California counties, in 30 of which this San Fran-cisco enterprise serves over 321,000 people with water, gas,and electricity for light and power. Across Sutter streetis the Temple Emanu El, the citys oldest Jewish house ofworship, the beautiful architecture of which is famous, with theturrets that were surmounted, before the fire of 1906, withthose graceful Oriental domes that became a sort of insigniaof San Francisco. Adjoining the synagogue on the southis the first site of the Tivoli Opera House—the Tivoli Gar-dens of old. Westward on Sutter is one of the handsome art stores ofthe city, that of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey. An Hours Walk Down Town 63 It would be a pity for any one that has a feeling for beau-tiful design and fine specimens of craftsman skill to leave SanFrancisco without having seen this shop. Thence, westward to Mason street. Beyond is a part of theburned district formerly occupied by old time dwellings and. INTERIOR OF A SAN FRANCISCO RETAIL STORE. a few modern hotels, now rapidly rebuilding to hotels andapartment houses and destined to be the most densely popu-lated part of San Francisco. Turn down Mason toward Market. At Post is the FirstCongregational church. Looking up Post one can see on theright the brown brick building of the O/ijmp/c Club^ the oldestamateur athletic organization in the world, and one of thefinest clubs in San Francisco. More about it can be foundthrough the index. 64 Handbook for San Francisco Next beyond the Olympic is the red brick building of an-other famous San Francisco Club, the Bohemian. Southward on Mason street one comes to the buildingknown as N. S. G. W. Hall—the headquarters for the NativeSons of the Golden West, a fraternal and benevolent organiza-tion formed among the native born sons of California to pre-serve the traditions of the pioneers and
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