San Fransisco CA
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N 37° 46.761 W 122° 25.120
10S E 551191 N 4181493
City Hall San Fransisco
Waymark Code: WM1GNY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2007
Views: 92
The City Hall of San Francisco California, opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the brief "City Beautiful" movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the period 1880-1917. The present building is actually a replacement for an earlier City Hall that was completely destroyed during the 1906 Earthquake.
The architect was Arthur Brown Jr. of the firm Bakewell and Brown, whose attention to the finishing details extended to the doorknobs and the typeface to be used in signage. Brown also designed San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House, Veterans Building, Temple Emanuel, Coit Tower and the Federal office building at 50 United Nations Plaza.
Wikipedia...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_City_Hall
Name: City Hall San Fransisco
Address: City Hall San Fransisco, USA 94120
Date of Construction: 1915
Architect: Bakewell and Brown,
Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Yes
Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: [Web Link]
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