Next door to the previous post. Noe Valley
Like new
A handsome new paint job, but what lies beneath?
Flying its freak flag (and crocodile!) in the 1970 book "The San Francisco I Love". Alamo Square.
South San Francisco Opera House
In 1888 the Masons completed work on a new Masonic Temple with the South San Francisco Opera House as a part of it. The South San Francisco Opera House, later to become known as the Bayview Opera House, stood adjacent to the Masonic Temple, and was constructed as an amusement center. The 300 seat theatre/auditorium represents the city's first and oldest opera house. Although there were no operas held here, there were a number of dramas and vaudeville acts by well-known actors and actresses in its early history. The most famous of them was David Belasco, who later became famous in New York's theatrical world. There was Pawnee Bill's Medicine Show and several old time minstrels. It fell in to a long period of decline in the 20th Century, until it was saved from demolition in 1968, due in large part to the actions of Ruth Williams, whose name the house now memorializes. Hunters Point.
1198 Fulton Street
“Up at Fulton and Scott is a great shambling old Gothic house, a freaking decayed giant, known as The Russian Embassy” Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968). Read more about this incredible building and its long weirde history HERE. Alamo Square.
50th post
Spotting this Sun started me on this project. This is the same carver as the Sun vs Fog post.
He's now completely obscured by foliage. Glen Park.
PG&E Building
A fittingly Brute Sun for a company which spent over $60 million last year strangling public solar initiatives.
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