San Francisco sites on a Friday or Saturday
Aug 18th, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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The new Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park is open on Thursday evenings, adults only, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Admission is only $10.00 each, during the day it is $25.00.
Cocktails and food are served. Music is played.
A great place and a good time !!!
Highly recommended...
Have fun.
Admission is only $10.00 each, during the day it is $25.00.
Cocktails and food are served. Music is played.
A great place and a good time !!!
Highly recommended...
Have fun.
Aug 19th, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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Pam, you agree with Stu an awful lot! 
Me too. We're definitely going to Point Lobos! We only got to spend about a half hour there on our last trip before it got dark, and it is one of the main reasons we're going back to Monterey for this anniversary trip! We plan to spend most of a day there. We're just hoping so bad it isn't one of the CA state parks that get closed after Labor Day. Surely not, right?!
Susie, wow, that's a great deal! Will consider it, thanks!
Me too. We're definitely going to Point Lobos! We only got to spend about a half hour there on our last trip before it got dark, and it is one of the main reasons we're going back to Monterey for this anniversary trip! We plan to spend most of a day there. We're just hoping so bad it isn't one of the CA state parks that get closed after Labor Day. Surely not, right?!Susie, wow, that's a great deal! Will consider it, thanks!
Sep 6th, 2009 | 11:08 AM
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Me again.
Reading back through this I'm absorbing so much more! In August I was overwhelmed with sites/places/names, but now I have a better point of reference and lightbulbs are going off! Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all this info!
I think on Saturday we'll do the Farmer's Market at the Ferry Building (if we can find parking!), then drive to the Twin Peaks, then Golden Gate Park, then visit Fort Point, then drive along the Bay. Oh, and figure out where to drive through to see/photo some Victorian houses.
Think we can get to Fort Point before 5:00 if we do it in this order? Or should we go there after the Farmer's Market and THEN Golden Gate park and THEN Twin Peaks? Would like to be along the water at sunset though.
Reading back through this I'm absorbing so much more! In August I was overwhelmed with sites/places/names, but now I have a better point of reference and lightbulbs are going off! Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all this info!
I think on Saturday we'll do the Farmer's Market at the Ferry Building (if we can find parking!), then drive to the Twin Peaks, then Golden Gate Park, then visit Fort Point, then drive along the Bay. Oh, and figure out where to drive through to see/photo some Victorian houses.
Think we can get to Fort Point before 5:00 if we do it in this order? Or should we go there after the Farmer's Market and THEN Golden Gate park and THEN Twin Peaks? Would like to be along the water at sunset though.
Sep 6th, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Ft Point is better in the afternoon when the sun highights the City Skyline. Twin Peaks is best in the late afternoon too.
Lots of Victorians in San Francisco. The Alamo Square Historic District is probably your best bet to see lots of them within walking distance.
The famous Postcard Row Victorians can be seen in the afternoon (again - better sun exposure then), if you drive to where Pierce St enters Alamo Square from the south, park the car, and walk about 10 yds into Alamo Sq. There is also the Westerfield Mansion on the northwest corner of Alamo Sq, and Chateau Tivoli with 23 different paint colors on the southwest corner of Golden Gare & Steiner. Close to there on McAllister between Pierce & Scott (west end of street, south side) is the longest contiguous cluster of Stick Style Victorians. There are other Victorians bordering Alamo Sq. You can park your car or take a bus to this area & walk to see all the above.
Stu Dudley
Lots of Victorians in San Francisco. The Alamo Square Historic District is probably your best bet to see lots of them within walking distance.
The famous Postcard Row Victorians can be seen in the afternoon (again - better sun exposure then), if you drive to where Pierce St enters Alamo Square from the south, park the car, and walk about 10 yds into Alamo Sq. There is also the Westerfield Mansion on the northwest corner of Alamo Sq, and Chateau Tivoli with 23 different paint colors on the southwest corner of Golden Gare & Steiner. Close to there on McAllister between Pierce & Scott (west end of street, south side) is the longest contiguous cluster of Stick Style Victorians. There are other Victorians bordering Alamo Sq. You can park your car or take a bus to this area & walk to see all the above.
Stu Dudley
Sep 6th, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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This is the Text from my wife's handout that she distributes for the Alamo Square Victorians tour.
“Landmark Victorians of Alamo Square”
San Francisco City Guides Walking Tour (1st and 3rd Wednesdays & 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month at 11a.m. starting at 824 Grove Street – no reservations required! – rain or shine!)
Summary of Tour Sites
Start of Tour: 824 Grove Street. Brune-Reutlinger House. Italianate 5-sided slanted bay style. Built in 1886 for $7,500 by architect Henry Geilfuss. Purchased by current owner (Richard Reutlinger) in 1964 who has restored it in High Victorian style.
834 Grove Street. Fay House; Italianate style built in 1874. Was a B&B in the 1980s.
817, 819, 821 Grove Street. Italianate Row Houses (Victorian version of tract housing). All built in the 1870s by John Hinkel – one of several brothers who were prolific builders in Victorian San Francisco. Excellent examples of Italinate 5-sided slanted bay style: classical decoratives, vertical influence, false fronts topped by flat cornice.
825 Grove Street – John Hinkel’s home. House was condemned in the early 1970s, but was bought and restored.
926 Grove Street – John Koster Mansion. Built in 1897 for approximately $10,000 by architectural firm
of Martens & Coffey on 6 city lots. Grand example of Classical Revival: rectangular, symmetrical, rooftop pediment, 2 story portico with lavish use of columns and pilasters. Several types of adaptive use since the 1920’s. Currently 13 apartments
975 Grove Street – the Amos House. Built in 1886 for $5,000 by the Newsom Brothers architects. Excellent example of Victorian Queen Ann tower house style: horizontal influence, exposed gabled roof, corner tower. Restoration to a single family dwelling from a private elementary school in 1999.
700 block of Steiner: Famous “Postcard Row”. Queen Ann row houses built by Matthew Kavanaugh in the 1890s as real estate speculative housing. Exteriors were varied slightly to add interest to otherwise identical buildings. Kavanaugh’s own home is at 722 Steiner (left corner with inward-facing tower). 722 Steiner was condemned and scheduled for demolition until purchased and restored by the current owner in 1975.
Alamo Square was designated a 4-block park after the Western Addition was annexed to San Francisco in the 1850s. The Alamo Square Historic District was declared in 1984.
818 Steiner & 850 Steiner. Two variations on Victorian Queen Ann tower house styles: the ‘witch’s cap’ and ‘candle snuffer’ styles.
1000 Fulton: The Archbishop’s House, a San Francisco Landmark building. Built in 1904 for Archbishop Patrick Riordan by architect Frank Shea in the French chateau style. Several adaptive uses between the 1940s and 1980, when restoration as a B&B began.
908 Steiner. The “Hippie House” (originally the Iverson House). Built in 1888 in the Victorian Stick Style for approximately $4,300. Credited with starting the “Painted Ladies” movement when hippie occupants painted the house 16 (psychedelic) colors in 1967.
Alterations called “Misguided Improvements” – reactions against Victoriana in the 20th century. “Abuses” include asbestos siding, stucco, removal of Victorian detail (cornices, window trims, porches) and replacement with unsuitable materials (clay tiles, aluminum windows).
1057 Steiner (at Golden Gate). Chateau Tivoli, built in 1892 as a Queen Ann style ‘sampler home’ for an Oregon lumber baron by architect William Armitage. Several adaptive uses from 1917 until 1985, when it was purchased by the current owners who spent $1million on the restoration. The book “Painted Ladies Revisited” calls this building the “greatest painted lady in the world”. Currently a B&B.
Also, 4 adjacent houses (around the corner on Golden Gate Avenue) built at the same time as Chateau Tivoli as a visual continuation to the corner property. Called the “Seattle Block” as displayed in the central gable in the group.
1400-1412 Golden Gate Avenue. A row of 7 townhouses all built in 1884 for a total cost of $30,000. Built as rental property for William Sharon, a renowned SF banker, by architect John Gayner, who also designed the original Palace Hotel.
1347 McAllister. The Bliss Flats built in 1901 by architect James Dunn in the French Baroque Style (steeply pitched roof, called a Mansard roof, nearly a full story in height). Other examples of this architect’s (similar) designs are at 2415 Franklin and 1677 Haight streets.
1443-1499 McAllister. Longest contiguous row and excellent examples of Victorian Stick style: vertical influence, rectangular bay window shapes, exuberance of wood decoratives and departure from more restrained classical decoratives found on the Italianate style, false fronts with gables and other decorative additions to the top of the roofline cornices.
1198 Fulton: Westerfield Mansion. Stick style built in 1889 for approximately $10,000 by architect Henry Guilfuss. Has the first garage addition in San Francisco. Various adaptive uses from the 1920s to 1986 when it was purchased by the current owner and returned to a single family dwelling.
1201 Fulton: Lucy House built in 1896 for $4,500 in the Tudor Revival style by architect Edgar Mathews
719 Scott: Baum House built in 1895 for $6,400 in Classical Revival style. Used as a Salvation Army hotel during World War II; various adaptive uses through the 1970s. Condemned when purchased by current owners in 1977. Joined with the adjacent Lucy House and currently operated as the Alamo Square Inn.
715-717 Scott Street: The Hallstead Houses built in 1898 in transitional Queen Ann/Colonial Revival style. 717 Scott was built as a wedding present for the original owner’s daughter.
1099 Hayes Street: Ida B. Wells High School built in 1910 in the Edwardian style by architect Newton Tharp. Renamed in 1992 for Ida B. Wells, born a slave and became prominent for opposing lynching. She was also the co-founder of the NAACP.
The famous panoramic view of Postcard Row and downtown San Francisco featured in so many pictures and postcards. Best photographed in early to mid-afternoon when the sun is in the best position.
END OF TOUR
Be sure to visit the San Francisco City Guides website for the current schedule for all of our many free walking tours and our expanded schedule with special tours offered in May and October:
www.sfcityguides.org
or call: 415-557-4266
Other related City Guides tours which may be of interest:
Victorian San Francisco: every Sunday at 2p.m.
Meet at 1801 Bush (at Octavia)
Pacific Heights Mansions: Every Sat., 1st & 3rd Tue. at 11 a.m.
Meet at Alta Plaza Park on top of stairs at Pierce & Clay Streets
“Landmark Victorians of Alamo Square”
San Francisco City Guides Walking Tour (1st and 3rd Wednesdays & 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month at 11a.m. starting at 824 Grove Street – no reservations required! – rain or shine!)
Summary of Tour Sites
Start of Tour: 824 Grove Street. Brune-Reutlinger House. Italianate 5-sided slanted bay style. Built in 1886 for $7,500 by architect Henry Geilfuss. Purchased by current owner (Richard Reutlinger) in 1964 who has restored it in High Victorian style.
834 Grove Street. Fay House; Italianate style built in 1874. Was a B&B in the 1980s.
817, 819, 821 Grove Street. Italianate Row Houses (Victorian version of tract housing). All built in the 1870s by John Hinkel – one of several brothers who were prolific builders in Victorian San Francisco. Excellent examples of Italinate 5-sided slanted bay style: classical decoratives, vertical influence, false fronts topped by flat cornice.
825 Grove Street – John Hinkel’s home. House was condemned in the early 1970s, but was bought and restored.
926 Grove Street – John Koster Mansion. Built in 1897 for approximately $10,000 by architectural firm
of Martens & Coffey on 6 city lots. Grand example of Classical Revival: rectangular, symmetrical, rooftop pediment, 2 story portico with lavish use of columns and pilasters. Several types of adaptive use since the 1920’s. Currently 13 apartments
975 Grove Street – the Amos House. Built in 1886 for $5,000 by the Newsom Brothers architects. Excellent example of Victorian Queen Ann tower house style: horizontal influence, exposed gabled roof, corner tower. Restoration to a single family dwelling from a private elementary school in 1999.
700 block of Steiner: Famous “Postcard Row”. Queen Ann row houses built by Matthew Kavanaugh in the 1890s as real estate speculative housing. Exteriors were varied slightly to add interest to otherwise identical buildings. Kavanaugh’s own home is at 722 Steiner (left corner with inward-facing tower). 722 Steiner was condemned and scheduled for demolition until purchased and restored by the current owner in 1975.
Alamo Square was designated a 4-block park after the Western Addition was annexed to San Francisco in the 1850s. The Alamo Square Historic District was declared in 1984.
818 Steiner & 850 Steiner. Two variations on Victorian Queen Ann tower house styles: the ‘witch’s cap’ and ‘candle snuffer’ styles.
1000 Fulton: The Archbishop’s House, a San Francisco Landmark building. Built in 1904 for Archbishop Patrick Riordan by architect Frank Shea in the French chateau style. Several adaptive uses between the 1940s and 1980, when restoration as a B&B began.
908 Steiner. The “Hippie House” (originally the Iverson House). Built in 1888 in the Victorian Stick Style for approximately $4,300. Credited with starting the “Painted Ladies” movement when hippie occupants painted the house 16 (psychedelic) colors in 1967.
Alterations called “Misguided Improvements” – reactions against Victoriana in the 20th century. “Abuses” include asbestos siding, stucco, removal of Victorian detail (cornices, window trims, porches) and replacement with unsuitable materials (clay tiles, aluminum windows).
1057 Steiner (at Golden Gate). Chateau Tivoli, built in 1892 as a Queen Ann style ‘sampler home’ for an Oregon lumber baron by architect William Armitage. Several adaptive uses from 1917 until 1985, when it was purchased by the current owners who spent $1million on the restoration. The book “Painted Ladies Revisited” calls this building the “greatest painted lady in the world”. Currently a B&B.
Also, 4 adjacent houses (around the corner on Golden Gate Avenue) built at the same time as Chateau Tivoli as a visual continuation to the corner property. Called the “Seattle Block” as displayed in the central gable in the group.
1400-1412 Golden Gate Avenue. A row of 7 townhouses all built in 1884 for a total cost of $30,000. Built as rental property for William Sharon, a renowned SF banker, by architect John Gayner, who also designed the original Palace Hotel.
1347 McAllister. The Bliss Flats built in 1901 by architect James Dunn in the French Baroque Style (steeply pitched roof, called a Mansard roof, nearly a full story in height). Other examples of this architect’s (similar) designs are at 2415 Franklin and 1677 Haight streets.
1443-1499 McAllister. Longest contiguous row and excellent examples of Victorian Stick style: vertical influence, rectangular bay window shapes, exuberance of wood decoratives and departure from more restrained classical decoratives found on the Italianate style, false fronts with gables and other decorative additions to the top of the roofline cornices.
1198 Fulton: Westerfield Mansion. Stick style built in 1889 for approximately $10,000 by architect Henry Guilfuss. Has the first garage addition in San Francisco. Various adaptive uses from the 1920s to 1986 when it was purchased by the current owner and returned to a single family dwelling.
1201 Fulton: Lucy House built in 1896 for $4,500 in the Tudor Revival style by architect Edgar Mathews
719 Scott: Baum House built in 1895 for $6,400 in Classical Revival style. Used as a Salvation Army hotel during World War II; various adaptive uses through the 1970s. Condemned when purchased by current owners in 1977. Joined with the adjacent Lucy House and currently operated as the Alamo Square Inn.
715-717 Scott Street: The Hallstead Houses built in 1898 in transitional Queen Ann/Colonial Revival style. 717 Scott was built as a wedding present for the original owner’s daughter.
1099 Hayes Street: Ida B. Wells High School built in 1910 in the Edwardian style by architect Newton Tharp. Renamed in 1992 for Ida B. Wells, born a slave and became prominent for opposing lynching. She was also the co-founder of the NAACP.
The famous panoramic view of Postcard Row and downtown San Francisco featured in so many pictures and postcards. Best photographed in early to mid-afternoon when the sun is in the best position.
END OF TOUR
Be sure to visit the San Francisco City Guides website for the current schedule for all of our many free walking tours and our expanded schedule with special tours offered in May and October:
www.sfcityguides.org
or call: 415-557-4266
Other related City Guides tours which may be of interest:
Victorian San Francisco: every Sunday at 2p.m.
Meet at 1801 Bush (at Octavia)
Pacific Heights Mansions: Every Sat., 1st & 3rd Tue. at 11 a.m.
Meet at Alta Plaza Park on top of stairs at Pierce & Clay Streets
Sep 6th, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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Ohhh, okay... found "exploratorium" on my SF map, and highlighted it! Looks like a cool building worth getting a photo of.
So, is there a "best way" to drive from the Farmer's Market, over to the Palace, to Crissy Field, to Ft Point?
From there we'll drive towards GG Park along the coast as much as possible.
So, is there a "best way" to drive from the Farmer's Market, over to the Palace, to Crissy Field, to Ft Point?
From there we'll drive towards GG Park along the coast as much as possible.
Sep 6th, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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"Palace" is the Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Kentucky ??? About a zillion of generations of Dudleys are from Kentucky. Maysville, Flemingsberg, etc.
sf. My DVR cut off with the bases loaded, game tied, and a 3-2 count.
Stu Dudley
Kentucky ??? About a zillion of generations of Dudleys are from Kentucky. Maysville, Flemingsberg, etc.
sf. My DVR cut off with the bases loaded, game tied, and a 3-2 count.
Stu Dudley
Sep 6th, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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haha, I was just reading through Fodor's destination section about SF and read about the Palace of the Legion of Honor and thought THAT is probably what Stu meant! I figured it had to be on that side of SF because you listed it BEFORE Seacliff. Hopefully we'll catch a photo of the Palace of Fine Arts too, now that I know about that!
I'm in Northern Ky, 15 minutes from Cincinnati, OH. Been through Maysville though! have you ever lived here? Or just come for family reunions?!
SF7307, NOW I'm going to bed, 1:30am. 4 full days left to get ready for the trip!!
I'm in Northern Ky, 15 minutes from Cincinnati, OH. Been through Maysville though! have you ever lived here? Or just come for family reunions?!
SF7307, NOW I'm going to bed, 1:30am. 4 full days left to get ready for the trip!!
Sep 7th, 2009 | 07:23 AM
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I've lived in California all my life - except for College at Purdue (dad went there - we was paying). I visited relatives in Maysville & Flemingsburg several times while in Collage. No more close relatives in KY - I'm the last of the Dudleys & Lindsays (grandmothers maiden name).
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Sep 7th, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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We were at the Sausalito Art Fest yesterday and "listened" to the game (meaning I checked the score on my phone every once in awhile). Consider yourself lucky that it cut off when it did!
As for the "Palace", I considered which one Stu likely meant, and for some reason decided on Fine Arts - I should have mentioned both, sorry.
We were at the Sausalito Art Fest yesterday and "listened" to the game (meaning I checked the score on my phone every once in awhile). Consider yourself lucky that it cut off when it did!
As for the "Palace", I considered which one Stu likely meant, and for some reason decided on Fine Arts - I should have mentioned both, sorry.
