San Francisco House Portrait Series

My San Francisco architectural series debut!

Over the years I have always enjoyed my time in San Francisco. What an architectural feast!  For one thing it is a Sister City to my hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, so that’s a big plus.  Like Auckland a bridge spans across the city and harbor views, glistening water and flaming sunsets abound.  Both cities are very hilly which makes for interesting architecture, with tall elegant Victorian homes jutting out from narrow sloping streets.

As always, I have chosen an eclectic mix of homes, and not only historic. SF’s modern architecture is also very interesting. I am in progress on many more subjects but wanted to share some of my first homes with you.

Steiner St, San Francisco
Steiner St, San Francisco
Waller St, San Francisco
Waller St, San Francisco
19th St, San Francisco
19th St, San Francisco
Clay St, San Francisco
Clay St, San Francisco
Steiner St, San Francisco
Steiner St, San Francisco

I greatly admire the resilience of those early SF residents. Here is a little about the history of San Francisco, which I excerpted from the SF Public Library website.   “It can be said that the city of San Francisco was born of the gold rush. Though the gold itself was discovered to the east in the Sierra Mountains and its foothills, the money was spent in San Francisco. The population of San Francisco was less than 400 in 1847. By the end of 1849 there were between 20,000 and 25,000 residents (most of them men). By 1860 there were over 56,000 people. The city’s (first) mint built in 1874 was one of the busiest in the country during this age of prosperity. The boom years came to a crashing end on the 18th of April, 1906 when the famous earthquake and subsequent fire hit the city. Much of the city was destroyed, but the city perservered and built up from the ashes”


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The San Francisco city flag depicts a phoenix rising commemorating this achievement.

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Currently well over 700,000 people reside in San Francisco and the surrounding suburbs support millions more.

Until my next San Francisco update!

Leisa

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