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Fireproof in SF Six fires between 1849 and 1851 destroyed large parts of rapidly growing San Francisco. Clearly fires were a significant hazard for a town filled with structures made of wood. Local attorney (and future Chief of Staff of Lincoln's armies) Henry Wager Halleck felt that public confidence needed to be bolstered by building a structure that would be impenetrable to fire or flood. A civil engineer trained at West Point military academy, Halleck was very able to guide the development of San Francisco's first fireproof building, the Montgomery Block, located at 628 Montgomery Street at Washington Street. A new style of architecture for office buildings inspired by the ..... |
• Kezar Pavilion - An Ongoing Legend Kezar Pavilion - An Ongoing Legend
I remember one of my first visits to the legendary Kezar Pavilion. It was the early 90s, and I must've been around 8 years old. My father took my two brothers and me to the Pavilion for a Pro-Am summer basketball game. The fans were going crazy, the game was great, but amidst all of this I remember one moment quite clearly. After the game my older brother came running back to the rest of us. "I got to shake hands with Tim Hardaway!" a Golden State Warriors legend from the glorious TMC* days of the late 80s and early 90s. I was full of jealousy. But this was the kind of place Kezar was: an intimate sports venue where a kid could get close and personal with his ..... |
• Katrina Cottages and SF Earthquake Cottages Katrina Cottages and SF Earthquake Cottages On the Gulf Coast, an entrepreneur has manufactured "Katrina cottages" to sell to hurricane victims as a permanent alternative to FEMA trailers in which many are still housed. How do these Katrina cottages compare to the San Francisco earthquake shacks, provided as alternatives to tents a hundred years ago? The new cottages range in size from 308 to 1,175 square feet compared to earthquake shacks that were 140 to 252 square feetóbut today's cottages are meant to be permanent housing, whereas the earthquake shacks were built as temporary refugee camps. However, just as ultimately many of these shacks later served as the basis for larger structures, the Katrina cottages are designed as "Gro..... |
Grauman's Theaters One of Hollywood's early theater impresarios created his first theaters in San Francisco. Sid Grauman (1879-1950) is best known for Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. This lavish 1927 movie palace is famous for its celebrity handprintsóalso footprints, hoofprints, knees, and legsóthe in the cement in front of the building. Grauman was also one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Born on St. Patrick's Day to Jewish parents, he was named Sidney Patrick Grauman. "I owe my tremendous success to the Man Upstairs," Grauman frequently said, "but having a name that got the Jews and the Irish behind me was what cinched things." He was born in Indiana i..... |
• The Fairmont Hotel Celebrates 100 The Fairmont Hotel Celebrates 100 She is a Grand Dame, the jewel in the crown of Nob Hill. She is the Fairmont Hotel, and she is turning 100 this month. When Silver King James Fair purchased the hillside at Mason and California Streets back in the late 1800s, his intent was to build the largest mansion in the neighborhood. However, when he died in 1894 this lot was still undeveloped. It remained so until 1902 when his daughters Tessie Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair commissioned the architectural firm of Reid & Reid to develop plans for a large hotel with the look of an Italian Renaissance Palace. By 1906, the Fairmont Hotel, 600 rooms, seven stories high, made of gray granite, cream marble, and terracotta stone, st..... |
• Craftsman Building on S. Van Ness Avenue Craftsman Building on S. Van Ness Avenue An unusual American example of Craftsman design principles applied to housing for the urban working class stands at South Van Ness Avenue and 26th Street. Built by the T.B. Potter Realty Company in 1905, it is a clinker brick and shingle building consisting of 16 attached cottages. Curiosity about this structure led Bathsehba Malsheen to delve into its history and ultimately to gain San Francisco landmark status for the structure. The units originally contained Craftsman detail such as coffered redwood ceilings and leaded glass cabinets. And each unit has a small private courtyard in the back. The mystery is why there is no other example of this style of building in San Franciscan Ameri..... |
• San Franciscos Le Petit Trianon San Franciscos Le Petit Trianon San Francisco has several representations of European landmarks, including Marie Antoinette's Le Petit Trianon. The original building at Versailles Palace in France was built between 1763 and 1768 for Louis XVs favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson). Unfortunately for her, she died before the estate was completed. Louis then gave it to his next favorite mistress, Madame du Barry (Jeanne Bécu). When Louis XVI became monarch, he gave the estate to his wife, Marie Antoinette, who used it as a retreat from palace life. The architecture was called the Greek style, a transition between the Rococo of the early 18th century and the Neoclassical of the later part ..... |
The Saga of Sutro Library Adolph Sutro is obviously one of the towering figures of San Francisco history, and his legacy is indelibly enshrined in our landscape and several important institutions. The Sutro Library, located at San Francisco State University since 1982, houses approximately 40% (about 100,000 volumes) of the original legendary massive Sutro collection, salvaged from the fire-proofed Montgomery Block after the destruction of 1906. Stored in warehouses on Battery Street, the balance of the collection was destroyed. Sutro had initially planned to build a library at Sutro Heights, then decided to use half the acreage subsequently given to the University of California, on Mount Parnassus (now Mount Sut..... |
• Lighthouses Around San Francisco Bay Lighthouses Around San Francisco Bay Our friends from other locations think of this area as sunny California. But if you live around San Francisco Bay, you know about the fog. And there are other dangers for ships, including strong gales, rocks, and shoals. Lighthouses were built here since Gold Rush times to warn ships of the dangers. I spoke with City Guide Patricia Duff, who works for the United States Coast Guard in their Lighthouse Divestiture program. As Patricia told me, the lighthouses were operated by the U. S. Lighthouse Service until 1939, when the Coast Guard took control. By the 1970s, most lighthouses were automated, mariners were using GPS systems, and the keepers were not needed at these sites. The keepers qu..... |
Who Knows About 650 Geary? While traipsing around the Tenderloin, researching another project, your editor sighted a very interesting Moorish style building at 650 Geary Steet. GuideLines put out a call to see if anyone knew the history of this building. Thank you to all who responded including Bob Bowen, Don Andreini, Peter Field, Gary Holloway, Ulla Kaprielian, and Ernie Ng. The building, San Francisco Landmark #195, is today the location of the Alcazar Theater. It was built in 1917 at a cost of $150,000 as the Islam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The Shriners, a mens social and charitable organization of the Freemasons, used the building until 1970. The building was designed by Scott..... |
• Tom Maguire: A Colorful Character in SFs Theatrical Past Tom Maguire: A Colorful Character in SFs Theatrical Past
In her book The San Francisco Stage: From Gold Rush to Golden Spike, 1849-1869, Misha Berson remarks on the beginnings of theatrical life in San Francisco: Theater was only getting its start in the Atlantic states when San Francisco was founded during the Gold Rush. Thus, the far frontier city began its theatrical life as an equal among equals as far as theatrical experience was concerned. Given San Franciscos importance in the development of the theater in the United States, it is interesting to examine the background and life of one of those who produced and directed on those early stages. Tom Maguire ran San Franciscos first legitimate house for serious actors, the Jenny Lind. Th..... |
Old Vedanta Temple Its roofline an architectural confection of fanciful domes and graceful galleries, the Old Vedanta Temple at the corner of Webster and Filbert Streets is a vibrant landmark of the Cow Hollow neighborhood. The spirited architecture of this building, however, has a firm spiritual foundation. The structure is said to be the first Hindu Temple in the Western Hemisphere. From 1905 until the community outgrew the space and dedicated the New Vedanta Temple in 1959 at Fillmore and Vallejo Streets, just a few blocks away, the Old Temple served as the home for what became the Vedanta Society of Northern California. An early pamphlet published by the Society noted that the Temple may be consider..... |
• Where Was the Valencia Hotel? Where Was the Valencia Hotel? Little did I know when I entered Cherins Appliance store on Valencia Street that I would find answers to a question I hadnt been able to solve. Luckily, Michael Cherin waited on me. During our conversation I asked him if he know where the Valencia Hotel had been. He said, Right here, but then for validation he asked his grandfather, Lou Cherin, who is the family historian. Lou said no, the Valencia Hotel was across the street. Built in 1898, the Valencia Hotel was a four-story wood frame structure with a brick foundation. The Mission district was originally a marshland with creeks and shallow lakes. Landfill began in the 1860s, and in 1888 four hundred acres of solid ground had been..... |
• Eureka Benevolent Society and Henry Mauser in San Francisco Eureka Benevolent Society and Henry Mauser in San Francisco
When the ground started shaking at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the three-story frame building at 436 OFarrell, which housed the administrative offices of the Eureka Benevolent Society, was empty of workers, so no lives were lost at the site. However, after the fire raged throughout so much of San Francisco on that inauspicious day and the two that followed, only portions of the front and rear exterior walls remained standing. Having to start over was nothing new for the members of the Eureka, first organized in 1850 to provide financial assistance to Israelites landing here, broken in health or destitute of means. Founder August Helbing, only 25 years old when he convince..... |
• Landmarks Versus National Historic Places Landmarks Versus National Historic Places Did you know that the Mission Dolores is both a San Francisco Landmark and a California Historical Landmark, and also holds a place on the National Register of Historic Places? And do you know the difference in these designations? Many buildings on our tour routes display plaques indicating landmark status, but the process for achieving each form of recognition is different. National Historic Places and Landmarks The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) includes over 80,000 listings, of which over 2,400 are designated as National Historic Landmarks. Landmarks are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for their national significance. Historic places are nomi..... |
• Hollywood Stars Visit San Francisco's Chinatown Hollywood Stars Visit San Francisco's Chinatown In 1947, near the end of an unhappy five-year marriage, Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth sat in a dark theater and tensely watched a Chinese opera production. Only four years earlier, Hollywoods Boy Wonder had married The Love Goddess, but whatever happiness they had once enjoyed was short-lived. They had come to San Franciscos Chinatown not for the theater, but to make a film of their own, Lady from Shanghai. In the movie, Orson Welless character gets caught up in a murder scheme, and he confronts Rita Hayworths character in a pivotal scene that takes place during the Chinese opera performance. If youve seen the movie, youll likely remember that the climactic last scene takes ..... |
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• Castro Movie Makeover: Glimpses of the Castro from 30 Years Ago Castro Movie Makeover: Glimpses of the Castro from 30 Years Ago
Guides for the Castro: Tales of the Village tour have been able to observe the ongoing retrofit to the Castro as its appearance from 30 years ago is brought to life. The time warp is all part of the Gus Van Sant film entitled Milk. The biopic on the life of the first openly gay man elected to office in the United States stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White. Filming began on January 22, 2008, and is slated to continue until March 15th. For those of us who walk the Castro and, through our stories, evoke the images of decades ago, these are exciting times! Construction workers have altered the Castro Theatre marquee to use the color palette from the late seventies. The..... |
• Wayside Chapel of St Francis Wayside Chapel of St Francis The Citys smallest and largest churches once stood side-by-side atop Nob Hill. Perched in the shadow of Grace Cathedral, the Wayside Chapel of St. Francis opened on May 28, 1945. When the Episcopal Bishop wanted a chapel where people could come 24 hours a day to pray for their loved ones at war, the bishops chaplain suggested they convert a tiny construction shed on the California Street side of the still-unfinished cathedral. Built in 1932, the wooden structure had been used as the fund-raising office for the cathedral building campaign, and subsequently as Dinwiddie Constructions on-site office. And thus in the waning years of World War II, generous donors helped to convert it i..... |
Crystal Palace Market The Palace was an emporium dedicated to the palates of the cosmos. It probably had food from Saturn. It was the FAO Schwarz of the stomach. Thus author Gus Lee describes the Crystal Palace Market of his youth in China Boy, the fictionalized account of his boyhood that was San Franciscos choice for this falls One City/One Book shared reading experience. His description is no exaggeration. During its 36-year run, the 71,000-square-foot market imported goods from at least 37 countries to provide the most varied offerings in the country. Its 65 shops included four dairy stands selling 36,000 eggs daily , four poultry stands, six butcher shops, three fish markets, and seven fruit..... |
• Albion Castle San Franciscans, their Beers, and the Story of One Brewery Albion Castle San Franciscans, their Beers, and the Story of One Brewery Nineteen-year-old John Burnell, already an experienced brewer trained in London, came to San Francisco in 1868. He bought a parcel of land with large flowing springs in an area where brothers Robert and Philip Hunter managed real estate transactions for the new city an area known today as Hunters Point. Here in the 1870s Burnell established the Albion Porter & Ale Brewery. The building he erected, featuring a three-story tower reminiscent of a Norman castle from Burnells native England, has always been known as the Albion Castle. The Castle was recently in the news when it was auctioned off for $2.1 million. The building has walls two to three feet thick and was built with stone t..... |
• The SF Chronicle Building Restored The SF Chronicle Building Restored San Franciscos first skyscraper, whose original façade has been hidden for more than 40 years, is presently undergoing restoration. Located at 690 Market Street at the corner of Kearny and 3rd Streets, the structure was originally the Chronicle Building, but has been known in recent years by its tenant, Washington Mutual. It was the Chronicle's home until 1924 and shares the important newspaper corner intersection with the Hearst and former Call buildings. The buildings 1889 brick and stone façade was covered with white enamel sheets in a 1962 modernization, but at least some of the original material was preserved underneath. Interestingly, although it is historically known as the Ch..... |
• San Francisco Armory in the Mission San Francisco Armory in the Mission City Guides offers three different tours in the Mission. None venture remotely near the hulking ugly pseudo-Moorish Armory building at 1800 Mission Street. With clinker brick exteriors, four octagonal towers, and 200,000 square feet of space, this forbidding structure was built in 1912-14 as an arsenal for the US National Guard, replacing one in the Western Addition destroyed in 1906. Its ultimate cost, including land, was $500,000. Besides its official function as a military training and storage facility, it was used frequently for sporting events and prizefights. Said to be the largest building of architectural importance in the Mission, it has the largest unsupported enclosed volu..... |
• Ella Castelhun - A Lesser Known Woman Architect Ella Castelhun - A Lesser Known Woman Architect In 1901, the State of California adopted a law that required all practicing architects to be licensed, either demonstrating their experience in the field of architecture or passing an exam and fulfilling requirements in education and experience. Julia Morgan was the first woman to appear on the roster of licensed architects, receiving license number B344 in 1904. The second woman licensed to practice architecture in California was Ella Castelhun, who received license B358 in 1905. In contrast to Morgan, she remains little known. Unfortunately, her file is not available at the State of California Architects Board. The last record of her architectural career is her inclusion in the 1920 r..... |
• The Russian Connection in San Francisco The Russian Connection in San Francisco We all know about Fort Ross in 1830, Sebastopol, the Russian River, and Russian Hill, where artifacts of buried Russian sailors have been found. Perhaps we also know that the founding of the Presidio may have been inspired by Charles III of Spain because of concern about Russian incursions from the north. A few of us know about the Russian exploration of San Francisco Bay in 1812, when the Russian-employed botanist von Chamisso first described the California poppy, took a specimen back to St. Petersburg, and enshrined it in the Russian Museum, where it still resides as the type specimen, the original. Most of us have heard the romanticized love story of Count Rezanov and Concepcion Arg..... |
• San Francisco Coffee Roasters San Francisco Coffee Roasters Coffee is one of the most exported commodities in the world. It originated in Yemen and by the 1400s trading brought it to Africa, Arabia, and the Mediterranean. After achieving popularity in Europe in the 1600s, the Wine of Araby traveled to America, where by the end of that century it overtook beer as the favorite breakfast drink. During the Mexican-American War in 1846, it was a ration for soldiers. Traders spread coffee to other hot climate growing areas, including the East and West Indies. And just like the Gold Rush immigrants traveling to California, green coffee beans also came by ship. San Francisco became a center for coffee roasting businesses, with coffee a main part of t..... |
• San Francisco Emporium Rooftop Holiday Tradition San Francisco Emporium Rooftop Holiday Tradition A ferris wheel, merry-go-round, train, and visit with Santa Claus and his elves all these treats and more awaited visitors to the rooftop holiday carnival presented every Christmas by the Emporium on Market Street. Once upon a time this venerable department store also boasted an indoor ice rink and an auditorium for lectures and concerts by The Emporium Orchestra. The last Christmas carnival was held in 1995, the Emporiums 100th anniversary year and the year the store closed. A reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle interviewed visitors and quoted an Emporium employee who boasted, Our Santa is the best Santa in the Bay Area. (In fact, there were two Santas, separated by screens..... |
• The San Francisco Ferry Building Clock The San Francisco Ferry Building Clock Ferry Building Guides were recently treated to a talk by Dorian Clair, a specialist in antique clocks who in 2000 began working on the Ferry Buildings famous timepiece. Today the Ferry Building still boasts its original Special #4 clock made by the Boston clock maker E. Howard in 1898. It is the largest dialed, wind-up, mechanical clock in the world. Before the 06 quake, this top-of-the-line clock lost only two seconds a week. Although the clock is now powered by an electric motor installed by Dorian, the old weight and pendulum system is still in place and could be hooked up in a few hours. This systems one-ton weight, which dropped 48 feet in 8 days when it powered the clock, now..... |
• Art Deco in San Francisco's Downtown Art Deco in San Francisco's Downtown One day in the spring of 2003, fellow City Guide Bob Bowen and I visited the lobby of the Telephone Building on New Montgomery Street. We were on a trial walk for a revived Downtown Deco Tour, which a few of us had decided to bring back to life after conducting Art Deco Marina for several years. A security guard working for SBC, which then owned the building, kindly allowed us into the inner sanctum. We stood in the wide lobby of San Franciscos first real high-rise, with its dark marble walls, occasionally accented by shiny metal trim. A glorious multi-colored ceiling in the pattern of a Chinese quilt brightened the space, and various animal forms seemed to float overhead. Above the elev..... |
• Yerba Buena Lane: San Francisco's Newest Street Yerba Buena Lane: San Francisco's Newest Street
Although open since 2002, the pedestrian-only thoroughfare named Yerba Buena Lane is finally coming into its own. With the recent opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Jessie Square, many people are now taking notice of this lively and interesting area for the first time. Yerba Buena Lane allows pedestrians to flow from the Union Square area north of Market Street to the museums and public landscapes of Yerba Buena Gardens south of Market (SoMa), without a long detour down to Third or Fourth Street. At 550 feet long, it is designed to provide a convenient corridor for over 5 million people annually, fulfilling a vision of urban planners over 50 years in the making. Historical..... |
• Archbishops Mansion in San Francisco Archbishops Mansion in San Francisco The handsome French Second Empire structure was built in 1904 for San Franciscos second Archbishop, Patrick Riordan (1841-1914). A major architectural asset and anchor to the Alamo Square Historic District, it was at the turn of the century an important symbol of the Catholic Churchs prominence in San Franciscos religious, social and cultural life. The Mansions architect was Frank Shea, who worked on several projects for the Catholic Archdiocese, including St. Vincent de Paul on Steiner Street and Holy Cross on Eddy Street. Archbishop Patrick Riordan played an important role in San Francisco history. Arriving in 1882, he set about building churches, schools, and hospitals. The Arc..... |
• Emporium Dome Celebrates 100 Emporium Dome Celebrates 100 Editors Note: The October 2004 GuideLines featured a story on the Emporium dome when it was hoisted on a perch for a year during construction of the Westfield Centre. The following article revisits the story with some new information and permission from the Bancroft Library to publish another photo. September 2008 was the 100th birthday of the dome in the Westfield Centre. In 1896 a cooperative of merchants rented space at the Parrot Building at 835 Market Street and called their venture the Emporium. As its signature feature, the building contained a magnificent dome. The Parrot Building was designed by Albert Pissis, who also designed the James Flood Building across t..... |
• Court of Appeals and Old Main Post Office Building Court of Appeals and Old Main Post Office Building Penny Bradshaw had the wonderful idea for the Class of 2008 to keep in touch on a regular basis by meeting for lunch once a month to discuss and share experiences, and Tuesday, October 7th, was scheduled for our first date. When I discovered that the United States Court of Appeals and Old Main Post Office were offering a docent tour that day (and had a café on site!), seven of us met on the steps of this most beautiful example of an American Renaissance / Beaux Arts classical style building and took the tour given by Ms. Ellie Foster, docent since 97, who had previously volunteered at various museums in Washington, D.C. This building has a special meaning for me since it was here, ..... |
• The Call Building of San Francisco The Call Building of San Francisco San Franciscos Call Building shared the spotlight with the Ferry Building as the citys most notable landmark at the turn of the twentieth century. San Franciscos first skyscraper, it was depicted by Thomas Kinkaid in his nostalgic painting San Francisco Market Street, and it stands as a point of reference in locating other structures in historic photographs. We can credit the very public feud between two leading San Francisco families for the construction of this grand building. Claus Spreckels dominated the sugar industry from the 1860s until 1905, when the new C&H co-op broke his monopoly. After gaining control of Hawaiian cane sugar production through his ownership of the Hawaii..... |
• The Old Mint Building in San Francisco The Old Mint Building in San Francisco City Guide Larry See recently joined the San Francisco Museum & Historical Societys members-only tour of the Old Mint and shares this report: Built in 1874, at one time the Old Mint held about one-third of all of the gold in the nation. It sits on bedrock just ten feet below the surface. The foundation is four feet thick, with two-inch reinforcing iron bars interlaced all though it. The walls are a combination of very thick sandstone on the outside with granite and brick in the interior. Huge heavy iron shutters protect the windows. The ceilings are approximately 20 feet high, with graceful brass lighting hung from the ceiling. There was only one "slightly" successful known inc..... |
• Timothy Pflueger Gets a Street Timothy Pflueger Gets a Street Thanks to City Guide Therese Poletti, on December 16th the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, at their last meeting of the year, passed a resolution to rename the former Chelsea Place, a short alley behind 450 Sutter, Timothy Pflueger Place, honoring the city's great architect of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. Therese brought the resolution to outgoing Board President Aaron Peskin, who reported that the resolution was passed in a unanimous vote. In fact, Supervisor Jake McGoldrick was so enthused about the proposal that he asked to be a co-sponsor. Therese, author of the recently released book Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger, became interested in Pflueger's work..... |
St. Dominics Church Dominicans first arrived in San Francisco from Spain in 1850, and established their first priory in 1863 at Van Ness and Broadway. That same year, the Dominican Friars paid $6,000 for the city block bounded by Steiner, Bush, Pierce, and Pine Streets, anticipating the future development of what was still the largely open country of the Western Addition. picture1left300 The first St. Dominics Church, blessed in 1873, was a small, unpretentious wooden church at the corner of Bush and Steiner Streets. To accommodate a rapidly growing congregation, a second, much larger church was built of brick on the same site; this church opened in 1887 but was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. During the..... |
St. Rose Academy From January 1906 until June 1990, St. Rose Academy shared with St. Dominics Church the city block purchased in the Western Addition by the Dominican friars in 1863. picture1left300 The oldest private girls school in San Francisco when it closed in 1990, St. Rose was founded by the Dominican sisters of San Rafael in 1862. It soon outgrew its first convent on Brannan Street between Third and Fourth Streets, and moved into its new St. Rose Academy on Tyler Street (later renamed Golden Gate) between Steiner and Pierce in 1878. After this building was consumed by fire in 1893, the school found temporary quarters at two other sites before constructing their new academy on the land owned by ..... |
2830 Pacific Avenue House This house is one of the spectacular Georgian brick mansions atop the Gold Coast Hill. It is the westernmost of a pair of twin homes designed in 1910 by Nathaniel Blaisdell for George Lingard Payne, a manufacturer of carriage bolts. Payne shared the $42,500 residence with his wife, five children, chauffeur, cook, and four lodgers, but only for the winter seasons; they summered in Mill Valley. picture1left300 2830 Pacific boasted up-to-the-minute conveniences, like an early Otis elevator, laundry and trash chutes, and two walk-in Hermann safes. It featured a ground floor ballroom, landscaped garden terrace, and an unusual side driveway commodious enough for up to ten vehicles, leading to ..... |
The Prelinger Library Last month while visiting the show Green Dimensions at Lower Fort Mason, Building D, I came across an exhibit in the lobby, a fascinating continuously changing video about the history and landscape changes in the Bay Area coastal regions. This display was produced by the Prelinger Library, a facility unknown to me, and to everyone else in my vicinity. I decided to investigate, and thus spent several hours one Sunday afternoon, on site. The Prelinger Library is a unique private collection located in a faceless obscure building just off Folsom Street at 8th. It is staffed by the Prelingers, a welcoming and helpful couple, who are solely responsible for the collection, retrieval, classificat..... |
Terra Cotta in SF There is a multitude of terra cotta building decoration in San Francisco, and much of this is thanks to the town of Lincoln, 30 miles northeast of Sacramento. The town began in 1861 as a railroad terminus on land owned by railroad pioneer Theodore Judah. Civil War veterans settled in the area to raise cattle and orchards, and coal mining began in 1873. In 1874, when a source of high quality clay was discovered nearby, several Chicago businessmen decided to open a clay products manufacturing plant. A year later Gladding McBean opened as the first producer of clay sewer pipe west of the Rockies. Sewer pipe was, and continues to be, Gladding McBeans main product. In 1884 the company began ..... |
• Harold G. Stoner and Adolph G. Sutro Harold G. Stoner and Adolph G. Sutro Adolph Sutro is well known as a former Mayor of San Francisco, owner of the Cliff House, and builder of the Sutro Baths. His lesser known grandson, Adolph G. Sutro, teamed up with one of San Francisco's most prolific - yet largely unknown - architects, Harold G. Stoner, to bring their own legendary landmarks to the "City by the Bay." It was Sutro's grandson who commissioned Harold G. Stoner to design the magnificent medieval mansion that once stood high above San Francisco on Mt. Sutro. Built for $250,000 in the middle of the Great Depression, it was called "La Avenzada." Two decades after being sold to ABC in 1948, the City deemed it a firetrap and required its demolition as part of th..... |
GuideLines Quiz Do you know what and where this building is? picture1left250 The building is the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, a gift to the City from Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, and home of the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums. The building is based on the Palais de la Legion dHonneur in Paris, France. This is the back of the building. The sculptural figures on the dome are based on the gods and goddesses: Jupiter, Mars, Apollo, Minerva, Diana, and Ceres. The busts (thirteen in all) are based on unidentified people of their day. GuideLines heard that the sculptures are made of fiberglass and contacted Elisabeth Cornu, retired conservator, to confirm. She told us: They a..... |
Marines Memorial Theater If you've recently seen a show at Marines, you probably noticed that although it's a plain auditorium, it's in pristine shape. This is due, in large part, to the current manager, Roxanne Goodfellow. She was also instrumental in redoing the Post Street Theatre some years ago, but unfortunately, that space has closed. These are both important houses in San Francisco theatre history, but Marines holds an especially pivotal place in the history of regional theatre in the United States. picture1left300 Until the 1920s, regional theatre was alive and well in San Francisco. Then the Shubert brothers, among others, came on the scene, and bought and built theatres where they brought shows f..... |
GuideLines Quiz picture1left600 The photo is taken from the top floor of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) looking out the window facing Minna Street. You can find Waldo, the creation of author Martin Handford. SFMOMA is the first museum on the West Coast devoted to modern and contemporary art. In 1935, art patron Albert Bender donated 36 artworks, including The Flower Carrier by Diego Rivera, to begin the museum's collection. GuideLines discovered that the museum has nothing to do with Waldo. People at the business located at 170 Minna believe that the building owner put Waldo on the roof...... |
A Note On Speakeasies During a recent Palace Hotel tour, a guest asked if there was a speakeasy in the hotel during Prohibition. Author and GuideLines contributor James R. Smith gave us some information on speakeasies: Every hotel had a speakeasy of some sorts. There were a couple of federal arrests at the Palace, so they did have one but I don't know exactly where. The Sir Frances Drake built a speakeasy between floors, although no one drank there. Liquor was sent up to the rooms. Prior to Prohibition, no respectable woman would drink in a bar. San Francisco speakeasies were usually restaurants, and that's when women first drank in public. Playland had a speakeasy as well. |
• Willis Polk His Work is Everywhere! Willis Polk His Work is Everywhere! My interest in the architect Willis Polk began when I trained as a docent at Filoli, a mansion he designed in Woodside. It continued when I became a guide for the tour City Scapes and Public Places. On that tour, the number of Willis Polk designed buildings is remarkable. Of course, I had seen a house he designed on Russian Hill, but I did not realize how much he was a part of the Arts and Crafts movement. A number of individuals were involved in that movement and worked together including Joseph Worcester, A. Page Brown, Ernest Coxhead, and Willis Polk. The first houses Polk designed in San Francisco showed that he was aware of the Shingle Style popular on the East Coast, had ..... |
• Coffee Dans - Most Popular SF Speakeasy Coffee Dans - Most Popular SF Speakeasy No one should forget San Franciscos riotous Coffee Dans. The original club opened in 1879 as a cabaret located in the basement below Daniel Davis restaurant on the southeast corner of Sutter and Kearny. After the earthquake and fire of 1906, Dan moved his club to Powell and OFarrell Streets. Like its predecessor, it opened for breakfast, serving customers long past dinner with entertainers that belied the apparent low station of the café. Posh city magazine The Wasp proclaimed Coffee Dans the rendezvous for San Franciscos elite in their May 20, 1916 issue. picture1left250 Dan died in 1917 and son John Davis took over management. It was Prohibition and Coffee Dans was now..... |
• Pier 70 A View from Inside Pier 70 A View from Inside Pier 70, which lies on the cusp of the Dogpatch Historical District, is not your typical pier - it is almost 70 acres in size. The long wharf, made of timbers that at one time extended from 20th Street into the bay, is now mostly gone. It is a place I discovered not long after moving from New York to San Francisco five years ago. I was attracted to the area because of its similarities to the waterfronts of port cities located on the east coast. It is also one of the few remaining spots in this city where brick industrial buildings continue to stand their ground - even after earthquake, fire, and the decline of industrialization. Shipbuilding and repair thrived here for over 150 ..... |
The Octagon House 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the (McElroy) Octagon House, owned by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in California (NSCDA-CA). It is located on the corner of Gough and Union Streets in Cow Hollow. Octagonal structures have been documented as early as 300 B.C. Early North American examples include Thomas Jeffersons private retreat Poplar Forest, built in Virginia in 1806, and the Octagon House in Washington, D.C. built in 1801. This building served as a temporary White House during the War of 1812, and formerly served as the headquarters for the American Institute of Architects. These buildings were popularized in North America and Canada in t..... |
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• From Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces From Nickelodeons to Movie Palaces The following is an excerpt from Therese Poletti's book, Art Deco San Francisco, The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger.In the spring of 1920, a trio of brothers-William, Elias, and George Nasser-came to see Timothy Pflueger. They had got Pflueger's name from the Humboldt Bank, where they had obtained a loan to expand their growing neighborhood theatre on Castro Street.The Nassers owned two small theatres in the Mission district where Pflueger lived and a larger theatre on Castro in the Eureka Valley neighborhood. In 1907 their father, Abraham, an immigrant from Lebanon, turned the family market on Collingwood and Eighteenth streets into the Liberty. In its first incarnati..... |
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Celebrating Our Survivors The eight buildings here are among the few that survived the 1906 disaster and are still standing today. The Ferry Building has gone through several renovations, but now restored and repurposed its back and better than ever. Only the Call Building, once called the handsomest tall building in the world by architectural critic B.J.S. Cahill, is unrecognizable in its current form. In the late 1930s, the dome was removed to permit the addition of six additional floors and the entire building received an Art Deco makeover. picture1left180 picture5left180 picture6left180 |
• Modern Engineering for Earthquake Safety Modern Engineering for Earthquake Safety A conversation with Robert Reitherman, Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE), a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of earthquake engineering research, education, and implementation. For information on CUREE and their research go to: www.curee.org. What was learned from the 1906 disaster that helped engineers make buildings safer? The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake occurred a little too early in history for major engineering lessons to be learned. Today we know that unreinforced masonry buildings -- buildings with brick walls that have ..... |
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• The Emporium: Grand Dame of Market Street The Emporium: Grand Dame of Market Street Many native San Franciscans have fond memories of the Big E. It was the place where you got your first grown-up jacket, did your back-to-school shopping, and rode the big slide on the roof or, at Christmas time, the train. Christmas also meant a visit with Santa and a photo. A trip downtown was something special that you dressed up for, and in the 1950s that meant gloves and a hat. picture1left350 The Emporium aimed for a middle-class clientele, and for over 100 years after its founding in 1897 it not only succeeded but thrived, despite near total destruction in the 1906 earthquake. The Union Square stores Magnin, the City of Paris, and the White House catered to the hig..... |
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Its roofline an architectural confection of fanciful domes and graceful galleries, the Old Vedanta Temple at the corner of Webster and Filbert Streets is a vibrant landmark of the Cow Hollow neighborhood. The spirited architecture of this building, however, has a firm spiritual foundation.
The structure is said to be the first Hindu Temple in the Western Hemisphere. From 1905 until the community outgrew the space and dedicated the New Vedanta Temple in 1959 at Fillmore and Vallejo Streets, just a few blocks away, the Old Temple served as the home for what became the Vedanta Society of Northern California. An early pamphlet published by the Society noted that the Temple
may be considered a Hindu temple, a Christian church, a Mohammedan mosque and a Hindu
The communitys history reaches back to the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 and its concurrent World Parliament of Religions. Swami (teacher) Vivekanandaji, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, visited San Francisco after attending the conference. His lectures and classes gathered a significant group of students in the Bay Area who formed the Vedanta Society in 1900.
The Vedanta is a philosophy based on the Upanishads, the final books of the Veda (ancient Indo-Aryan philosophic/religious texts). It is considered the basis of the Hindu religion and embraces the concept that all religions share the same goal, the achievement of spiritual knowledge and oneness with God.
In 1904 the San Francisco group purchased the property on Webster Street for $1,800 in order to build its first temple. The neighborhood was still dotted by sandlots, market gardens, and nursery operations.
Joseph A. Leonard was chosen as the architect and worked with Swami Trigunathiandaji on the design. The first two floors were completed in 1905. Leonard (1849-1929) was an eclectic architect and developer who delivered a large Edwardian structure with undeniable Queen Anne touches.
In 1907-08, Swami Trigunathiandaji explicitly directed the design of an exuberant third floor: five hollow domes and the graceful, lobated arches of the gallery. Thus, the domes of the Old Temple acknowledge in sheet metal and wood the Vedanta philosophy of universality.
The crenulated dome that looks down on Webster Street honors Christianity, seen as a European, Western religion. The corner dome is a double bulb, patterned on that of a Hindu temple in the Bengal region of India. The easternmost Filbert Street dome is a two-stage octagon. It represents a Shivite temple in India, but is topped with an Islamic crescent that is itself crowned by a trident.
The next dome, moving west, is the Hershey kisses dome, a miniaturized replica of a temple in Benares (in Uttar Pradesh, India), also reminiscent of the onion domes of Russian Orthodox architecture. The final dome above Filbert Street is a copy of the Moghul architecture of the Taj Mahal.
The Old Vedanta Temple is in good company as a landmark-worthy house of worship and study in its Cow Hollow neighborhood. The Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral, the English country-style Episcopal St. Mary the Virgin, and the Heidi-Swiss Roman Catholic St. Vincent de Paul churches are all nearby.
More than 200 members of todays Vedanta Society of Northern California study and worship under the leadership of Swami Prabuddhananda. A retreat center in Olema is open to non-members. The Old Temple continues to serve the community as a dormitory, lecture hall, and site of classrooms. Tours of the Old Temple are not available to the public, although architecture students are sometimes given access.
Web site: www.sfvedanta.org.
Photo courtesy of SF History Center, SF Public Library.
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The FATF's primary role is to set global AML/CFT standards and ensure the effective implementation of these standards in all jurisdictions. Enhanced global compliance with the standards reduces the ML/FT risks to the international financial system, and increases transparency and effective international co-operation. In addition to the FATF's and FATF-style regional bodies' mutual evaluation programmes and follow-up processes, the FATF uses additional mechanisms to identify and to respond to jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes that pose a risk to the international financial system and impede efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
The results of the FATF's ongoing efforts in this area are communicated following each Plenary meeting.
Between 2000 and 2006, the FATF conducted the process on non-co-operative countries and territories (NCCTs). During this process, 23 jurisdictions were listed due to a lack of an effective AML/CFT system. The process was highly successful; all of the 23 jurisdictions that had been identified as NCCTs in 2000 and 2001, made significant progress, and the last country was removed from the list in October 2006.
Since 2007, the FATF's International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) has analysed high-risk jurisdictions and recommended specific action to address the ML/FT risks emanating from them. Throughout 2008 and 2009, the FATF issued a series of public statements expressing concerns about the significant deficiencies in the AML/CFT regimes of a number of jurisdictions. For two of these jurisdictions, Iran and DPRK, the FATF took the additional step of calling upon its members and urging all jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect their financial sectors from money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from them. Based on continued lack of progress by both jurisdictions, the FATF reiterated its call for countermeasures at each subsequent Plenary meeting.
In 2009, the Leaders of the Group of 20 specifically called on the FATF to reinvigorate its process for assessing countries' compliance with international AML/CFT standards and to publicly identify high-risk jurisdictions by February 2010. This call reinforced the revision process already underway within the FATF and led to the FATF's adoption in June 2009 of new ICRG procedures. Since that time, the G20 has called for the continuation of FATF efforts to fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and to regularly update the public list of jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies.
Initial referral to the ICRG is based primarily on the results of the jurisdiction's mutual evaluation. Jurisdictions whose mutual evaluation reveals a significant number of key deficiencies are referred to the ICRG for a preliminary or prima facie review conducted by one of four ICRG regional review groups. This initial review includes outreach to each jurisdiction, including the opportunity to comment on the draft prima facie report. Based upon that report, the FATF decides whether it should conduct a more in-depth review of the jurisdiction's key strategic AML/CFT deficiencies. Each reviewed jurisdiction is provided an opportunity to participate in face-to-face meetings with the regional review group to discuss the report, including developing an action plan with the FATF to address the deficiencies identified. The FATF specifically requests high-level political commitment from each reviewed jurisdiction to implement these action plans.
Based upon the results of this process, the FATF issued two public documents in February 2010—the "Public Statement" and "Improving Global AML/CFT Compliance: Ongoing process."
Since February 2010, both documents have been updated (see boxes) and will be updated at each subsequent FATF Plenary.
Please note that, while the FATF published the revised FATF Recommendations: "International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation" on 16 February 2012, the FATF continues to reviewed and identify jurisdictions based on the FATF 40+9 Recommendations of 2003.
This document identifies:
For all of these jurisdictions, the FATF called upon its members to consider the risks arising from the deficiencies associated with each of the jurisdictions.
This document identified overall jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies that have provided a high-level political commitment to address the deficiencies through implementation of an action plan developed with the FATF. The situation differs in each jurisdiction and therefore they present different degrees of ML/FT risks.
The FATF will continue to closely monitor the implementation of these action plans and encouraged its members to consider the information presented in this public document.
The FATF will also continue, on an ongoing basis, to identify additional jurisdictions which pose ML/FT risks to the international financial system.
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Why Did 9/11 Panel Omit "Secret" Meeting?
The meeting was an opportunity for Tenet and Black to brief Rice on the al Qaeda threat, Time said, something Tenet was reportedly very concerned about. The magazine said the DCI's message was that he " couldn't rule out a domestic attack but thought it more likely that al-Qaeda would strike overseas."
According to stories which appeared online last night, in January 2004 Tenet re-created the briefing for 9/11 panelist Richard Ben-Veniste, executive director Phil Zelikow, and professional staff for the panel. (Zelikow, who worked with Rice before joining the commission staff, is now a top aide to Rice.)
The meeting was reported again last week, this time by Bob Woodward in his new book, "State of Denial." In it, he characterized Tenet's message at the sit-down as: "First, al Qaeda is going to attack American interests, possibly within the United States itself. . . Second, this was a major foreign policy problem that needed to be addressed immediately."
On the premise that Woodward's book was the first time the meeting had been mentioned to him, 9/11 panelist Ben-Veniste told the New York Times that the meeting âwas never mentioned to us.â
âThis is certainly something we would have wanted to know about," he told the paper.
When reporters confirmed Tenet's January 2004 briefing with the 9/11 commission yesterday, the Democratic panelist changed his tune. "Ben-Veniste confirmed. . . that Tenet outlined for the 9/11 commission the July 10 briefing to Rice in secret testimony in January 2004," McClatchy newspapers reported. But he wouldn't comment further, referring all questions about the content of the report to Philip Zelikow. Zelikow has yet to comment.
It's clear that the commission knew. Even if they didn't read Time magazine, even if they didn't search for news clips before digging in, they received a detailed briefing -- staffers as well as Ben-Veniste. To date, no one has explained why the meeting wasn't mentioned in the final report. Why not?


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During a hastily called town hall meeting on November 20, Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York took personal responsibility for withholding the package of documents he had received from former Eugene Delgaudio staff aide Donna Mateer in March. Describing himself as "a rehabilitated carpenter" who had entered politics, York said that he "owed the citizens an apology" for failing to turn over the package to Arlington County Commonweath's Attorney Theo Stamos, who is now heading an investigation into Mateer's allegations of improper fundraising for Delgaudio's political campaigns. Still, York maintained that Stamos bears responsibility as well.
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VOORHEES, New Jersey -- Maybe in some places it doesn't really matter upon whose jersey the captain's "C" is stitched.
Just a letter, right?
If that's so, Philadelphia is not one of those places.
For better or worse, up or down, Stanley Cup celebrations or angry confrontations, being the captain in Philadelphia is to be set apart.
Whether it's a tradition that includes Hall of Famer Bob Clarke, the most famous of all Flyers captains, or the long and emotional time that Eric Lindros wore the "C" for the Flyers, or the often fractious relationship between former captain Mike Richards and the large and competitive Flyers media community, or the all-too-brief tenure of the most recent captain, Chris Pronger, naming a successor to Pronger was a big deal in Philadelphia.
As it should have been.
And while it might not have come as much of a surprise that the Flyers turned to rising star Claude Giroux to take on the most visible mantle of leadership in pro sports -- the big "C" that separates all captains from the NHL's rank-and-file -- it speaks volumes about the belief that Giroux is more than simply the sum of his skilled parts.
It also speaks to the formalizing of a new era for the Flyers, an era that began last season with the preseason trades of Richards and running mate Jeff Carter.
Those deals were made for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was to open more doors for Giroux to expand his role with the team.
And he did not disappoint, finishing last season with 93 points, third in the NHL behind Evgeni Malkin and Steven Stamkos in spite of missing five games to injury.
In the playoffs, Giroux cemented his role as the de facto captain of the Flyers when, with Pronger long out of the Flyers' lineup with post-concussion issues, Giroux went toe-to-toe with Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby in the first round, at one point dropping the gloves with the Pens' superstar. After the Flyers allowed a 3-0 series lead to become 3-2, Giroux laid a decisive hit on Crosby to open Game 6 and then scored a crucial goal moments later as Philadelphia vanquished its longtime archrival.
If the Flyers didn't know beforehand, they knew at that moment who their next captain was going to be.
"I mean, that was a big day for us. We had let it slip from 3-0 to 3-2 and they were coming back and their momentum had gained a little bit," coach Peter Laviolette said after the Flyers' last training-camp workout at their suburban practice facility Friday. "I think it speaks to the person who we just named captain of wanting to make a difference in a game.
"I said that when we first talked about Claude. It is that every day he wants to make a difference -- he wants to be an impact [player], whether it is practice, or in the room, or in a game. And that's why he is the leader of this team."
Sometimes captains are forced into their roles, an exercise in square peg, round hole. Sometimes those players evolve into the role; sometimes it is something they can never fully accept, and it stunts their growth and the growth of their team, by extension.
There are no guarantees, of course, but the bestowment of the captaincy on the player everyone calls "G" seems as natural a fit as anyone could imagine, and it bodes well for a team that continues to rely heavily on a young, talented core in its annual pursuit of its first Stanley Cup since 1975.
"I think 'G,' even though he may be young in captain years, he's one of those guys who was almost born to be a leader," Giroux's linemate Scott Hartnell said Friday.
Hartnell is an example of the impact Giroux can have on those around him. Playing mostly with Giroux and the since-departed Jaromir Jagr, Hartnell exploded last season for a career-best 37 goals and 67 points and earned a trip to the All-Star Game in Ottawa.
"You look around, even the last couple years, he takes the bull by the horns, 'G', he's proactive in including everybody; there's no cliquey groups or anything like that," Hartnell said. "He makes everybody that's in here feel comfortable, and I think that's one of the biggest things for a captain, to make everyone feel welcome and lead by example."
Max Talbot has a unique vantage point, having grown up in the Penguins' organization when Crosby was named captain in 2007, just his third season in the NHL. Talbot signed with the cross-state-rival Flyers before last season and believes Giroux, who at 25 is the same age as Crosby, was an obvious choice.
"I don't think there's a better guy in this room to be captain," Talbot said. "Honestly, you look at what he did in the playoffs last year, his whole season, he was leading us. When you're a leader, you're a captain, you're the guy that works the hardest on the ice, that competes every shift and that's got a lot of passion. I think these are all the qualities of a great leader."
As for Giroux's trying to do too much to earn the captaincy and perhaps getting out of a rhythm after being an alternate captain last season, Talbot seemed unconcerned.
"No. I think even last year, having Prongs out of the lineup for most of the year, you could tell that [Giroux] was leading the team and taking charge, and I don't think a letter change from an 'A' to a 'C' ... he might come out in a little more pressure situations for a lot of people, but we all support him. I think he's the right guy," Talbot said. "He's going to be ready."
Giroux certainly is aware of the responsibilities that come with his new position, but he has repeatedly said he doesn't plan to let those responsibilities upset his own approach to the game, even as he prepared to step onto the ice for the first time on Saturday carrying that additional burden.
"Obviously, I think about it. At the same time, it's not going to change my game. I still have the same focus and I just want to go on the ice and try to be the best player I can be," Giroux said Friday.
The Flyers have not dramatically altered their lineup from a year ago. Veteran Bruno Gervais and Luke Schenn will fill in on the blue line given the departure of Matt Carle to Tampa (and the continued absence of Pronger).
Once again, youngsters will be asked to take on a heavy load on both sides of the puck, which doesn't sound like such a bad thing, given that one of those young guys will be leading the charge with a brand new "C" stitched to the front of his Flyer jersey.


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Google's a little late with the Android platform distribution numbers this month. It might have something to do with a rather large announcement yesterday, involving a candy bar, a statue, and the announcement of Android 4.4. But the numbers were just posted, so let's have a look at 'em, shall we?
First of all, Android 1.6 and 2.1 have been dropped from active tracking because they don't work with the latest version of the Google Play Store app. According to a note on the Developers page, these two versions accounted for about 1% of devices that checked in to Google Servers, and perhaps even less actually visited the Play Store.
In terms of active users, Jelly Bean got a nice bump in both 4.1 and 4.2 flavors. 4.1 jumped to 36.6% of Android users, a gain of 2.6%, and 4.2 jumped from 6.5% to 8.5% in the last month. All other versions dropped, including a relatively dramatic drop of 2.4% for Gingerbread, finally bringing it under one-third of active users. (Yeesh, that only took two years.) Ice Cream Sandwich dropped less than a point, and Froyo dropped three tenths to 2.4%.
Android 3.0 Honeycomb was flat at .1%, and it looks like Android 4.3 still isn't prevalent enough to break the list. With multiple Samsung devices launching with Android 4.3 in the next month, not to mention updates to existing phones and tablets, we can hope that this will change soon. The Screen Size and Densities chart was also updated, but none of the DPI densities were swayed by more than one half of a percentage point.
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BJP Slams Karnataka Government Over Creation Of Anti-Corruption Bureau
Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 21, 2016
Opposition BJP today alleged in the Karnataka Assembly that the Siddaramaiah-led government is "destabilising" the Lokayukta by creating a separate Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and demanded its withdrawal.
Farmers' Suicide Issue Rocks Karnataka Assembly
Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 13, 2015
The issue of farmers' suicide rocked the Assembly today with BJP members entering the Well of the House, demanding a debate on it and dubbing the Siddaramaiah government as "anti-farmer".
Assembly Speaker Criticises Karnataka Government Over Absence of Ministers in the House
Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 9, 2015
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa today pulled up the government over absence of ministers in the House during a discussion on development activities in north Karnataka.
Karnataka Government Introduces Bill to Trifurcate Bengaluru Civic Body
Bangalore News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 20, 2015
The Karnataka government, today, introduced a bill in the Assembly aimed to trifurcate Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city civic body, after failing to get the Governor's assent to an ordinance on the issue.
BJP Protests State Government's Move to Trifurcate Bengaluru Civic Body
Bangalore News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 17, 2015
BJP's Karnataka unit today held a day long protest in the city against the government's decision to trifurcate Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city's civic body, and demanded that civic elections be held as per schedule.
Why pub-attacker Pramod Muthalik was Karnataka BJP's 'necessary evil'
Elections News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday March 24, 2014
A controversial leader accused of leading an attack on women in a pub in 2009 was welcomed by the BJP on Sunday and removed within five hours, but the party is now confronting a huge backlash for what it says was a blunder by its Karnataka leaders.
Pramod Muthalik, controversial Sri Ram Sene chief, joins BJP
Elections News | Written by Maya Sharma (With inputs from PTI) | Sunday March 23, 2014
Pramod Muthalik, controversial chief of right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, has joined the BJP. Mr Muthalik, who was linked to the attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, signed up with the BJP at a function in Hubli in Karnataka today
Cauvery water sharing, BJP's loss in Assembly elections highlights of 2013 for Karnataka
South | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 24, 2013
A tectonic political shift that brought the Congress back to power dismantling the BJP's first-ever government in the South topped the developments during 2013 in Karnataka.
Debt-hit Karnataka farmer commits suicide
South | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday November 28, 2013
A depressed sugarcane farmer on Wednesday committed suicide near the state secretariat here while protesting against non-payment of arrears by a sugar mill.
Congress defeats BJP and allies in Karnataka bypolls
South | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday August 26, 2013
The ruling Congress today defeated the BJP-KJP-JD-S combine in bypolls to two legislative council seats held on August 22. Only members of the local governing councils were eligible to vote.
By-poll for three Legislative Council seats in Karnataka concludes peacefully
South | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 24, 2013
Peaceful by-poll was held to three Legislative Council seats in Karnataka yesterday from local constituencies which witnessed a straight contest between the ruling Congress and key opposition parties.
Karnataka government rejects BJP demand to revoke gutka ban
South | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 4, 2013
Karnataka government today said the ban imposed on gutka would stay, rejecting the demand of the opposition BJP which argued that the move would hit arecanut growers in the state.
Kagodu Thimmappa elected as the new Speaker of Karnataka Assembly
South | Press Trust of India | Friday May 31, 2013
Senior Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa was today elected Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly unopposed.
Jagadish Shettar is the new leader of BJP's legislature party in Karnataka
South | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar was unanimously elected leader of the legislature party of BJP on Tuesday, which suffered an ignominious defeat in the recent state Assembly polls losing power to Congress.
Karnataka polls: Congress says it has galaxy of leaders for top post
Assembly | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013
The Congress on Wednesday kept up the suspense over its Chief Ministerial candidate in Karnataka, saying it has a "galaxy of leaders" for the top job.
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Consumables Corner: Longitudinal cracking: A check list for prevention
Q: We are welding several fabricated parts made from A514 (T1) steel using an AWS A5.29, 3/32-in-dia. E110 FCAW electrode. On one particular part we are experiencing longitudinal weld cracking. The structure is a 4-in. plate with a square cut out of the center and a 1.5-in. plate welded back in its place. We are following preheats recommended for the varying thicknesses, so what's the problem?
A: It's not uncommon to find longitudinal cracking on this type of fabrication. This type of scenario is considered one of the highest-restrained joints that can be created. If this were A36 steel, a simple increase in preheat temperature and longer slow cooling would resolve the problem. However, A514 steel is quenched and tempered, meaning excessive preheating can affect the material's mechanical properties negatively, so you must use caution.
In many cases, if you adhere to proper weld preheat and slow-cooling practices and still are experiencing cracking, the cause may be one or a combination of things:
- You are using improper welding parameters, such as excessive voltage or lack of wire.
- You are terminating the weld bead incorrectly or you are stacking the weld starts/stops.
- Your welding technique is incorrect.
- The weld bead size and sequence are incorrect.
Typically with this wire classification, the welder tends to decrease the wire feed speed in an attempt to reduce the amount of spatter and smooth out the arc. Unfortunately, the net effect of this adjustment is a wider, shallower weld bead resulting in higher alloy dilution from the base material into the weld, which makes it more susceptible to centerline cracking. As the bead solidifies, there is not enough filler metal in the throat of the weld to accommodate the weld shrinkage. Be sure to follow the wire manufacturer's recommended weld parameters.
Also be sure to stagger the weld bead starts and stops throughout the joint and avoid them in the plate corners. Always follow proper crater fill techniques when making the weld.
Since this is a flux-cored wire, make sure to use a "drag" technique. This technique will produce a weld with better penetration, and it also prevents the weld beads from getting too flat and shallow.
Finally, the weld beads should be staggered in an alternating fashion around the joint; that is, alternate between sides of the weld joint and between sides of the plate if it is welded on both sides. This effort will help balance out the residual stresses and prevent excessive stress buildup in one location.
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Forest Park
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This stand of pine trees was planted in 1914, after a fungus infected and killed 15,000 chestnut trees in 1912. Through the years, new pines have been planted in place of those that died, but several specimens here date as far back as 1909.
According to the Parks Department Annual Report of 1912, Forest Park was "made hideous by the gaunt skeletons of several thousand dead chestnut trees." Rather than use Parks laborers to clear these trees, the Department sold "the privilege of cutting and removing" these trees, because the timber, although dead, still had value. Almost two years later, 1,500 dead chestnut trees remained. At that time, Forest Park bought a saw mill that turned the dead trees into firewood for Brooklyn's public schools.
The initial effort to replace some of the 15,000 chestnut trees came in 1914 when 2,500 pine trees were moved from the nursery (located in Forest Park) and transplanted near the 109th Street (then Washington) and Myrtle Avenue entrance of the park. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) planted the first tree.
Most of the trees in the grove are Eastern White Pines (Pinus strobus L.), the largest conifer and most valuable tree of the Northeast. When early Europeans settlers found large stands of these trees, which can grow up to 100 feet tall, they sent them to England to be used as ships' masts.
Needles of the white pine tree are three to five inches long and grow in bundles of five. These slender blue-green needles drop off of the tree every two to three years. The cone, which can grow from three to seven inches in length, is reddish brown with thin rounded scales tipped with white resin.
In 1995, Parks established new pine stands along the park's perimeter to celebrate Forest Park's centennial. Volunteers and local students planted one hundred trees. This project was made possible though a grant from the New York City Environmental Fund. Today, these small stands are thriving, and will provide a place of refuge for the park's animal residents and a place of reflection for its patrons.
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Set a rack in the upper half of the oven and heat the broiler to high. On the stovetop, heat a 10-inch, straight-sided, ovenproof skillet over medium heat, and once it's hot, add the oil and garlic. Cook the garlic, stirring often so it won't burn, until it begins to turn light golden brown, about 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and thyme and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 8-minutes. Discard the thyme sprigs and season the mixture liberally with salt and pepper. Reserve about one-third of the sauce in a bowl and spread the remaining sauce evenly around the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium low, crack the eggs into the tomato sauce, and lightly spoon the reserved tomato sauce over the whites of the eggs (not on the yolks). Cover the pan and cook for 3 minutes so the eggs set slightly. Uncover the skillet and set it under the broiler until the yolks firm up slightly but are still soft to the touch, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven. Sprinkle with the chives and cheese. Serve immediately with the toasted bread.
Try serving the eggs on top of sautéed spinach or lay a slice of prosciutto over them. For a more elegant presentation, divide the eggs and sauce into four small gratin dishes before-broiling.
nutrition information (per serving): Size : based on four servings, Calories (kcal): 360, Fat (kcal): 18, Fat Calories (g): 160, Saturated Fat (g): 4, Protein (g): 14, Monounsaturated Fat (g): 10, Carbohydrates (mg): 37, Polyunsaturated Fat (mg): 2, Sodium (g): 740, Cholesterol (g): 215, Fiber (g): 5,
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Diamond rings are frequently associated with engagement rings and wedding rings; however, there is no denying the fact that in some cases, marriages simply do not last forever. This leaves the question of what a woman should do with a ring, or rings, once the relationship has ended and furthermore, what she should do with that bare ring finger once she slips off her engagement ring or wedding set.
One of the most common options for getting rid of an engagement ring or wedding set after the end of a relationship is to sell the ring. Most women do not wish to keep a reminder of a sad time during their life and would rather have the money the jewelry brings to fund their new lifestyle.
While many women find they enjoy the idea of a bare finger after leaving behind a difficult relationship, there are other women who discover that it feels strange to have a bare finger, especially if they were involved in a relationship for a number of years.
Enter the idea of the divorce ring. Many women, as well as men, having recently ended an important relationship, have found that a divorce ring solves the problem nicely. For many, the idea of a divorce ring allows them to experience some emotional closure regarding a painful event and the transition into a new phase of their lives.
Divorce rings are really not a new idea. Although many people assume that divorce was not common during the early part of the 20th century, it certainly did happen. In some cases, women found that wearing a divorce or disunion ring served an excellent way to make the transition from being married to being divorced. One of the most popular divorce rings of the time featured a broken heart. Less elaborate options included cutting a notch into the actual wedding band to indicate that the marriage had come to an end.
Divorce rings vary in style. Some rings, for example, are quite clear about the message they send. For example, they may feature a design that is cut in half; clearly indicating a recent divorce. Other divorce rings are designed with more of a hopeful message. The materials used in the rings also tend to vary, much like engagement rings. Some, for example, are cast in gold while others feature platinum or silver. In some cases, newly divorced individuals choose to have their old wedding band melted down and their new divorce ring created from the materials. The question of whether to include diamonds in the divorce ring is also a personal matter. Some people choose to save the diamonds from their wedding rings for another purpose and use the other materials for their new divorce ring. Technically, there are no actual rules regarding what can be included in a divorce ring and what cannot be included, just as there are no hard and fast rules for engagement rings. While many consumers do prefer a solid metal divorce ring or even a divorce ring set with some other type of gemstone, there is nothing stopping you from having a divorce ring set with diamonds.
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November 1st, 2010 at 1:42 pmIt's a good idea, I adore it.
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December 18th, 2010 at 4:18 amwould love to see jewelry for divorced women who experienced much abuse while married and now considered themselves free. it would be a symbol of their idenity of themself and their ife now free from the abusive man. a good thing…..cant find anywhere. it could be as simple as a free flying bird and imprinted "free" or even a happy face charm which says love single ilfe again. anything to signify they are happy to be free and out of marriage. it could become a trend for theose divorced and there are many many who are and will be until men become human.


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