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Poor House Bistro – Moving Day Kelly Bros. House Movers moved the Victorian Era home from Autumn St to the Little Italy neighborhood on West St John St next to Henry’s Hi-Life. The business will be renamed Famiglia Meduri Poor House Bistro. The home has...
ARCHITECTURE, PRESERVATION
Filoli“Dynasty House”The Bourn-Roth Estate”Country House”Architect: Willis PolkBuilt:1917, Woodside, CA William Bowers Bourn II was born in San Francisco. He was the owner of one of California’s richest gold mines and president of Spring Valley Water...
ARCHITECTURE, PRESERVATION
The Wilson Building973 Market StSan FranciscoBuilt: 1901, 1906Architect: G.W. Percy & Willis PolkStyle: Terra CottaInspired by Italy’s Basilica of San Vitale in Italy.1906The building was restored after being ravaged by fire in the 1906 Earthquake.2015Residential...
ARCHITECTURE, PRESERVATION
The Lawrence Hotel Building 19th-century building on San Fernando Street in San Jose, CAFour Alarm Fire on Jan. 8, 2021.This was the former location of Twice Read Books, which I often frequented. One day I discovered a book by Bernice Abbot, a photographer that...
