Kearny Street

A collection of 12 posts

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Grab Bag #69

The Liberty Bell on the road, a mystery watch, and goodbye to the unique Jane Cryan.

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Grab Bag #61

A gaseous San Francisco history grab bag of hats, instant photos, and one famous recipe.

Christmas

Tetrazzini's Christmas Gift

In 1910, the world's greatest soprano gave San Francisco a present.

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Grab Bag #60

The problems of man, more Barbary Coast history, and SFPD's first woman officer.

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Grab Bag #58

A night owl reporter wanders across San Francisco in 1887.

Union Square

The White House

Remembering a store and a man that every San Franciscan once knew.

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Grab Bag #56

Parades, grizzlies, and a new San Francisco time-machine destination.

Downtown

Lotta’s 150th

A birthday for San Francisco's most liked landmark.

Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Place

Having a crush on some long-gone San Francisco houses and wondering what happened to Good Children.

Jackson Square

International Settlement

The exotic restaurant row that was the last gasp of San Francisco's Barbary Coast.

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Grab Bag #47

Portsmouth Square in the 1850s, old photos found, and memorializing motherhood.

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Grab Bag #45

Super-sized San Francisco history hash of huckster cowboys, old cars, old bars, ruined mansions, hitching posts, and Lotta's fountain.