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5. PALACE OF FINE ARTS
This bit of Neo-Classical fluff was designed by Bernard Maybeck for the Pan-Pacific
Exposition of 1915. It is patterned on an 18th-century engraving by Giovanni Piranesi
entitled
The Isle of the Dead
(for further details see
Palace of Fine Arts
)
.
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6. CIVIC CENTER
Centered on the City Hall that would do any state proud, the core buildings are in a
grand Beaux-Arts style; and befitting the city that started the Gold Rush, gilt is every-
where (for further details see
Civic Center
).
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7. HAAS-LILIENTHAL HOUSE
This Queen Anne-style mansion, built in 1886, is one of the few Victorian beauties
in the city that accepts callers. It's a wonderful glimpse into the way of life among
San Francisco's upper-middle classes from about 1890 to 1920. Outside, it features
gables, a turret, and patterned embellishments; inside, you can see parlors, a dining
room, bedrooms, and a ballroom.
2007 Franklin St • 415 441 3011 • Open
noon-3pm Sat & Wed, 11am-4pm Sun • Adm
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8. GRACE CATHEDRAL
Executed in the medieval French Gothic style, echoing in particular Notre Dame in
Paris, yet accomplished using steel-reinforced concrete. It is the third largest Episco-
pal church in the US (for further details see
Grace Cathedral
).
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9. XANADU GALLERY
Dating from 1948, this is the city's only building by Frank Lloyd Wright. The sweep-
ing spiral ramp predates that at Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York.
140
Maiden
Lane
•
415
392
9999
•
Open
10am-6pm
Tue-Sat
•
Free
•
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