Tag: Weeks and Day
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The Don Lee Building
1000 Van Ness Avenue Tenderloin This magnificent building was built in 1921. Designed by Weeks and Day it is the largest and one of San Francisco’s most architecturally significant auto showrooms. As the private automobile became a standard commodity of middle-class American life, hundreds of manufacturers rose to meet the demand. Within this increasingly competitive…
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San Francisco’s First Airport
Treasure Island 1 Avenue of the Palms Administration Building Treasure Island was built with imported fill on the north side of Yerba Buena Island The connected Yerba Buena Island sits in the middle of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge. Built by the federal government, Treasure Island was planned for and used as an airport…