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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA !
there was a parade in SAN FRANCISCO's CHINATOWN with many marchers!
Albert Pissis, architect, 1914
Washington Street
Chinatown
San Francisco, California
“Large, imposing brick building of irregular footprint. It steps down (the) slope of Washington Street. Nearly flush central pavilion has main entryway reaching 1 1/2 stories with a round arch framed in terra cotta and a scrolled keystone. Above, reaching 2 stories are two pairs of giant order pilasters with small Corinthian capitals which frame a large square window with subdivided sash. Above this window is a substantial ornamental panel with a central enwreathed ornament. The attic portion of the central pavilion has an attenuated version of the ornament below. String courses between building zones are terra cotta. Albert Pissis (1852-1914), one of San Francisco's most accomplished architects.”
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members of the Sherlock Hams team stop to check the route during the Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt
check out the other Chinese New Year Parade & Treasure Hunt pictures
update: hooray, this photo won the 2007 photo contest, so our team gets some free tickets for the 2008 hunt! many thanks to the judge(s)!
The entrance to the largest Chinese business center in the U.S. is on the Corner of Bush and Grant Streets, San Francisco, California.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA !
there was a parade in SAN FRANCISCO's CHINATOWN with many marchers!
The Chinatown Branch Carnegie Library, designed by Gustave Albert Lansburgh in the Italian Renaissance style, was the sixth of seven Carnegie branch libraries built in San Francisco. built 1914
Chinatown Branch Library
1135 Powell Street
Chinatown
San Francisco, California
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA !
there was a parade in SAN FRANCISCO's CHINATOWN with many marchers!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA !
there was a parade in SAN FRANCISCO's CHINATOWN with many marchers!
Saw this down a side street in China Town, San Francisco. Not sure if its a genuine Banksy piece of work or not but someone has gone to the trouble of protecting it with a sheet of perspex.