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The living room. Over on the right, the door leads to a cupboard, which was around six feet deep, by about four feet wide. There was a large wooden shelf, on which previous residents had placed a matress. I used it to store my records. This room was generally freezing cold, unless we had the 3kW equivalent paraffin heater going full blast.
The cupboard was typical of the sleeping arrangements of the previous tenants, of whom there had been, we were told, seven. Two slept in the bedroom, another on the sofa in the living room, and another on the floor; one slept in this cupboard, and another on a similar shelf in the pantry, which was cold enough for milk to freeze when left out. The seventh slept in the bath. Between them, they paid fifteen pounds a week rent.
Research contributed by Peter Tannen
1657 Market Street is an example of a residential hotel constructed in San Franciscoʹs western Mid‐Market area in the wake of the 1906 Earthquake. The disaster destroyed most of central San Francisco, displacing thousands of local residents. After the disaster, builders responded to the need for housing by building hundreds of multi‐story, masonry apartment buildings and residential hotels. These residential hotels continued to house many of San Franciscoʹs predominantly single‐male, working‐class workforce until after the Second World War. The property also is a moderately well preserved Venetian Revival style residential hotel constructed in the Market Street Corridor during the 1906 reconstruction period.
Buildings have been named many ways: by the owner of the building, by the business operator (for example, the Fallon, Allen, Crockett, Eastman, Raymond and Whiteside Apartments), for fashion (the Ascot), and for the romance of California’s Hispanic past (Miramar).
1657 Market Street is located on a 25’x124’ lot on the south side of Market Street, between Brady and Gough Streets, with a rear elevation facing Stevenson Street. Built in 1911, 1657 Market Street is a five‐ story, reinforced concrete and timber‐frame residential hotel with ground floor retail designed in the Venetian Revival style.
The rectangular plan building is clad in scored stucco and is capped by a flat roof. The primary façade 1657 Market "Hotel Ascot Furnished Rooms" Faded signage on a five story SRO hotel built in 1911. (between 12th/Franklin & Gough Streets)
Next door is the 1911 Ascot Hotel at 1657 Market Street, an example of Venetian Gothic Revival style from the Hladik and Thayer design firm. It was built for a soap company, then a plumbing supply company. www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Bound_To_Fall:_The_Hub_Ne...
Continuing east along Market Street, there is a pair of five-story, mixed-use buildings containing retail on the ground floor and residential above. Hladik & Thayer designed the Hotel Ascot at 1657 Market Street in the Renaissance Revival style. Built in 1911, it is a contributor to the locally designated Market Street Masonry Historic District (Figure 9). commissions.sfplanning.org/hpcpackets/2015-005848ENV_Alte...
Stop 4 - 1657 Market Street Historic name: “Ascot Hotel” Architect: Hladik and Thayer.
Style: Classical and Venetian Gothic Revival
Construction type: Reinforced concrete with stucco exterior Date built: 1911
History: The building was built for the G.D. Lucy Co., a soap manufacturing company with a plant on San Bruno Avenue. The Security Plumbing Supply Co. occupied the storefront in the 1930s. The partnership between Hladik and Thayer was dissolved in 1912. As an architect, John C. Hladik (1872-1945) specialized in apartment buildings.
Parts of the building to observe: This three-part building has a storefront for a base, four floors of residential hotel rooms above, and a bold and exotic cornice at the top, designed in the “Venetian” style. It is made of pressed metal. Below the cornice, the top floor features a row of five windows that are recessed from the front wall. Each window at the top floor is flanked by half-columns called pilasters. The middle three floors have typical projecting bay windows which were found in most of San Francisco apartment buildings during this period. Each bay window is topped with a decorative sheet metal cornice. The storefront has the original transom window above the display windows, and an elaborate surround that frames the storefront. Scrolled brackets are found on the underside of the bay windows at the first floor. On the west side of the building, there is an outline of the top two-stories of the adjacent building that were taken down following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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Ascot Hotel
1657 Market Street
Built 1911
Photographed 12 December 2020
Designed by Hladik & Thayer in the Venetian Revival style which incorporates ornamental details such as large detailed cornices visually supported by modillions, stucco scored to resemble masonry, ornamental plaster detailing, fluted columns and pilasters, and banks of windows within an arcade.
Crockett Apartments and Ascot Hotel
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1657 Market Street
Assessor Parcel Number:3504
Block/Lot): 3504/046
In 1894, the land was part of a larger lot owned by the Pacific Improvement Co. In 1899, the land was occupied by a mixed‐use building with three small shops, and a two‐story residence above. Neighboring properties were similarly developed. The area was destroyed by the fires related to the 1906 disaster. Market Street Masonry Discontiguous District: Revised Draft Designation Report September 19, 2012 37
By 1909, the larger lot was split, the subject site was then owned by George D. and Robert Lucy. The building was built in 1911 for the G.D. Lucy Co., a soap manufacturing company, with a plant on San Bruno Avenue. The firm of Hladik & Thayer, architects for the building, was well‐known as apartment and hotel designers in the city, and was in high demand after the 1906 Earthquake.
The 1915 Sanborn map shows the current building with its current name, the Hotel Ascott. The 1919 Sanborn and Land Use map indicates that the ground floor was occupied by a “barber pool.” In 1921, the commercial space was occupied by the Fresno Rug Maintenance Company as an office and shipping room. Charles Cates was the owner from 1921 to at least 1935. By 1935, the building was owned by George D. and emma M. Lucy, and by 1946 it was owned by John S. and Mary W. Gang. The Security Plumbing Supply Co. occupied the storefront in the 1930s to about 1953. In 1936, one listed occupant of the hotel was Daniel Hayes, who listed his occupation as a builder. At some point after 1953, the first story storefront was sealed. In 1964, the front door was replaced, and the metal marquise was removed.
1657 Market Street retains a majority of its design and construction detail to accurately convey both the characteristics of the residential hotel building type and the Venetian revival style as applied to this building type. The urban interpretation of the Venetian Revival style incorporated ornamental details such as large detailed cornices visually supported by modillions, stucco scored to resemble masonry, ornamental plaster detailing, fluted columns and pilasters, and banks of windows within an arcade. The adaptation of these forms into the residential hotel is well‐illustrated at 1657 Market Street, with its paneled spandrels, double‐hung windows, engaged pilasters and arcade windows at the fifth floor, entablature with dropped brackets and molded frieze. 1657 Market Street embodies the distinctive characteristics of the mid‐size residential hotel building type and the Venetian Revival style applied to that building type.
faces north and is two bays wide. The first floor features a historic plate glass storefront in the left bay with a stucco base and solid wood door. Portions of the plate glass have been broken and boarded with plywood. The prism glass transom remains intact. The right bay contains the recessed entrance to the hotel, fitted with a modern, glazed wood door and sidelights, each with a metal mesh security system. An embossed metal band frames the storefront and residential entry. A fabric awning shelters the slightly recessed residential entry.
Semi‐hexagonal bay windows in both bays clad in galvanized iron characterize the second through fourth stories. The bays have paneled spandrels and projecting cornices. The fifth story differs from the lower floors and features a galvanized iron arcade front with five openings separated by pilasters. Four openings feature a single window each. The central opening is blind.
The windows have a continuous sill and are outlined with coping. The windows have a variety of sash types. Original one‐over‐one light, double‐hung wood windows (with 4:5 ratio upper to lower sash dimensions) are Figure 14 ‐ 1657 Market Street elevation Figure 13 ‐ 1657 Market Street storefront detail Market Street Masonry Discontiguous District: Revised Draft Designation Report September 19, 2012 13 found on the third and fifth floors as well as the sides of the bays on the fourth floor. A metal‐frame sliding sash is located on the central window openings of the fourth floor. Vinyl sash windows are located on the second floor. The facade terminates in a galvanized iron entablature with five wide dropped brackets aligning with the fifth floor arcade and a molded frieze.
The stucco and galvanized sheet metal‐clad rear elevation on Stevenson Street features solid wood doors and a divided light steel sash on the ground floor. The second through fifth floors each feature a single sash door to the western edge, and two projecting bays. There is no ornament. The façade terminates in a plain parapet. Windows are aluminum except on the sides of the right bay on the third through fifth floors. The building appears to be in fair to good condition.
Originally constructed with a simple lobby, staircase and passenger elevator lead to the residential floors. The rooms for residents featured a closet and in‐room sink. Three toilets and two baths are shared between the residents on each floor. Rooms face either onto Market Street, Stevenson Street, or one of three interior light courts. The basement was designed largely for storage for the commercial tenant; however, a shared trunk room was provided to the residents.
Alterations include the removal of the marquise above the residential entrance; replacement of the entry doors; boarding up of the storefront plate glass windows; replacement of a portion of the original window sash; and removal of the metal cresting above the cornice.
The comparatively light weight, low cost and malleable character of galvanized iron, best seen at 1670, 1657 and 1693 Market Street, is also used for the facing of bay windows, spandrels, and for string courses, pediments, pilasters, and other ornament.
The lobby may have any combination of columns, paneling, beamed or coffered and corniced ceiling, mirrors, a graceful staircase, marble or decorative tile paving, benches and plant stands, chandeliers and sconces. Many of these features are found at 150 Franklin, and 1649 Market Street. Alternatively, the lobby may have none of these things, as in the apartment building at 1670 Market and the cheaper residential hotels at 1657 and 1693 Market.
As expected, the lowest construction cost buildings were the smaller apartments and hotel buildings at 1657, 1666, 1693 Market and the commercial building at 1687 Market, each at or under $30,000.
1657 Market Street has undergone minor alterations. The first story storefront is partially boarded but intact. Removal of original entrance doors and metal marquise, replacement with a contemporary glazed wood door and sidelights, removal of approximately half of the original windows at the upper stories, and the replacement of some double‐hung wood windows with contemporary aluminum or vinyl sash sliding and double hung windows have not affected the integrity of the resource. Overall, it retains the characteristics for which it is architecturally and historically significant.
1657 Market Street Character defining features include: its five‐story height and rectangular massing, brick cladding, intact lattice transom at the former storefront, multi‐story canted bays, approximately fifty percent of the original double‐hung, wood‐sash windows, paneled spandrels and projecting cornices at the bays, a distinctive fifth story fenestration pattern including a pair of arched window openings with double‐hung, wood sash in the left and right bays, and a blind window opening in the center bay, all divided with pilasters, a continuous sill and outlined with coping, and a cornice with dropped brackets and a molded frieze.
∙ All exterior elevations, architectural details, motifs and rooflines Market Street Masonry Discontiguous District: Revised Draft Designation Report September 19, 2012 48
∙ Rectangular massing
∙ Storefront surround with embossed metal ornament, painted stucco base, embossed metal frames, prism glass storefront transom
∙ Projecting bay windows supported on scroll brackets
∙ Historic one‐over‐one wood double hung sash
∙ Projecting metal cornice
John Carl Hladik (1866 ‐ 1928) and O.R. Thayer (1883‐unknown) had an architectural practice partnership primarily designing apartment buildings and some single‐family homes, hotels and office buildings. Thayer was first employed by the Reid Brothers. When the partnership dissolved in 1913, each began a sole practice, while Thayer also managed two large ranches and other family businesses. Hladik and Thayer also designed the Reynolds Apartments at 795 Geary St. (1912), Hotel Garland at 505 O’Farrell Street (1913), and an auto showroom at 601 Turk St. (1913) influenced by Grecian bank buildings. All designs the partners produced in this period were of masonry construction, mostly residential apartments designed with restrained style.
Market Street Masonry Discontiguous District: Revised Draft Designation Report September 19, 2012
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Ascot Hotel
1657 MARKET ST SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
(415) 864-9034
Founded:1985
Incorporated:CA
Annual Revenue:$215,793.00
Employee Count:5
Contacts:Robert Patel
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BUILDING NEXT DOOR on west: 1659 Market St Nick's Foods, Liquor & Groceries built 1908, was 3 story hotel, top two floors taken down following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Assessor's Report
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Parcel3504/045
Address1659-1661 MARKET ST
Construction TypeMasonry or concrete
Assessed Values
Land$311,186.00
Structure$148,654.00
Use TypeHotels - Other
Units3
Stories3
Rooms3
Last Sale
Bathrooms2
Year Built1908
Building Area3,000 sq ft
Parcel Area3,100 sq ft
Parcel ShapeRectangular
Parcel Depth24 ft
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Report Date:
3/21/2020 4:23:57 PM
Application Number:
8903072
Form Number:
2
Address(es):
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Description:
ERECT A THREE STORY WHOLESALE SALES/LIVE-WORK BLDG
Cost:
$125,000.00
Occupancy Code:
R-1,B-2
Building Use:
92 - ARTIST LIVE/WORK
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2/23/1989
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6/29/1989
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Selena Gomez flashes her style in NYC
Two 1958 Mercury Park Lanes reveal the iconic styling of the late 50's Mercury.
The June 20, 2010 Motor Muster at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Some call it tagging, some call it writing, still others call it bombing--it's all graffiti. Whether it's art or not is another matter, but it's undeniably illegal. Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's historic PBS documentary Style Wars tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the peak of its popularity, graffiti was as much a part of B-boy culture as rapping, scratching, and breaking. The filmmakers present a sympathetic, but well-rounded portrait of their subject through extensive interviews with taggers--notably Seen, Kase, and Dondi--art collectors, transit authorities, and even Mayor Ed Koch, who would eventually put the hammer down. Along the way, they documented the burgeoning breakdance scene, with a focus on the world-famous Rock Steady Crew. The soundtrack features selections from Grandmaster Flash, the Treacherous Three, and other tagger-approved icons of old-school hip-hop. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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UFV's Absolute Style Fashion Show took place today on the Abbotsford campus. Graduating designers featured 40 years of fashion to honour the University of the Fraser Valley’s birthday.
Rick Collins Photographer - UFV
Stunning model is Sammy- www.modelmayhem.com/613843
Styling & photo work by me.
Location- Alley way in Perth city
At the Emerald Mound parking lot.
Emerald Mound is the site of a Native American archaeological site located about 10 miles (17 km) northeast of the center of Natchez, Mississippi. The principal feature of the site is Emerald Mound itself, a flat topped artificial mound about 580 ft (178 m) east to west, 380 ft (116 m) north to south and 35 ft (11 m) in height. This is the second-largest prehistoric Native American earthwork in the U.S., after Monk's Mound, in Cahokia, Illinois.
Emerald Mound was constructed from 1250 to 1600 AD. It began as a natural hill, which was built up by workers depositing earth along the sides, reshaping it and creating an elongated, artificial plateau. A secondary mound, 30 feet (9.1 m) in height, is at the west end of the plateau. A smaller secondary mound is at the east end of the plateau. Originally, three additional smaller mounds existed along the north edge of the plateau, with three more along the south edge.
The site was used as a ceremonial center for a population residing in outlying villages and hamlets, but was abandoned by the late 1730s. Today, the site is protected and open to visitors, but is also again in ceremonial use. Natchez, Choctaw and Chickasaw gather at this sacred site. I visited this place on April 19, 2018.
Stylish
Walking across the South Inch on a cold, frosty morning, I noticed this woman approaching me. More accurately, I noticed her bright red scarf. As she got closer, I realised that she was dressed quite stylishly – certainly compared to the functional approach that most people (including me) had adopted. Stepping out of my comfort zone, I pointed my camera at her and took a few shots.
We even had a pleasant wee chat before she headed on her way – she seems quite pleased that I had noticed her.
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