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Architecture tour of San Francisco’s Financial District

Many Bay Area residents only know San Francisco’s Financial District from afar, a cluster of towers north of Market Street with a pyramid popping out. But the onetime “Wall Street of the West” offers a crash course on 20th century architectural styles, with surprises that range from glorious to grotesque. Like the unicorn and lion doing battle, each creature carved …

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San Francisco’s colorful homes were once painted gray

San Francisco is perhaps best-known for two things: its infamous, dripping fog and its colorful homes, painted in every shade, from daring to pastel, of the rainbow.  Today, San Francisco’s Victorians and other color-rich homes face a rising threat: the popularity of gray, a trend that threatens to wash over the unique architectural heritage of the city.  But before we …

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