SF Hotel Stories

There can be only one! Who will be the Victor?

The San Francisco Skyline

From the SFHotelstories History File: Buildings Built as a temporary structure for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, it...

San Francisco is a beautiful multicultural city with great restaurants, natural beauty, and world-class museums. I don’t think I am...

I wish I worked those hours

From the SFHotelstories History File: Neighborhoods The Sunset District Most of what is theSunset District today was once covered...

Sunset over the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco

You may have been to Golden Gate Park or Coit Tower, even brought visiting relatives and shared with them your "insiders" information. ...

From the SFHotelstories History File: Places Alcatraz Means pelican in Spanish. Originally a military prison. Only open as the federal...

From the SFHotelstories History File: Buildings The San Francisco City Hall It's dome is taller than the capitol building in Washington...

People take for granted that the San Francisco Bay and region have many islands.  Some you can drive to, some are accessible only by...

As Halloween is lurking around the corner, I thought this would be a good opportunity to share some of San Francisco's haunted past, and...

San Francisco hotels have been part of the fabric of the city since the Gold Rush of 1849.   In the early days, flop houses for sailors...

The SFHotelstories History File:   Buildings Opened in 1898 by the architect A. Page Brown. Featured prominently in the early silent...

Because of the literature and films about the 1969 Stonewall riot in New York City, it is commonly believed that was the spark which...

From the SFHotelstories History File: Buildings The Flood Building at 870 Market Street at Powell Street, opened in 1904 and was designed...

Many people know that sourdough bread originated in San Francisco, but what you might not know is many foods you eat often, also came...

San Francisco hotels have been part of the fabric of the city since the Gold Rush of 1849.   In the early days, flop houses for sailors...

As a hotel concierge I have extolled the virtues of San Francisco to thousands, if not tens of thousands of visitors (maybe even more!),...

San Francisco hotels have been part of the fabric of the city since the Gold Rush of 1849.   In the early days, flop houses for sailors...