More Fun-Filled Facts 'bout San Francisco: The San Francisco City Hall

From the SFHotelstories History File: Buildings

The San Francisco City Hall

It's dome is taller than the capitol building in Washington D.C.

Its predecessor took 27 years to build and collapsed in seconds in the 1906 Earthquake and Fire.

It is where Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered by Supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Movie characters from Dirty Harry to Indiana Jones crossed  its threshold.

James bond narrowly escaped being burned alive there in A View to a Kill.

It is where Sen. Dianne Feinstein laid in state, not the US Capitol, when she passed in 2023.

The signature SF of the San Francisco Giants was inspired by the SFs weaved into the original design of the building.