Japantown

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Laguna near Bush
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Laguna near Bush

West Side of Laguna between Pine and Bush, William Hinkle Architect. <i>Here Today:</i> '1801 through 1849-51 Laguna Street, mostly well preserved houses typical of the late 1880s in their frenetic mixture of detail. They show a combination of somewhat modified italianate with mansard and Stick-Eastlake details.' See similar view at wnp25.10834

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Bush near Laguna
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Bush near Laguna

[Abandoned Building...] Built in 1895 as Bush Street Synagogue for Congregation Ohabai Shalome. Moses J. Lyon, architect.

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Bush & Octavia
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Bush & Octavia

Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park plaque in the sidewalk at Bush and Octavia [Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park 1814-1904 - Mother of Civil rights in California - She supported the western terminus of the underground railway for fugitive slaves 1850-1867. This legendary pioneer once lived on this site and planted these six trees. - placed by the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society]

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Geary & Octavia
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Geary & Octavia

The Sequoias Tower, completed 1968. (Japanese Cultural and Trade Center, 1400 Geary) [The Sequoias Tower Geary at Octavia]

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