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O'Farrell & Mason

May 13, 1972

Elevated View east on O'Farrell from the parking structure at Mason. Crowd of anti-war marchers. Building with Pianos sign at right, the Travelers Hotel at 249-255 O'Farrell on the southwest corner of Carlos Street (built as Hotel Eugene in 1914), was demolished for Hotel Nikko. [5/13/72 - Antiwar protesters march through downtown San Francisco 5/13 in a peaceful demonstration againts President Nixon's Vietnam war policies. The crowd numbered about 1,000 which marched to the Civic Center. UPI]