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''' Unfinished History '''

At Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard, next to the block where the [[Catholic San Francisco: A City of Contests|main St. Mary's Cathedral]] stood until it burned down in the early 1960s, a succession of new buildings have gone up over the decades.

[[Image:Jack Tar Hotel courtesy Erica Fischer flickr.jpg|800px]]

'''The once glorious Jack Tar Hotel, the height of mid-20th century trendiness and glamor.'''

''Photo: courtesy Erica Fischer via Flickr''

[[Image:Cathedral-hill-hotel-before-demoliton-on-old-van-ness 2234.jpg]]

'''After the Jack Tar went under, the hotel reopened as the Cathedral Hill Hotel, which eventually went under too.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

[[Image:New-hospital-van-ness-and-geary 20200501 105034.jpg]]

'''This massive new hospital fills the entire block and has replaced the hotels that occupied it for the last half-century.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson, 2020.''

[[category:buildings]] [[category:Public Health]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:2010s]] [[category:2020s]] [[category:Tourism]]

Jack Tar to Mega-Hospital - Revision history

Ccarlsson: Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' At Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard, next to the block where..."