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			{\| style="color: black; background-color: #F5DA81;"
			\| colspan="2" \|'''The Larsen Chicken Ranch stretched for an entire block in the Sunset District and was owned by Carl Larsen, a prominent restaurateur in the city. His Tivoli Cafe was often frequented by local figures and national celebrities as a popular nighttime spot. However, Larsen’s ranch was his most recognizable property, and every Easter Sunday he hosted a festival for his friends and neighbors. There was free beer for his guests, but this generosity was eventually discovered by neighborhood drunks and the ranch often became the location of embarrassing drunken escapades, leading to the end of the festival in 1913. A series of failed property investments followed and Larsen died broke without the ranch that made him such an iconic member of the Sunset community.'''
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	Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot		Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot

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	'''Sunset Ranch House, ~~1920s~~'''		'''Sunset Ranch House, 19th and Moraga, with a view north to Golden Gate Park, 1900'''

	''Photo: ~~Private Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp26.711.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp26.711''

	Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot		Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot

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	'''Sunset Ranch House, 1920s'''		'''Sunset Ranch House, 1920s'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot		Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot
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	From the Stanton home, every morning between 6:30 and 7:00 you could see a small covered wagon, pulled by a tiny brown horse, come rumbling down the hill from the ranch. The wagon was loaded down with fresh eggs, (no chickens), on the way to the Tivoli Cafe. Again at around 4:00 pm each day, that same small covered wagon with its tiny brown horse would labor with great effort to climb the hill, pulling that wagon up 19th Avenue back home to the ranch for a night's rest.		From the Stanton home, every morning between 6:30 and 7:00 you could see a small covered wagon, pulled by a tiny brown horse, come rumbling down the hill from the ranch. The wagon was loaded down with fresh eggs, (no chickens), on the way to the Tivoli Cafe. Again at around 4:00 pm each day, that same small covered wagon with its tiny brown horse would labor with great effort to climb the hill, pulling that wagon up 19th Avenue back home to the ranch for a night's rest.

	Every Easter Sunday since before the Earthquake, Carl Larsen would sponsor an Easter Sunday Festival at that Ranch. It was open house for all his friends and neighbors in the Sunset District. The road to the Ranch from 19th Avenue was up Noriega Street. It was a very steep one-way red rock road. You took a left hand turn north on 16th Avenue to enter into the ranch at the middle, right through the main gate. There was no car line on 20th Avenue as yet. Carl Larsen's friends from downtown had to get off the street car at 19th Avenue and Lincoln Way then walk up 19th to get to the [[Ranch\|Ranch]]. ~~It was an awesome climb~~.		Every Easter Sunday since before the Earthquake, Carl Larsen would sponsor an Easter Sunday Festival at that Ranch. It was open house for all his friends and neighbors in the Sunset District. The road to the Ranch from 19th Avenue was up Noriega Street. It was a very steep one-way red rock road. You took a left hand turn north on 16th Avenue to enter into the ranch at the middle, right through the main gate. There was no car line on 20th Avenue as yet. Carl Larsen's friends from downtown had to get off the street car at 19th Avenue and Lincoln Way then walk up 19th to get to the ranch. It was an awesome climb.

			[[Image:Larsens-chicken-ranch-on-moraga-ave-nw-view-1898.jpg]]

			'''[[Larsen's Chicken Ranch\|Larsen's Chicken Ranch]] (red outline) just above today's 19th Avenue, looking northwest from Moraga Avenue, c. 1898.'''

			''Photo: Private Collection''

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			'''NW View from Moraga Avenue, c. 1978.'''

			''Photo: Private Collection''

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			'''NW View from Moraga Avenue, c. 1996.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	Just at the entrance to the main gate on those festive Easter Sundays, there was a long table on the north side and a 30 foot bar on the south side of the ranch grounds. On that table were platters and platters of hard-boiled eggs, sandwiches and every kind of cake and cookie the kids could wish for. But the Main Event was on the south side of the ground at the bar.		Just at the entrance to the main gate on those festive Easter Sundays, there was a long table on the north side and a 30 foot bar on the south side of the ranch grounds. On that table were platters and platters of hard-boiled eggs, sandwiches and every kind of cake and cookie the kids could wish for. But the Main Event was on the south side of the ground at the bar.
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Ccarlsson: added link to Lori Ungaretti's article on Carl Larsen in WNP

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	''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. Carl Larsen was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot		Larsen's Chicken Ranch took up an entire block, from Moraga to Noriega Streets and from 16th through 17th Avenues. [http://www.outsidelands.org/carl-larsen.php Carl Larsen] was the owner of the chicken ranch and he was also the owner of the famous "Tivoli" Restaurant and Cafe located on Eddy Street on the north side between Powell and Mason Streets. The Tivoli was at that location before the Fire and Earthquake of 1906, and it was open for 24 hours a day. It was one of the casualties of the Fire, but it was rebuilt right after the quake and reopened at that same spot

	The Tivoli was one of those spots which caught all the crowds late at night when all the shows were over and the theaters cleared out. The Cafe was jammed with characters such as Jim Jeffries, Jack Sharkey, Jack Dempsey, "Strangler" Ed Lewis, Eddie Graney, Jim Corbett, Battling Nelson, Abe Attell. Al Jolson and many other sporting and musical/theatrical show folks and those infamous Barbary Coast folks.		The Tivoli was one of those spots which caught all the crowds late at night when all the shows were over and the theaters cleared out. The Cafe was jammed with characters such as Jim Jeffries, Jack Sharkey, Jack Dempsey, "Strangler" Ed Lewis, Eddie Graney, Jim Corbett, Battling Nelson, Abe Attell. Al Jolson and many other sporting and musical/theatrical show folks and those infamous Barbary Coast folks.

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Mara Ada Williams''

	[[Image:Sunset%24sunset-ranch-house.jpg]]		[[Image:Sunset%24sunset-ranch-house.jpg]]

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	Carl Larsen moved into the Sunset in the 1890's. He was a smart and frugal man and as fast as he made money at his restaurant he invested it in property. He eventually bought up all of the Larsen Ridge which extended from Lawton Street on the north to about Santiago or Taraval on the south.		Carl Larsen moved into the Sunset in the 1890's. He was a smart and frugal man and as fast as he made money at his restaurant he invested it in property. He eventually bought up all of the Larsen Ridge which extended from Lawton Street on the north to about Santiago or Taraval on the south.

	When the Twin Peaks Tunnel was built, the new tax assessment rates for folks living west of the tunnel went sky high. It hit poor Larsen like a bomb shell! This tax assessment broke him financially and spiritually. He did manage to work a deal with the City whereby he donated two blocks from Ulloa Street to Wawona Street between 19th and 20th Avenues. But he still did not have enough money to pay off the remainder of the huge tax assessment. He finally died a broken hearted man. Larsen's nearest relative lived on 4th Avenue just past Lincoln Way. When they inherited the Larsen Estate, they did not want anything to do with the restaurant business. The great Tivoli Cafe with all its long ago memories passed on, forever reminiscent of places such as Toots Shorr's in New York's Times Square. In those long ago days, great sportsmen such as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, John McGraw, Ty Cobb and all the immortals gathered in those halls to eat and drink and challenge one another and tell tall tales about their prowess. Those were the days!!		When the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel\|Twin Peaks Tunnel]] was built, the new tax assessment rates for folks living west of the tunnel went sky high. It hit poor Larsen like a bomb shell! This tax assessment broke him financially and spiritually. He did manage to work a deal with the City whereby he donated two blocks from Ulloa Street to Wawona Street between 19th and 20th Avenues. But he still did not have enough money to pay off the remainder of the huge tax assessment. He finally died a broken hearted man. Larsen's nearest relative lived on 4th Avenue just past Lincoln Way. When they inherited the Larsen Estate, they did not want anything to do with the restaurant business. The great Tivoli Cafe with all its long ago memories passed on, forever reminiscent of places such as Toots Shorr's in New York's Times Square. In those long ago days, great sportsmen such as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, John McGraw, Ty Cobb and all the immortals gathered in those halls to eat and drink and challenge one another and tell tall tales about their prowess. Those were the days!!

	''--Mary Ada Williams, North Scale Institute, San Francisco''		''--Mary Ada Williams, North Scale Institute, San Francisco''

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