Palace Hotel - Revision history

Ccarlsson: added photos

2018-05-31T19:36:42Z

added photos

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	'''Palace Hotel opening, October, 1875.'''		'''Palace Hotel opening, October, 1875.'''

			[[Image:Palace Hotel c 1890s.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Palace Hotel, c. 1890s.'''

			''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''

	[[Image:PH 02 725.jpg\|720px\|thumb]]		[[Image:PH 02 725.jpg\|720px\|thumb]]
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	''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''

			[[Image:Grand Victoria and Palace Hotels c 1880s.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Grand Victoria and Palace Hotels on either side of New Montgomery Street along south side of Market, c. 1880s.'''

			''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''


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Ccarlsson: moved Victorian San Francisco to Palace Hotel

2014-03-27T02:23:46Z

moved Victorian San Francisco to Palace Hotel

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Ccarlsson at 02:23, 27 March 2014

2014-03-27T02:23:07Z

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	~~[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]~~		[[Image:PH 02 725.jpg\|720px\|thumb]]

	~~'''Palace Hotel, 1887, corner of Market and New Montgomery Streets.'''~~

	~~''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''~~

	[[Image:PH 02 725.jpg\|~~400px~~\|thumb]]

	'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''		'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''
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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]

			'''Palace Hotel, 1887, corner of Market and New Montgomery Streets.'''

			''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''

Ccarlsson: swapped in new photos, changed name of page

2014-03-27T02:20:45Z

swapped in new photos, changed name of page

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	'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical ~~Essays~~</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

	''~~Part One~~ by Gray Brechin''		''by Gray Brechin''

			[[Image:Palace Hotel Opening October, 1875 1000px.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Palace Hotel opening, October, 1875.'''

	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]
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	''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''

	[[Image:~~Downtwn1$palace-hotel$courtyard itm$palace-hotel-court~~.jpg]]		[[Image:PH 02 725.jpg\|400px\|thumb]]

	'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''		'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''

	[[BANK OF CALIFORNIA and WILLIAM RALSTON\|William Ralston]]'s Palace Hotel was to be the opulent capstone of his career and ego. When completed in 1875, it was quite literally the grandest hotel in the world. Its luxurious appointments, high-tech gadgetry, Parisian restaurants, and tiered central ~~lightwell~~ placed it in a league with the finest hotels of Vienna, Paris, and New York. One historian noted that "the state of California was run from the Palace bar," though he might have added several other Western states, territories, and Hawaii as well. Cost overruns ultimately drove the price of the Palace to nearly three times the original estimate. For San Franciscans, the hotel proved that their city had become world-class in only 25 years.		''Image: [http://thepalacehotel.org/ A Brief Illustrated History of the Palace Hotel]''

			[[BANK OF CALIFORNIA and WILLIAM RALSTON\|William Ralston]]'s [http://thepalacehotel.org/ Palace Hotel] was to be the opulent capstone of his career and ego. When completed in 1875, it was quite literally the grandest hotel in the world. Its luxurious appointments, high-tech gadgetry, Parisian restaurants, and tiered central light well placed it in a league with the finest hotels of Vienna, Paris, and New York. One historian noted that "the state of California was run from the Palace bar," though he might have added several other Western states, territories, and Hawaii as well. Cost overruns ultimately drove the price of the Palace to nearly three times the original estimate. For San Franciscans, the hotel proved that their city had become world-class in only 25 years.

			[[Image:Palace Hotel, San Francisco, by Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.png\|720px\|thumb]]

			'''Palace Hotel, 1880s, by Carleton Watkins.'''

	The Palace was also approximately four times too large for Ralston's city. It would not fill for decades.		The Palace was also approximately four times too large for Ralston's city. It would not fill for decades.

			[[Image:Palace-hotel1.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Palace Hotel, rebuilt after 1906 earthquake and fire.'''

	The current version was rebuilt in 1909. When much of San Francisco was razed in the earthquake and fire of 1906, San Franciscans mourned the loss of the Palace Hotel more than that of any other building. The old Palace Hotel, a monumental edifice, had come to symbolize the grandeur (some would say the pretensions) of Victorian San Francisco. Its immense glass-covered courtyard was a classically San Francisco innovation, exemplifying San Franciscans' penchant for combining indoor and outdoor spaces in order to experience nature without suffering the chilly, fog-laden wind. After its destruction in 1906, the Palace was rebuilt, and its glass-covered courtyard, a nearly perfect replica of the old one, converted into a dining room. According to Professor Arthur Chandler, the Palace Hotel dining room is a brilliant reconstruction of a 19th century public space; having a meal there is about as close as you can come to physically inhabiting 19th-century San Francisco.		The current version was rebuilt in 1909. When much of San Francisco was razed in the earthquake and fire of 1906, San Franciscans mourned the loss of the Palace Hotel more than that of any other building. The old Palace Hotel, a monumental edifice, had come to symbolize the grandeur (some would say the pretensions) of Victorian San Francisco. Its immense glass-covered courtyard was a classically San Francisco innovation, exemplifying San Franciscans' penchant for combining indoor and outdoor spaces in order to experience nature without suffering the chilly, fog-laden wind. After its destruction in 1906, the Palace was rebuilt, and its glass-covered courtyard, a nearly perfect replica of the old one, converted into a dining room. According to Professor Arthur Chandler, the Palace Hotel dining room is a brilliant reconstruction of a 19th century public space; having a meal there is about as close as you can come to physically inhabiting 19th-century San Francisco.
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	''--Gray Brechin''		''--Gray Brechin''

			[[Image:PH Garden Court 1904 sw.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Garden court of the hotel in 1904, after the original carriage entrance had been converted to a restaurant and lounge.'''

			''Image: [http://thepalacehotel.org/ A Brief Illustrated History of the Palace Hotel]''
	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1996.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1996.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: deleted Dr. Weirde part 2 on this page

2014-03-27T01:11:41Z

deleted Dr. Weirde part 2 on this page

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	''Part One by Gray Brechin''		''Part One by Gray Brechin''

	~~''Part Two by Dr. Weirde''~~

	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]
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	''--Gray Brechin''		''--Gray Brechin''

	~~'''Murder in the Presidential Suite?'''~~

	~~The Presidential Suite, Sheraton Palace (formerly Palace Hotel). 639 Market Street at New Montgomery. August 2, 1923.~~

	President Warren G. Harding died under mysterious circumstances in this room, in the wake of the Teapot Dome scandal. Some suspect oil-related conspiracy, while others suggest that Mrs. Harding may have put the President out of his misery in order to save him from the shame and degradation of the scandal. In honor of the late President's legendary corruption, the golf course next to [[Lake Merced a 'shipwreck'\|Lake Merced]], where many a sleazy deal is cut, bears the name “Harding Park.”

	~~Harding wasn't the only head of state to die at the Palace Hotel. King David Kalakaua, the reigning monarch of Hawaii, died at the Palace in 1891.~~

	~~''--Dr. Weirde''~~

	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1996.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1996.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: Protected "Victorian San Francisco": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-02T23:04:26Z

Protected "Victorian San Francisco": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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Ccarlsson: PC

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	''Part One by Gray Brechin''		''Part One by Gray Brechin''

	'Part Two 'by Dr. Weirde''		''Part Two by Dr. Weirde''

	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 04:04, 17 December 2008

2008-12-17T04:04:53Z

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	''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''

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	'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''		'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''

Ccarlsson at 04:03, 17 December 2008

2008-12-17T04:03:41Z

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essays</font></font> </font>'''

			''Part One by Gray Brechin''

			'Part Two 'by Dr. Weirde''

	[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$palace-hotel-1887.jpg]]

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	'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''		'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''

Ccarlsson at 20:48, 28 October 2008

2008-10-28T20:48:13Z

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	''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		''Photo: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''

			[[Image:Downtwn1$palace-hotel$courtyard itm$palace-hotel-court.jpg]]

			'''Palace Hotel courtyard, 1880s.'''

	[[BANK OF CALIFORNIA and WILLIAM RALSTON\|William Ralston]]'s Palace Hotel was to be the opulent capstone of his career and ego. When completed in 1875, it was quite literally the grandest hotel in the world. Its luxurious appointments, high-tech gadgetry, Parisian restaurants, and tiered central lightwell placed it in a league with the finest hotels of Vienna, Paris, and New York. One historian noted that "the state of California was run from the Palace bar," though he might have added several other Western states, territories, and Hawaii as well. Cost overruns ultimately drove the price of the Palace to nearly three times the original estimate. For San Franciscans, the hotel proved that their city had become world-class in only 25 years.		[[BANK OF CALIFORNIA and WILLIAM RALSTON\|William Ralston]]'s Palace Hotel was to be the opulent capstone of his career and ego. When completed in 1875, it was quite literally the grandest hotel in the world. Its luxurious appointments, high-tech gadgetry, Parisian restaurants, and tiered central lightwell placed it in a league with the finest hotels of Vienna, Paris, and New York. One historian noted that "the state of California was run from the Palace bar," though he might have added several other Western states, territories, and Hawaii as well. Cost overruns ultimately drove the price of the Palace to nearly three times the original estimate. For San Franciscans, the hotel proved that their city had become world-class in only 25 years.