San Francisco Buildings Are Really Old: Happy birthday to the Bank of...
Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009 | Updated 7:16 AM PDT
advertisement
Happy birthday to the Bank of Italy, Bank of California, and sundry architectural feats erected in 1908 after San Francisco put itself back together following the 1906 quake. While the mind boggles at the prospect of San Francisco issuing 14,000 building permits in a given year, that's what went down 100 years ago— big banks, department stores, all of the fancy stuff on Nob Hill. Let's all imagine what our fair city will look like 100 more down the line. Scary. [SF Gate]
Bay Area Proud is NBC Bay Area's community outreach and volunteering initiative. We hope you'll join us at our events, where our on-air talent often roll up their sleeves and help out on projects.
Check Out
© 2012 NBCUniversal, Inc. All rights reserved.
Portions by Broadcast Interactive Media.
A Division of NBCUniversal