The Man Who Keeps Ferry Building Ticking

On a recent morning, as fog was wafting past the tower of San Francisco’s Ferry Building, Dorian Clair quietly climbed the stairwell of the tower’s inner chamber — ascending further into San Francisco’s history with each flight. For nearly two decades, Clair has made this similar trek every few months to attend to the tower’s original clock which been ticking off time since 1898, the year the Ferry Building opened. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.