Okay welcome to the public of building inspection broke browng session and building San Francisco and today were going to talk about odd or excentric erinteresting building in San Francisco and i have with us a Structural Engineer San Francisco pat and who has probably looked inside many of the buildings here and one of the great resources in San Francisco and thanks for being with us today. You say unusual buildings and one of the first things that comes to peoples mind and thats the one and heres one that is called the Octagon House but in fact there is more than one in San Francisco, so pat said this is around the horn. In pieces. I actually have a record says that it was constructed here in 1861 by William Mc Elroy and moved across the street. Lets see. These Octagon Houses were build by someone that said this was a better way and a craze swept the country and at one point there was five in San Francisco. Here is one of the two. Here is another one. Lets see. This is fung she. I th
Im so excited. Really earthy. You can really taste the grain. I think thats what makes it so special. Really comes out. I hope you try it. Were having a great time at the armenian festival. We ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. I dont know about you, but i have to go down to the food. Check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler. Com. Until next time, may the force be with you. First of all, everybody is welcome and we ask two things when they get here. One, that they try something theyve never tried before. Be it food or be it dancing or doing something. And if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. Were going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. Get ready. And you diet tomorrow. Okay welcome to the public of building inspection broke browng session and building San Francisco and today were going to talk about odd or excentric erinteresting build
Building inspection broke browng session and building San Francisco and today were going to talk about odd or excentric erinteresting building in San Francisco and i have with us a Structural Engineer San Francisco pat and who has probably looked inside many of the buildings here and one of the great resources in San Francisco and thanks for being with us today. You say unusual buildings and one of the first things that comes to peoples mind and thats the one and heres one that is called the Octagon House but in fact there is more than one in San Francisco, so pat said this is around the horn. In pieces. I actually have a record says that it was constructed here in 1861 by William Mc Elroy and moved across the street. Lets see. These Octagon Houses were build by someone that said this was a better way and a craze swept the country and at one point there was five in San Francisco. Here is one of the two. Here is another one. Lets see. This is fung she. I think so. And here is one built
Tower in spain. This was electrically i polite. Electrically operated . Correct, but it still can be run mechanically. Ithe clock master comes in at te time that it is changing. We also have clock watchers across the street who tell us if it is off by a second, so he is very attached to the clock. We have a clock master. And look at this, the hands of the clock. Look how big they are. The holy mackerel. Nobody is up here. But this. It the great seal of the state of california. This is a wonderful mosaic. It is wonderful. It was original to the building. Tens of thousands of people cross by every day. This is the waiting area. The larger alcoves or for storage. And the big plants that would go out to meet the ferries. People would come out to meet the ferries. And then go to the trolley cars. The family of the original artisan still lives in the bay area and they come by every so often to make sure that it is in tact and being taken care of. Furry little repair to it. This is the before
From Martha Washington to ida mckinley. Tonight, it is doubly medicine. Dolly madison. Dolley was socially adept and politically savvy. She was his best friend. She compensated. James madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they can wield a great deal of political power. Dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and erect the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them. Got them together and got them talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady w