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One Rincon Hill is an upscale residential complex on the apex of Rincon Hill in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex, designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by Urban West Associates, consists of two skyscrapers that share a common townhouse podium.

One tower, One Rincon Hill North Tower, is under construction as of 2013 and will reach a height of 541 feet (165 m) with 50 stories. The other tower, One Rincon Hill South Tower, is 60 stories and stands 641 feet (195 m) tall. The South Tower contains high-speed elevators with special features for moving residents effectively, and a large water tank designed to help the skyscraper withstand strong winds and earthquakes. Both skyscrapers and the townhomes contain a total of 709 residential units.

The building site, located right next to the western approach of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, formerly contained a clock tower. The clock tower was demolished shortly after the city approved the One Rincon Hill project. Construction of the townhomes and the South Tower lasted from 2005 to 2008, but was stopped for brief periods of time due to seismic concerns and a construction accident. As the South Tower neared completion, it generated controversy concerning view encroachment, high pricing, and architectural style. (more...)

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (March 24, 1881 – August 7, 1968) was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. She was known both as "Big Alma" (she was 6 feet (1.8 m) tall) and "The Great Grandmother of San Francisco". Among her many accomplishments, she persuaded her first husband, sugar magnate Adolph B. Spreckels, to donate the California Palace of the Legion of Honor to the city of San Francisco. Spreckels' last major project was the construction of the San Francisco Maritime Museum. When it opened in 1951, her collection of model ships that had been on display at the 1939–40 Golden Gate International Exposition was the main exhibit. (more...)

Dogtown (originally named Woodville) is an unincorporated community in the rural West Marin region of coastal Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay. It lies at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m). With a population of 30, the town is located beside the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore, in the Olema Valley west of the Bolinas Ridge mountain range. (more...)

 • The Berkeley Rose Garden (pictured, right), built with funds from the Civil Works Administration, opens to the public
 • The Golden Gate Bridge (opening day pictured, left) opens to the public
 • The Hanna–Honeycomb House (pictured, right), built by Frank Lloyd Wright at Stanford University, is completed
 • The new San Francisco Mint (pictured, right) is completed
 • Stanford Memorial Auditorium is completed
 • Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno is dedicated
 • The Malloch Building in San Francisco is completed

• ... that the vivid colors of the San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds (pictured), ranging from magenta to blue-green, come from the brine shrimp and microorganisms that thrive in the water?
• ... that the Laguna Creek watershed debouches into the San Francisco Bay near the site of the ghost town of Drawbridge?
• ... that the chase scene from the 1968 Steve McQueen film Bullitt starts on Cesar Chavez Street (then Army Street) before continuing through San Francisco?
• ... that the title of There There, a 2018 novel about urban Indians in Oakland, California, mirrors Gertrude Stein's quip about the city that "There is no there there"?

• ... that Ubiquitous Energy's transparent photovoltaic panels absorb ultraviolet and near infrared light while transmitting visible light, converting windows on buildings into solar power generators?
• ... that Rose Gaffney, who successfully opposed construction of the Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant, was called the "Mother of Ecology" by the Los Angeles Times?
• ... that the 6 ft×8.5 ft, 227 pound painting My Wife's Lovers (pictured) survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, while the salon it was in did not?
• ... that quilter Therese May had a piece commissioned for the San Jose Convention Center in 1993? (other work by May pictured)
• ... that a unanimous vote by San Francisco's board of supervisors changed the address of San Francisco City Hall to 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place, in honor of journalist and civil rights leader Carlton Benjamin Goodlett?

January 2016

The Berkeley Jazz Festival is held once a year at the outdoor Hearst Greek Theatre on the University of California, Berkeley campus. The festival was first held in 1967, and featured Miles Davis, the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Bill Evans Trio, and the John Handy Concert Ensemble. The festival was planned and sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of California with support from San Francisco Chronicle music writer Ralph J. Gleason. (Bobby Hutcherson pictured)

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