Many buildings in the city of San Francisco were destroyed by the fires that erupted because of the earthquake. Following the earthquake, a tent city was set up in Golden Gate Park for people who had lost their homes and in the days that followed citizens banded together to clean up and rebuild their city. Gas lamps tipped, stoves toppled, electric wires broke, gas mains cracked, and water lines burst. The hotel became so popular that within six months the owners announced plans to add a third wing, two floors of apartments and a ballroom.Īt 5:04 on the morning of April 18, 1906, the people of San Francisco were awakened by an earthquake. By seven o’clock that evening, a line of carriages and automobiles stretching three blocks waited to approach her brightly lit towers. On Ma– two years and $2.5 million later – the doors of The St. In 1902, after studying all of Europe’s grand hotels – from those in Berlin, Vienna and Monaco to Claridge’s in London and The Ritz in Paris – construction on the original St. In the years since, The Westin has been the center of the city’s social, literary and artistic life. Their vision was to make San Francisco the “Paris of the West,” and their stunning Union Square hotel would be their flagship. As the only hotel on Union Square, SF, it is close to the Financial District and Moscone Convention Center, and with cable cars just outside our front doors, we are at the intersection of the glorious past and vibrant present of this incredible city.Īt the turn of the century, the guardians of the Charles Crocker family announced plans to build The Westin St.
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Recharge in elegant rooms, many featuring chandeliers and marble bathrooms, with modern touches like Heavenly Beds and Enseo Smart TV systems. At this standout among San Francisco hotels on Union Square, you can host events in venues and ballrooms where the finest big bands once played. With its turn-of-the-20th-century European style, our hotel in downtown San Francisco, CA, blends the elegance of oak-paneled restaurants and the stately grandeur of the lobby with a $45 million reinvention of the Landmark Building guest rooms, ushering in a new chapter for this storied destination. Francis San Francisco on Union Square has been offering guests a warm welcome and an enriching, restorative stay since opening on March 21, 1904.
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