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Sentinel Building

A boss put his party's headquarters on the top floor, and the man who brought him down came to ask his pardon.

Collection: San Francisco: More Stories · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

The green Sentinel Building on Kearny Street
The green Sentinel Building on Kearny Street · Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

"So greedy they would eat the paint off a house." Abe Ruef is reported to have said that about San Francisco's supervisors, and he had put them there. Ruef was a lawyer who picked the mayor. Together they controlled contracts, permits, liquor licenses and brothels. He commissioned this tower just before the 1906 earthquake, and by 1907 the top floor was his party's headquarters.

The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.

Visiting

Corner of Columbus Avenue and Kearny Street. A working office building, so see it from the street. Café Zoetrope is on the ground floor; check its hours before you go.

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