George, here's one for stretching your memory - do you know if that's where the old German Bank and Liberty National Bank used to be? I worked at Liberty in the early 1970's and think it was located there. Miriam --- George Rushton <george_rushton@yahoo.com> wrote: > The "David Hewes Building" which is at the corner of > 6th and Market, was damaged early Saturday Morning, > in > the storm that we had. David Hewes was the man who > donated the "Golden Spike" when the Union and > Central > Pacific Railroads came together in Utah. His > building > was one of the first large building to builded have > the earthquake and fire. He also was one the first > to > grow oranges in Oranges County. He was married > twice > and both times to women whose first husband had > died, > and when they died they were buried with their first > husbands. (might be a interesting marker for them;-) > ) > > For you in or from San Francisco, this is the build > on > the South East Corner of Market and Sixth, with the > ugly blue green cladding. But the good news is the > original exterior is still there, so maybe this is > mother natures way of saying get rid of it. > > <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/26/MN180620.DTL> > > George > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, > just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1