California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco , California . It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest corner of the city.
7-467: The Stanford Court Hotel is a historic 393-room hotel located at 905 California Street on Nob Hill in San Francisco , California . The hotel sits at the intersection of California & Powell St, where the city's cable car lines also intersect. In 1876, railroad tycoon and industrialist Leland Stanford built a mansion on the site at a cost of $ 2 million. Stanford spared little expense on
14-667: The Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway ,
21-403: The construction or decor, the mansion was legendary for its luxury and magnificent art collection. The two acre property was surrounded by a grand wall of basalt and granite, topped with a wrought iron fence. Part of that original wall and carefully restored fence can still be seen on the eastern side of the present day Stanford Court Hotel. The Stanford mansion, considered among the most elegant in
28-502: The first road across America , leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park . The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue. Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: California Street (1959) by Niven Busch , which documents
35-790: The hotel completed a US$ 35 million renovation. The hotel left Renaissance in 2013 and became independent as the Stanford Court Hotel . It is currently managed by Highgate Hotels. California Street (San Francisco) California Street begins at the intersection of Market Street , Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center , one block from the Ferry Building , then travels through Chinatown , over Nob Hill , through Lower Pacific Heights , Laurel Heights, and
42-522: The nation was destroyed in the fire after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . The site was purchased by real estate investor Lucien H. Sly, and in 1912 the luxurious Stanford Court Apartments were established, quickly becoming among the city's most fashionable residences. The structure was sold in 1968 and completely gutted and rebuilt as a luxury hotel, opening in March 1972 as The Stanford Court , run by hoteliers James A. Nassikas and Edgar Stern. The hotel
49-697: Was purchased by Stouffer Hotels in 1988 and became the Stouffer Stanford Court Hotel . In 1993, Stouffer Hotels was purchased by New World Development and all Stouffer hotels were placed within their Renaissance Hotels division, with the hotel becoming the Stouffer Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel . The Stouffer branding was retired in 1996 and the hotel became the Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel . In November 2008,
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