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The official San Francisco city song was composed by Walter Jurmann
“But Jurmann knew that he could compose “American” songs just as brilliantly, and he got his first chance to prove it with the title song for the eagerly anticipated film San Francisco, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, and Clark Gable. It remains, probably, the song for which Jurmann is best known. Two years after the film was released he was named an honorary citizen of the city of San Francisco, and in 1984 the city voted to make Jurmann’s song the official city song.” Personal quote: Walter Jurmann died of a heart attack at the age of 67 on June 17, 1971 in Budapest, the hometown of his wife Yvonne. Yvonne Jurmann lives in Los Angeles. I was honored to get to know her a few years ago. She is a lovely person and still involved in cultural activities. Jurmann’s songs and compositions are still played by musicians worldwide.
1-21 Mission Street at The Embarcadero, historische Seheswuerdigkeit Nr. 7 in San Francisco.
Gebaut in 1889 von Hipolyte d’Audiffred im pariser Stil, um ihn an sein Zuhause zu erinnern. Das Gebaeude ist eines der wenigen in Downtown, dass das Erdbeben in 1906 und Feuer ueberlebt hat. Laut der Geschichte soll der Saloon Keeper des The Bulkhead das Gebaeude gerettet haben. Als das Feuer das Gebaeude erreichte, wollte das Explosionskommando das Gebaeude in die Luft sprengen, aber der Saloon Keeper bot ihnen eine ganze Ladung Wein und auch Whiskey an damit sie das Gebaeude nicht in die Luft sprengen. Das Glueck nahm nicht ab, da das Gebauede auch das Erdbeben, Loma Prieta, in 1989 ueberstand. Fuer fast ein halbes Jahrhundert wurde das Gebaeude links liegen gelassen. Seit 1993 befindet sich das Restaurant Boulevard in dem Audiffred Building.
Built 1889 by Hipolyte d'Audiffred in a Parisian style to remind him home. It is one of the few commercial buildings in Downtown what survived the Eartquake in 1906 and fire. The story says that the saloon keeper of The Bulkhead has saved the building from the fire which approached the building. He offered the dynamite crew who was about to blow up the building, a huge case of wine and whiskey just to spare the building. The building's luck held also till 1989’s Loma Prieta Earthquake. The building was not really attendant for like a half a century. The Audiffred Building is occupied by the restaurant Boulevard since 1993.
Transamerica Pyramid
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