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In more colorful days the two major opera houses in the area were the Tivoli Opera House and the Grand Opera House.

In the early years of the twentieth century this hotel began to acquire a reputation for being a temporary home to visiting opera players and stars as San Francisco gained more cultural as well as commercial prominence. The floor plans and elevations by Koenig and Pettigrew Architects are for the original Hotel St. The laundry and support services for the hotel operated on the ground floor. Cecile, with palatial entry and classic Edwardian styling occupied front floors. The Masonic Temple at 25 Van Ness between Oak and Hickory was built in 1912 and loomed large in the area as the scattered building projects began. Cecile, just up the street from the still existing Oak Hotel and the Whiteside Apartments on the corner of Franklin. The Opera Hotel Apartments on Fell Street between Van Ness and Franklin was built in 1907 and operated for many years as the Hotel St. In 1907, the year following the great earthquake and fire, the City was beginning to rebuild…especially around the Civic Center district. The text below is from one of the clippings complied by the building’s management. Found on display there are clippings of neighborhood hotels and the musical history of the area. I discovered this when visiting the unassuming lobby of the Opera Apartments at 145 Fell Street. So I’m assuming canned Carnation Mush was a way of selling this excess milk to working folk living in the hotel district at the eastern boundary of Hayes Valley. And it’s probably being served at the Zuni Café half a block down Market tonight.Īpparently in the early 20th century Carnation “held the world milk production record for 32 consecutive years.” One particular cow “produced 37,381 pounds of milk during 1920”. For those who are wondering, “mush” is now better known as polenta. Last week’s demolition of an abandoned warehouse on Market Street uncovered this “3 Kinds – Eat Carnation Mush” billboard at the gateway to Hayes Valley (Market at Franklin Streets).