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[Brian Moore]

The Corner of Geary and Powell by brian-moore, on Flickr

San Francisco, California. Taken from my perch near the top of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The building on the right is the Westin Hotel. The Westin dates from 1904 and was originally The St. Francis Hotel. It was at the St. Francis that the Fatty Arbuckle scandal took place in 1921. Union Square is lower left. Hand held--actually steadied atop a wall, albeit clearly not so well. (It was blustery up there, SF getting a stiff breeze off the Bay.)

(I also posted this image to the Blog page--hope that's OK.)

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice. I quite like the tiny bit of movement and nice that you've put the buildings into context. I watched a programme on the BBC iPlayer the other day by Paul Merton that covered the Arbuckle scandal in detail so it's nice to see a picture of it. Thanks.

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks a lot, Pete. I wonder if the room the scandal took place in is still there and if so whether it's commemorated in some way.

 

[Pete Askew]

If I remember correctly, there was a bit in the documentary that went, "It was in this suite...", so it seems there is a least a record of it and it is in the same configuration (they went through the sequence of events).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011k4vx - Episode 2

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Love the retro feel of the shot

 

[Pete Askew]

And the shots on your blog are great too, especially the chair shot. Looking will become part of my daily routine!!

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks a lot, Pete and Chris. Much appreciated.

 

[Hamish Gill]

There is some great shots in that streem! Some of the ballet ones are fantastic!
That "handing out the snow stage left" is really nice

 

[Brian Moore]

Much appreciated, Hamish!