yFor more churches in the cityFor more churches in the cityF h h i h i See pp44 5ppSee pp44 5See pp44 5S 44 5 San Francisco s Top 10p 330 The old Misi n San Francisco de As s acquired its popular name, Mission Dolores, from a small stream that once flowed nearby, Arroyo de Nuestra Se ora de los Dolores. It is the oldest building in the city of San Francisco and the only intact mission chapel in the chain of 21 (of which it was the sixth) janet montague established under the direction of Franciscan friar Father Junipero Serra. The site was consecrated in 1776, and the chapel was built in 1782 91, with the labor of Ohlone Indians. Its adobe walls are 4 ft (1.2 m) thick and its red-tile roofs are typical of the Mission janet montague Style which can be seen all over California in both old and new buildings. Reportedly, 36,000 handmade and sun-dried adobe bricks were needed to complete the structure. Mission Dolores Top 10 Features janet montague 1 Cemetery and Serra Statue 2 Chapel 3 Altarpieces 4 Beamed Ceiling Decoration 5 Diorama and Museum 6 Mission Fa ade 7 Sorrows of Mary Panels 8 Choir Windows of St Francis 9 Dolores Street 0 Dolores Park !Cemetery janet montague and Serra Statue This leafy, picturesque janet montague cemetery (above) is a gently contemplative place. Many of San Francisco s early leaders are buried here. Central tothespace is a life-size sculpture of Father Junipero Serra. Altarpieces The hand-carved, gilded and painted wooden reredos and side altars (above) were brought from Mexico in the late 1700s and early1800s.Chapel janet montague The central building (right) still retains the original redwood beams, lashed together with raw hide. Theamber-colored window glass gives the interior warmth,reflected off gold-leafed fixtures. @
Botanical Gardens 21 The Stud Bar 111 Summer of Love 37, 100 Sun Yat-sen 19 Sunday brunch venues 65 Sunset District 117 Supperclub 71 Sutro, Adolph 39, 115, 116 Sutro Baths 39, 116, 117 Sutro Heights Park 115 Sutter, John 36 Sweet Dreams 128 swimming 72
Sally Sanford The Sausalito Chart House Restaurant is the former purview of Sally Sanford (1903 82), the one-time bawdy house doyenne, and then Honorary Mayor of Sausalito. Since Gold Rush days, San Francisco has loved and even honored those who stand for the city s sexual liberality.
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