The New Boutique: Hotels In San Francisco And More

The Paris of the West

The Paris of the West. The New Metropolis of Manifest Destiny. The New New York. For a hundred years, if you wanted or needed the sweet thrills of a proper city on the Left Coast, you went to San Francisco. It was a modern, imperial city, and was the largest, most hip, port on the United States Pacific rim. There was New York, Chicago, then San Francisco.

What went wrong? What happened? How did this staunch shipyard stalwart turn into a gentrified dandy? Let's start with a little jog down memory lane. The city was built in large part thanks to the influx of people and capital from the Gold Rush. They're called the San Francisco 49ers for a reason, savvy? This set up the town as a port of call and a banking hub.

After the Great Quake of '06, it looked as if SF was going to be doomed to third-class town status. But the city persevered. It rebuilt itself into one of the old financial centers that actually beat back the Stock Market Crash of'29. While the rest of the country was taking shelter from the Dust Bowl, San Francisco was building bridges and buildings galore.

As the Allies battled the Axis, San Fran became one of the three primary embarkation spots for lads shipping out to the Pacific. After the war, the city was booming with big bucks and a new influx of former service men and laborers. The suburbs expanded, and downtown and the financial district were Manhattanized with a slew of skyscrapers.

What's the secret? You add one part development projects and one part booming local economy and you've got a recipe for massive gentrification. The influx of nearly 300,000 new residents to a seven-by-seven mile wide peninsula, and you can see how only the very wealthy can afford to live in the City By the Bay. The best most of us can hope for is booking a beautiful little bedroom in any of the boutique hotels in San Francisco. Not a bad way to settle.

by: Myer Thompson.

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