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Alexander Fried (May 21, 1902 - May 9, 1988) was an American art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner. Life. Fried was born in New York City on May 21, 1902. He was introduced to opera at a young age. He attended Columbia University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, followed by a master's degree.
Capacity. 410, formerly 500+. Opened. 1925. ( 1925) Website. www .greatstartheater .org. The Great Star Theater, formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat [1] theater located at 636 Jackson Street in San Francisco's Chinatown. It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United ...
After the war, Montgomery went to work for the San Francisco Examiner, where he stayed until his retirement in 1975. During his time at the Examiner, Montgomery became involved in two murder trials. He found the body of 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan in May 1955.
Balboa Park, San Francisco. / 37.72500°N 122.44500°W / 37.72500; -122.44500. Balboa Park is a public park in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It was originally dedicated in 1909 when the park included the land now used by City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus west of I-280 Freeway.
415/628. The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. Encompassing about 50 square blocks, it is historically bounded on the north by Geary Street, on the ...
The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and ...
Newspaper vending machines in downtown San Jose Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, who took over the now-San Francisco Examiner in 1887 and later made it the flagship of his national chain The first newspaper published by Americans in California was The Californian , printed in Monterey in 1846 announcing the Mexican–American War ...
Civic Center Plaza, also known as Joseph Alioto Piazza, is the 4.53-acre (1.83 ha) plaza immediately east of San Francisco City Hall in Civic Center, San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2] Civic Center Plaza occupies two blocks bounded by McAllister, Larkin, Grove, and Carlton B. Goodlett (the section of Polk between City Hall ...