Page Street
Ce point d’intérêt est disponible en audio dans le circuit: Visit San Francisco, The Summer of Love
I’d like to take advantage of being on Page Street, as it features a fine collection of colorful Victorian houses, to tell you that before the 1970s, San Francisco’s Victorian houses were not at all multicolored! So, if you’ve already followed the Castro and Mission tour with us, you’re already up to speed and can continue on your way without listening to me repeat this story. And if you haven’t, I can only encourage you to go and discover the full history of San Francisco’s gay and Latino neighborhoods! Anyway, the rest of you should know that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, around 48,000 redwood houses were built in San Francisco. After the 1906 earthquake, many were destroyed. Later, the remaining houses were repainted in the only colors the Navy had left at the end of World War II: gray and white. This surprising outburst of color is rumored to have been the idea of artist Butch Kadum, who woke up one morning and decided to paint his house in a bright blue and green! Some cried foul, but most of the neighbors wanted to do the same thing! The artist became the official colorist of the city’s most beautiful homes. You’ll recognize them as you stroll along the streets: Butch has signed around 18,500 house facades with a plaque!
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