10-26-2007, 09:02 PM
My understanding is that the "the City" is shortened from "the City that knows how." (would also never consider capitalizing "the")
According to this web site,
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibit...g/ppie.htm
it was President Taft that gave the City that name in 1911.
--from SF library web site-----
On February 15, 1911, President William Howard Taft signs a resolution designating San Francisco as the official World’s Fair City to celebrate the future opening of the Panama Canal. Eight months later, on October 14th, Taft comes to San Francisco to break the ceremonial ground. The next day he lunches at the Cliff House, and toasts San Francisco as “the City that knows how.”
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Always seemed to me that it was Herb Caen who popularized the idea of "never call it Frisco." My friends and I didn't much care one way or the other. BTW, Herb Caen was great at what he did. Every time I sent him a piece for his column, he always responded with grace and gratitude. I assume he did that with every contributor.
In the '80s and '90s I was one of the craft vendors that sold on the sidewalks of San Francisco. Since my craft items were toys (devil sticks and diabolos) after Thanksgiving I would shift from setting up on Beach Street near Aquatic Park to near FAO Schwarz in the shopping district downtown. Very fond memories of those days.
Gump's on Post Street usually has very nice window displays.
The fountain on the steps of the Hyatt Hotel near Union Square is worth seeing, especially if you are familiar with the City. Images of San Francisco are cast in bronze around the outside of the fountain.
http://www.artonfile.com/html/projectnotes.lasso?id=176
Todd's nostalgic keyboard
According to this web site,
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibit...g/ppie.htm
it was President Taft that gave the City that name in 1911.
--from SF library web site-----
On February 15, 1911, President William Howard Taft signs a resolution designating San Francisco as the official World’s Fair City to celebrate the future opening of the Panama Canal. Eight months later, on October 14th, Taft comes to San Francisco to break the ceremonial ground. The next day he lunches at the Cliff House, and toasts San Francisco as “the City that knows how.”
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Always seemed to me that it was Herb Caen who popularized the idea of "never call it Frisco." My friends and I didn't much care one way or the other. BTW, Herb Caen was great at what he did. Every time I sent him a piece for his column, he always responded with grace and gratitude. I assume he did that with every contributor.
In the '80s and '90s I was one of the craft vendors that sold on the sidewalks of San Francisco. Since my craft items were toys (devil sticks and diabolos) after Thanksgiving I would shift from setting up on Beach Street near Aquatic Park to near FAO Schwarz in the shopping district downtown. Very fond memories of those days.
Gump's on Post Street usually has very nice window displays.
The fountain on the steps of the Hyatt Hotel near Union Square is worth seeing, especially if you are familiar with the City. Images of San Francisco are cast in bronze around the outside of the fountain.
http://www.artonfile.com/html/projectnotes.lasso?id=176
Todd's nostalgic keyboard