In 1945 the Fairmont hosted the United Nations Conference on International Organization as delegates arrived to draft a charter for the organization. The U.S. Secretary of State, Edward Stettinus drafted the charter in the hotel's Garden Room.
With 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets in each tower, the Golden Gate Bridge was the world's longest span when it opened in 1937.
The dome of SF's City Hall is almost a foot taller than that of the US Capitol Building. In 1954, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe married at the Beaux Arts-style building.
First established in the mid-19th Century, SF's Chinatown is the oldest and largest Chinatown in the US.
Though Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were not alllowed to be married at the Church (DiMaggio had married his first wife at the Church but was divorced), the couple returned to the steps of the Church for photos, following their City Hall nuptuals.
Built in 1853, Fort Point is the only West Coast fort built by the Union Army. Though the Confederate army planned to attack San Francisco, the commanding Confererate general learned that the war had ended while en route to SF.
The Bank of America Building was the tallest building on the West Coast from 1969-1972, when it was surpassed by the TransAmerica Pyramid. Today, the Bank of America building is the 5th tallest building on the West Coast.
An artificial island, Treasure Island was created for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, and is named after the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, a one-time San Francisco resident.
Every hour and half-hour, the clock bell atop the Ferry Building chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters.
The 6 Victorian homes across from Alamo Square Park are among the few Victorians to survive the Great Fire.
Alcatraz Island was a military fort before it became a prison.
The Tower was funded by a gift bequeathed by Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a socialite who reportedly liked to chase fires. Though the tower resembles a firehose nozzle, it was not designed this way.
The original Palace was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, and completely destroyed in 1964. It was rebuilt in 1965.
The size of the Recreation Area is over two and a half greater than that of the city and county of San Francisco.
Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church is the West Coast's largest Episcopalian cathedral.
Golden Gate Park is similar in shape but 20% larger than New York's Central Park.
The Emporiaum, a department store, stood in this location. Bloomingdale's is now located here.
Called "Man Loh's Oriental Roof Garden" in the film.