Newspaper Row (San Francisco)

Newspaper Row in San Francisco referred to the five-point intersection of Market Street, Kearny Street, Third Street and Geary Street, where three of San Francisco's largest daily newspapers were headquartered, across the street from each other. By 1902, The San Francisco Call, The San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle were in buildings on corners, with the Chronicle in the Chronicle Building, the Call in the Spreckels Building and the Examiner in the Examiner building. The intersection became known as the "Times Square of the West".[1][2][3]

Newspaper row, 1902.

History

Newspaper Row began when the Chronicle Building, the first steel-framed building the Western United States, was constructed. It was the tallest building in San Francisco upon completion in 1889. William Randolph Hearst, the owner of The San Francisco Examiner, purchased a nearby lot, where he intended to build a taller building. In 1895, Claus Spreckels began construction of the Spreckels Building for The San Francisco Call, and the five-point intersection of Market Street, Kearny Street, Third Street and Geary Street was set as the center of news in the city.[1]

Newspaper Row was partially destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Fire. The Call's Spreckles building and the Examiner's Hearst building were slowly gutted over two hours, and the Chronicle's building was similarly gutted, but the brick remained and was rebuilt.[4] The three newspapers published a combined issue from the office of the Oakland Tribune.[5][6]

Relocation

The two surviving papers later relocated to near the intersection of Fifth Street and Mission Street, The San Francisco Examiner (Fifth) and the San Francisco Chronicle (Mission) across from the San Francisco Mint.

References
  1. Brechin, Gray (2006-09-03). Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. University of California Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780520250086. Newspaper row san francisco.
  2. "Newspaper Row, San Francisco". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  3. Miller, Christine (2005-10-19). San Francisco's Financial District. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439630938.
  4. "Newspaper Row Gutted 1906 Earthquake". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  5. "First Newspaper Report". www.sfmuseum.net. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  6. Galvin, Rachel (November 2003). "The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned". National Endowment for the Humanities. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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