Club Land San Francisco Tour
http://www.sfcityguides.org/desc.html?tour=120
What is good about the tour: You see all the various clubs around the area (outside at least) and get to know tidbit of their history. We got to enter one club in particular (Metropolitan club).
Tour Time: 10 AM and it took 1 hr and 45 minutes.
Clubs are new because they have been burned down during the 1906 Fire so a lot of them have moved.
Motto: "no women, no democrats, no reporters"
20 Year Waiting List
Prolly most exclusive club in the west
Where they shot Memoirs of an invisible man (1992)
They have hotel rooms available to the public
They separated from the Bohemian Club
Trivia: New members are called babies, old members as children, and the president as the father
Motto: "Keep Young"
Rules: no biz discussion
Architecture based on Roman Palazzo
Originally the Women Club of San Francisco but they lost it during recession and was bought for the Marine's Memorial Club
Used to be military and marines only but recently opened to non-marines/military.
Used to be YWCA
For SF working girl
From St Gabriel Library in NY, which is based on a Palazzo in Florence
*This is where we got to see the place but unfortunately, no photography allowed
by Hobbart (Architect)
Has inclination to performance and visual arts
Hs 15-20 wait and everybody is welcome too as long s you are male
decor: drama literture , visual, music
owl
2.5 years waiting time
Has a good swimming pool called Natatorium
palazzo Massimonde colone
The club helps their member if some of them are unemployed/loses their jobs.
"Some older tourist guide books from the mid 20th century refer to the area between Nob Hill, Union Square, and the Financial District as Club Land or Club Row. The heyday of these social clubs was from the late 19th century up to the Great Depression. There were clubs for men, women, and a huge range of social, ethnic, and interest groups. They all took pride in a handsome club house. After the Second World War, society and its clubs changed into a more mixed and uneven phenomenon. Some clubs disappeared, others adapted, and a small number remained just as powerful and exclusive as ever. This tour includes 11 buildings, starting on Nob Hill and ending at Union Square. On Saturdays, whenever possible, we will go inside one of the clubs, so please observe an informal but appropriate dress code."
What is good about the tour: You see all the various clubs around the area (outside at least) and get to know tidbit of their history. We got to enter one club in particular (Metropolitan club).
Tour Time: 10 AM and it took 1 hr and 45 minutes.
Paul, our tour guide
A bit not engaging as he basically reads from a script :(
View the Map here.
Clubs are new because they have been burned down during the 1906 Fire so a lot of them have moved.
Pacific-Union club
They used to be where apple store is in Union SquareMotto: "no women, no democrats, no reporters"
20 Year Waiting List
Prolly most exclusive club in the west
University club
Architecture derive from Campo SienaWhere they shot Memoirs of an invisible man (1992)
They have hotel rooms available to the public
The View from Inside (taken July 18, 2017 when I was visiting an Oxbridge Mixer)
Family Club
They separated from the Bohemian ClubTrivia: New members are called babies, old members as children, and the president as the father
Motto: "Keep Young"
Rules: no biz discussion
Architecture based on Roman Palazzo
Marine's Memorial Club
Private but has public parts like theatre, rooftop bar (weather neck lounge), and a hotel roomOriginally the Women Club of San Francisco but they lost it during recession and was bought for the Marine's Memorial Club
Used to be military and marines only but recently opened to non-marines/military.
Francisca Club
Academy of Art University today
Used to be YWCAFor SF working girl
Metropolitan Club
started in 1912From St Gabriel Library in NY, which is based on a Palazzo in Florence
*This is where we got to see the place but unfortunately, no photography allowed
This used to be smaller and just spans the first three right windows and it is still visible where they extended
Bohemian Club
by Hobbart (Architect)Has inclination to performance and visual arts
Hs 15-20 wait and everybody is welcome too as long s you are male
decor: drama literture , visual, music
owl
Olympic club
1860 - oldest surviving athletic club (claims)2.5 years waiting time
Has a good swimming pool called Natatorium
palazzo Massimonde colone
BPE/ Elks Club - Benevolent and Protective order of Elks
It has national club and has parts accessible to the publicThe club helps their member if some of them are unemployed/loses their jobs.
Town & Country club
Women club version of Pacific-Union club
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