Bush Street

Jon getting ready for the Trip

I walked down Bush Street to Van Ness Ave. this morning, in order to pick up a rental car, and this afternoon, Jon and I drove down to Monterey to celebrate his birthday.

I walked by three San Francisco landmarks today. The Stanyan House (2006 Bush Street) was built in 1854 and is one of the oldest houses in the city. The Stanyan House was a pre-fab building and was shipped arond Cape Horn from Boston - The architectural style represents its more austere and simple New England origins. (SF Landmark #66)

The Ohabai Shalome Temple (1881 Bush Street) was designed by Moses J. Lyon in 1895 to serve as a synagogue for the third congregation of San Francisco Jews, a congregation that dates from 1864 (after splitting with Congregation Emanu-El). In 1934, it was sold to the Soto Zen Church, which served the booming Japanese population in the neighborhood. Zen practictioners used the building until 1942, when the majority of San Francisco's Japanese community was interned in camps at the start of World War II. Refusing to sell their building even while confined, the Japanese leased the building to the Baptist Church until it was reclaimed in 1946. In 1996, the building was granted to the Japanese American Religious Federation, and turned into the Kokoro Assisted Living Facility. (SF Landmark #81)

Godzila Sushi at Bush and Divisidero

Jesus Saves First Apostolic Faith Church at Bush and Pierce

St. Dominic's Catholic Church at Bush and Steiner

Patisserie Delanghe French Bakery at Bush and Fillmore

Stanyan House, 2006 Bush Street

Stanyan House

Stanyan House

Ohabai Shalome Temple, 1881 Bush St.

(Now the Kokoro Assisted Living Facility)

Ohabai Shalome Temple

(Kokoro Assisted Living Facility)

Trinity Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush St.

Trinity Episcopal Church

Trinity Episcopal Church Tower

Inside Trinity Episcopal Church

Inside Trinity Episcopal Church