Chronicle Building, Market Street at Kearny, c. 19
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Chronicle Building, Market Street at Kearny, c. 19
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Chronicle Building, Market Street at Kearny, c. 19
This building, designed by Burnham & Root in 1889, was the City’s first steel-frame skyscraper. It housed the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, founded by Michael and Charles de Young in 1865, which was family- owned for 134 years , before its sale to the Hearst Corporation in 2000.
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