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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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impelled by such an inward Urge de-manding expression. Thus does the Mindwhich indwells the Universe express Itselfthrough us. Thus may each mans workbecome a part of his religion. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 24^ MARCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR THE EL CAPISTRANO APARTMENT HOUSE,SAN FRANCISCO <T. HE number of apart-ment houses erected in San Francisco sincethe depression may be counted on the fin-gers with some fingers left after the count.While there have been quite a few smallstructures erected, together with some mod-ernizations, the number of new apartmentsof the more pretentious type, have been as-tonishingly few.There is one struc-ture, however, thatmay be classed aspre ten tious andwhich took courageand confidence onthe part of its own-er to build. Justwhen business con-ditions looked theblackest, Floyd W.Hanchett, a retir-ed San Franciscobusiness man, withevery confidence inthe ultimate out-come of his invest-ment, commissionedWm. Clement Am-brose to prepareplans for an eight-
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by WILLIAM HAMILTON story building at 25th and Bartlett Streets.San Francisco. Soon after a contract waslet to G. P. W. Jensen to erect the build-ing and in April, 1933, the structure wascompleted and named the El CapistranoApartments. Since the day of its comple-tion it has been 100 per cent occupied. Notbad judgment on the part of a—shall wesay—shrew^d investor! The site is unquestionably one of the bestin the city and be-sides being central-ly located, it hasthe added advan-tage of two streetand an alley front-age. The lot is 6^-Ixll7-6. Witha pleasing exteriortreatment of buffcolored reinforcedbrick, the buildingis not only one ofthe newest, but oneof the best design-ed apartment struc-tures in the SanFrancisco Bay area.The two street fa-cades reflect themodern schoolmodestly accentu- TYPICAL LIVING ROOM IN EL CAPISTRANOAPARTMENT HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCOWm. C. Ambrose. Architect ^ 25 ►

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