archive for February, 2007
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
#58: the crocker spite fence
History is rife with bizarre confrontations and grand feuds, but in San Francisco none were more bizarre than the showdown between Charles Crocker (bellicose railroad robber baron) and Nicholas Yung (unassuming German undertaker).
Call it “a tale of two egos”. It was over a very small piece of land, but this property was located on [...]
