The Hammersmith Building – Grant Avenue at Sutter Street, Financial District, San Francisco, California

Although it occupies one of the smallest sites in the retail area, the Art Nouveau Hammersmith Building, designed in 1907 by Lansburgh & Joseph, makes a contribution to the streetscape which is wholly disproportionate to its size. The building has a large amount of glass for the time it was built, and one motif, that of a building-wide arch, running through all floors. It has maintained its integrity, having been little remodeled in its seventy-two year existence. One of the architects, G. Albert Lansburgh, earned local fame particularly as a designer of theatres.