I seen the Francis Drake before and after the renovation, I kind of missed the old hotel as much as the new design of the Beacon Grand looks great too but they moved the bar from the front floor and now they made it there reservation area instead. Then they took the reservations out on the second floor and now it's just a bar with grant piano and a dining lounge. It's a beautiful hotel, I don't know why they got rid of the sky lounge on top of the hotel, its apparently is meeting rooms which doesn't make any sense. The rooms I guess are pretty fancy they're smaller than the average Western St Francis rooms which is where I stayed last weekend but I did go over to the Beacon Grand which is formerly the Sir Francis Drake hotel. Many people still call it the Sir Francis Drake hotel which I think is cool but I don't know why they made the changes and the fact it took two years to renovate it. They renovated it during covid and they're in full swing now. The place isn't cheap but I can tell you that the place is absolutely immaculate, bathrooms are just so clean place is very nice. I just don't know why they changed the Sir Francis Drake name, all I know is it's now it's independently owned instead of corporate owned.
last time i visited SF the macys store had just opened........i stayed in Handlery Hotel beside union square......loved SF and hope to see it again someday
Yeah, the coastal trail. We have actually planned to do it any time soon. He posted some vids from an earlier trip he took like from back in April or so. You should check it out. It started at Fort Point and ended up in Ocean Beach.
The blogger expressed his disdain for the hotel as [being] "dated ... (something I don't care for) ..." which, in any city worldwide for a historic hotel or building for that matter -- is it's age. In fact, the hotel was erected and built in 1928, approximately 89 years ago. So by comparison to newer vs. older historical hotels that were not destroyed after the 1906 earthquake, are far from others much older and pre-war like on the East Coast in Boston, New York, or further down South. Many tourists stay here for the ambience, and tour-de-force interior Californian styled old world luxury. When streetcars ruled the City. It's a far cry from today's monopolistic minimalism mimicry and suburbia. For an inner urban Historic Landmark it's pretty much in the same league as those in L.A. [We] beg to differ as academic scholars of its architecture and interior significance.
Now cancel culture has come for the Drake. They want to rename it because Sir Francis Drake has been boiled down to being some kind of tangential slave trader by the PC fascists. They should just be done with it and name every street and every building after famous black people. I grew up in the Bay Area and have fond memories . When did San Francisco become such a joke? The most overrated city in the world at this point.
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I seen the Francis Drake before and after the renovation, I kind of missed the old hotel as much as the new design of the Beacon Grand looks great too but they moved the bar from the front floor and now they made it there reservation area instead. Then they took the reservations out on the second floor and now it's just a bar with grant piano and a dining lounge. It's a beautiful hotel, I don't know why they got rid of the sky lounge on top of the hotel, its apparently is meeting rooms which doesn't make any sense. The rooms I guess are pretty fancy they're smaller than the average Western St Francis rooms which is where I stayed last weekend but I did go over to the Beacon Grand which is formerly the Sir Francis Drake hotel. Many people still call it the Sir Francis Drake hotel which I think is cool but I don't know why they made the changes and the fact it took two years to renovate it. They renovated it during covid and they're in full swing now. The place isn't cheap but I can tell you that the place is absolutely immaculate, bathrooms are just so clean place is very nice. I just don't know why they changed the Sir Francis Drake name, all I know is it's now it's independently owned instead of corporate owned.
Nice View, wonderful Union Square, and the Grand Hyatt is the big building across from the room.
last time i visited SF the macys store had just opened........i stayed in Handlery Hotel beside union square......loved SF and hope to see it again someday
Yeah, the coastal trail. We have actually planned to do it any time soon. He posted some vids from an earlier trip he took like from back in April or so. You should check it out. It started at Fort Point and ended up in Ocean Beach.
Sono stato in viaggio di nozze... Meraviglioso e molto comodo alla downtown. Praticamente in centro.
The blogger expressed his disdain for the hotel as [being] "dated ... (something I don't care for) ..." which, in any city worldwide for a historic hotel or building for that matter -- is it's age. In fact, the hotel was erected and built in 1928, approximately 89 years ago. So by comparison to newer vs. older historical hotels that were not destroyed after the 1906 earthquake, are far from others much older and pre-war like on the East Coast in Boston, New York, or further down South. Many tourists stay here for the ambience, and tour-de-force interior Californian styled old world luxury. When streetcars ruled the City. It's a far cry from today's monopolistic minimalism mimicry and suburbia. For an inner urban Historic Landmark it's pretty much in the same league as those in L.A. [We] beg to differ as academic scholars of its architecture and interior significance.
Now cancel culture has come for the Drake. They want to rename it because Sir Francis Drake has been boiled down to being some kind of tangential slave trader by the PC fascists. They should just be done with it and name every street and every building after famous black people. I grew up in the Bay Area and have fond memories . When did San Francisco become such a joke? The most overrated city in the world at this point.