The Historian · Ethan · San Francisco
Old St. Mary's Cathedral — Chinatown
I use the inscription as a lecture point every time I walk this corner. The phrase was directed at the brothels on Dupont Street — now Grant Avenue — visible from the tower.
An 1854 brick cathedral at California and Grant that survived the 1906 fire — the walls stood after the interior burned. The clock tower inscription reads: 'Son, observe the time and fly from evil.'
— Ethan, The Historian
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