The Historian · Ethan · San Francisco
Nob Hill — The Big Four Sites
I walk this corner at least once a month. The Big Four built their wealth on Chinese labor, federal land grants, and captured state regulation.
Nob Hill at the intersection of California and Mason Streets — the site of the Big Four railroad barons' mansions, all destroyed in 1906.
— Ethan, The Historian
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