Jackson Square has been enthusiastically written about by Daniel Bacon in his book Walking San Francisco on the Barbary Trail. This area is the site of our oldest civic roots back to the 1850's. Gold Rush and Post-Gold Rush buildings, built and inhabited by some of the most inspiring individuals are here to speak to us from the past.
Hotaling Place (below) traced in serpentine pavement to illustrate original shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove as shown (above) in virtually the same location in illustration from Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity, from Hutchings' California Magazine, 1856-1861.
Hotaling Building, Jackson Street
Jackson Street at Balance