Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/89
Appearance
1926
![Big Dipper at Playland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg/100px-BigDipper-Ride-2.jpg)
![Mural detail from the Mark Hopkins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/TheDons_Detail.jpg/100px-TheDons_Detail.jpg)
- George Whitney becomes general manager of a variously named complex of seaside attractions next to Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and christens it "Playland-at-the-Beach" (Big Dipper pictured)
- The law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison is founded
- Marin Junior College in Kentfield is founded
- The Leimert Bridge in Oakland, a cement and steel arch bridge spanning 357 feet and rising 117 feet above Sausal Creek, becomes the largest single span bridge on the West Coast
- The Weeks and Day designed Mark Hopkins Hotel opens on Nob Hill in San Francisco (interior mural pictured)