Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "What Happened to Millionaire’s Row in San Francisco?" video.

  1. All the houses shown here are great in their way. I'll pick the Standord house as my favorite. I can see why General Colton didn't have a problem with the sun-blocking wall. Looking at the various photos we can see that the Colton house was getting lots of sunlight anyway. Is it possible there was another house on the other side of the wall seen at 1:10? Would that have been the actual site of the unwilling neighbor?
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  2. I love Shirley Jackson's work! "...and whatever walked there walked alone". I've encountered various stories about the origin of Hill House. I've read that at least some inspiration for Hill House came from a house the Shirley Jackson got just a glimpse of in New York City, a place she found malevolent but could never locate again; maybe it was just how the house looked at a certain time under certain conditions. A California origin seems more likely though, to my surprise, in a books Walker Evans photos I saw a large 19th century house surrounded by hills and the name of the family that lived there was Crain, the same name as the original owners of the mansion in the novel. I also read a magazine article once about an historic home on the East Coast here inthe U.S. (I don't recall the name or location and I gave the article to another Jackson fan) and the house has a couryard with just a regular door and that seems to serve no purpose. That and maybe other features of the house made me wonder if Shirley Jackson got some ideas or inspiration from there for Hill House. In a biography I read of Shirley Jackson there was a photo of the floor plan she made for part of the mansion. I wouldn't be surprised if Hill House is a compostite of differnt houses but I also wouldn't be surprised if most of that inspiration is from the Crocker mansion. Have you ever read Shirley Jackson's story "Charles"?It's as funny as "...Hill House" is spooky! I hope I haven't gone on too long. I love mansions and I love Shirley Jackson's writing!
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  3. I second the motion! The Gardo house in Salt Lake City was a remarkable place yet I've only learned of it in the past few years.
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  4. I agree. Even houses such as the ones in this video haven't lasted long in urban areas and not always as private home as intended. I think it was in the book "The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned" that it was mentioned that at least some of the house on Nob Hill were already in "...semi-public use" when the earthquake occurred.
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