Fairmont San Francisco, Historic hotel in Nob Hill, US.
The Fairmont San Francisco sits at the corner of Mason Street and California Street on Nob Hill and consists of a nine-floor main building and a 29-floor tower in Beaux-Arts style. The complex occupies an entire city block and displays a symmetrical façade with large windows and classical columns at the entrance.
The building opened its doors in 1907, only months after the great earthquake that destroyed San Francisco. In 1945, meetings took place here where delegates from numerous countries drafted the United Nations Charter.
The Venetian Room is where Tony Bennett first sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in December 1961; a bronze statue of him was unveiled outside the hotel on 19 August 2016, for his 90th birthday. The Tonga Room, opened in 1945, keeps a bandstand on a barge floating in a former swimming pool and stages artificial thunderstorms.
The building sits directly on the California Street Cable Car line, which makes the climb to Nob Hill easier. Several restaurants and bars are located inside, including the Laurel Court Restaurant and the Tonga Room with its tropical setting.
The Tonga Room uses the former swimming pool of the building, which was transformed into a lagoon with tropical plantings. A floating stage in the center holds a band, and at certain times an installation simulates artificial rain over the water.
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