Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, CA | 40 of 43 | |
Louis Bank of Commerce. Built in 1888, this building once housed the city's first ice-cream parlor, an oyster bar frequented by legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and the Golden Poppy Hotel, a brothel run by fortuneteller, Madame Coara. After a fire in 1904, the original towers of the building were removed, and the iron eagles perched atop them disappeared. A 2002 renovation installed a new pair of eagles, cast at the same English foundry as the originals. |