I thought it would be fun to talk about some of the
historic locals who “appear” at the San Francisco Magic Parlor.
From the Barbary
Coast days… until today we’ve had a parade of wild and wacky people who’ve made
San Francisco what it is.
Each person, place, or episode from our past is illustrated
with a specific magical happening during our show.
Let’s begin with “Big Alma” you’ve met her, even if you
don’t remember, if you’ve been to Union Square!
Who Was “Big” Alma Spreckels
Alma de
Bretteville Spreckels can be seen today standing proudly atop the monument in
Union Square. She reigned supreme in San
Francisco Society almost from her birth in 1881 until her death in 1968.
Known both as “Big
Alma”– she was six feet tall – and “The Great Grandmother of San Francisco,”
she was a wealthy socialite and influential philanthropist, who among her many
accomplishments donated the California Palace of the Legion of Honor to the
City.
Want to find out more? Come visit her (and me) at our
show “Astonishment!” at the Chancellor Hotel in Union Square… just across the
street from Alma.
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