Relics of San Francisco Chinatown

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 'Towns are like people. 
Old ones often have character, 
the new ones are interchangeable."
              Wallace Stegner

Rooftop Ornament Zoomed

Old, Detailed, Unnoticed.

 Is that a pineapple? Of course

I love the spirals!

"Celadon is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware and a type of transparent glaze, often with ..."

Traditional Chinese‎: ‎青瓷 Kanji‎: ‎青磁

Simplified Chinese‎: ‎青瓷 Hangul‎: ‎청자

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Saints Peter and Paul Church
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Chinatown and 

North Beach / Little Italy

are cheek by jowl.

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Portsmouth Square, Chinatown's Living room
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"The household with its 

own elder has indeed 

its own adornment."

      Chinese Proverb

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