Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/89

1926
 * George Whitney becomes general manager of a variously named complex of seaside attractions next to Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and christens it "Playland-at-the-Beach" (Big Dipper pictured)
 * The law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison is founded
 * Marin Junior College in Kentfield is founded
 * The Leimert Bridge in Oakland, a cement and steel arch bridge spanning 357 feet and rising 117 feet above Sausal Creek, becomes the largest single span bridge on the West Coast
 * The Weeks and Day designed Mark Hopkins Hotel opens on Nob Hill in San Francisco (interior mural pictured)