On May 4, 1907, the Fairmont San Francisco officially opened its doors—exactly one year after the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire. The building had been nearly finished when the quake hit, and while it survived the tremors, it was gutted by the subsequent fires. Its opening wasn't just a hotel debut; it was the signal to the world that San Francisco had been reborn.
The grand opening was a legendary affair that people still talk about over a century later. To celebrate the city’s survival, the hotel hosted an extravagant fête where guests were treated to 13,000 oysters and "rivers of champagne" that flowed throughout the night, all while a spectacular display of fireworks lit up the San Francisco sky.
The hotel’s significance shifted from social to global in 1945. It was in the Fairmont’s Garden Room (now the Garden Court) that delegates from 50 nations met to draft the United Nations Charter. It wasn't just a place to sleep; it was the "Little White House" where the world sought to ensure a lasting peace.
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Exterior view of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)	Bettmann / Contributor for Getty
Travelers today still flock here to ride the only three cable car lines that meet right at the hotel’s front door, or to sip a Mai Tai in the legendary Tonga Room. As noted by Visit California, the Fairmont "harkens back to an opulent era in San Francisco history" where "dressing up for dinner still makes sense." It is the kind of place where, as architectural photographers have noted, just entering the lobby "feels like a special occasion."
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