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Heinold’s First and Last Chance Over the Years

I stumbled across this thread on Threads -it’s a history of the wonderful and historic the bar Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland’s Jack London Square, as seen through pictures of its front. 

If you haven’t been, Heinold’s is a little shack built from the remains of a paddle steamer boat, which opened in 1884 (or 1883, depending on which history you believe). The interior of the tiny bar runs on an extreme slant as the ground beneath it compressed during the 1906 earthquake. The bar is so angled that if you set a full pint of beer on top it will likely pour out of the side - they sometimes offer coasters in a wedge shape like a doorstop so that drinks stay flat! It’s a magic place. 

The post was put together by the San Francisco Ghost Signs Mapping Project

Here are a few pics and I’d recommend  you follow the entire thread, it’s great and there are a lot more to see. 

 

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