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"You're on Commercial Street. In twenty twenty-three, the city added a second name to this block — Emperor Norton Place. There's nothing remarkable about the building at six twenty-four. It's a regular building on a regular block. In the eighteen sixties, this address contained a room barely bigger than a closet — six feet by nine — rented for fifty cents a night."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Emperor Norton
This is just one of 9 stops on the The Barbary Coast tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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