Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Alley #16 -- February 16, 2011

Dashiell Hammett lived at 20 Monroe Street, the brick-faced building, in 1926. The street is now named after him. Across Pine Street is Burritt Street, where Sam Spade's partner Miles Archer would be killed early in The Maltese Falcon.

There was heavy hail this morning about 8:45. Then sunlight. Then violent rain around 12:30.

2 comments:

ratatouille's archives said...

Hi! Joe Thompson...
Thanks, for sharing...I just send this information over there to Twitter and Facebook.
DeeDee ;-D

Joe Thompson said...

DeeDee: Some day you should come to San Francisco and take Don Herron's wonderful Hammett tour. The city left a big mark on Hammett and his work.