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Occidental Hotel
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The Occidental Hotel opened in 1861 in San Francisco, California. It was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906. It was one of the many hotels named Occidental in the United States, and it was among the few luxury hotels in San Francisco that catered to wealthy travelers. Operating in the years that roughly coincided with the end of the California Gold Rush and the beginning of silver mining in Nevada, the Occidental Hotel was
firm split in 1958. At William L. Pereira he would go on to become a designer, then director of design, and eventually president. According to the "Los Angeles Times", "As a member of the Pereira firm Wong said he had major roles in the design of many West Coast buildings, including Occidental Center, Crocker Bank, Mutual Benefit Life and the new tower of St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco." as well as the Transamerica Pyramid. In 1974, Wong left William L. Pereira Associates to start