The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel
History
In 1913, Frederick C. Clift, an attorney from a large family in the Sierra foothills, commissioned the 300-room hotel on a lot the family had inherited. The hotel was to open in time for the Pan Pacific Exposition. The architect, a former student of the Ecole de Beaux Arts, was George Applegarth of McDonald and Applegarth. Advertised as the first hotel in San Francisco to be fire and earthquake proof, Clift has held up to its expectations. With its 1924 addition of 3 floors, it became the largest hotel in the state. Clift was purchased from the Four Seasons group in 1996 by Morgans Hotel Group and is redesigned by world-renowned designer Philippe Starck.
Design Features
Redwood Room – originally built in 1933 as the Art Deco Room, the Redwood Room has been refurbished to combine original and 21st century design.
Asia de Cuba - serving a blend of Asian and Latin cuisine, is under the direction of Jeffrey Chodorow, whose Asia de Cuba outposts in LA’s Mondrian, St Martins Lane in London and NY’s Morgans.
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