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Potentialities of the
Cliff
Last Sunday the terrace on the rocks beneath the Cliff House was thrown open to
the public, and the public availed itself of the privilege. That terrace, by the
way, may be extended all along the cliff as far as the Sutro baths. Behind and
below the shacks that now extend from the Cliff House to the baths is a broad
stretch of unoccupied ground high above the roaring surf, all of which might be
used to good purpose, and I hear that it is likely to be so used. There is room
for a great deal of enterprise in the neighborhood of the Cliff House,
enterprise of the kind that has proved very profitable at several resorts near
Los Angeles and exceedingly beneficial to that city. San Francisco has nothing
akin to Long Beach or Venice, but it has a site unsurpassed in the world for
just such attractions as have made a visit to Los Angeles worthwhile. And now
that Roy Carruthers is managing the Cliff House we may look forward to
manifestations of the right kind of enterprise in that neighborhood. He has
already infused new life into the place. It was he that admitted the public to
the terrace free of charge. He has just finished a new wing where men may smoke
and sip refreshments and look at the seals. He has dancing at the Cliff House
every night, and now he is talking of having a tea garden in a glass house
alongside the terrace.
The Spectator
Town Talk The Pacific Weekly
June 8, 1912
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