San Francisco, CA
Dolmen Property Transforms The Hiberia Into San Francisco Hotspot
Forget dingy warehouses for deafening DJ-driven parties. The latest hotspot in San Francisco is a regal, 132-year-old bank.
The Hibernia, owned by locally based Dolmen Property Group led by Seamus Naughten, has been offering up its soaring Beaux Arts venue to big-name electronic music artists and club parties at 1 Jones Street, in Mid-Market, the San Francisco Standard reported.
While it still hosts traditional weddings, charity galas and corporate take-overs, the four-story bank is increasingly embracing immersive art, live performances and electronic dance music.
The Hibernia, which completed a $15 million renovation in 2015, hit a slump during the pandemic. But it now reflects Downtown’s change of identity, wanting to be known not just for tech events, but as a venue for art and music.
In the past two years, the bank has hosted dozens of local DJs and performers on its lower level. It also drew thongs to two major shows from electronic musicians Honey Dijon and Bonobo, who performed on the main floor under the Hibernia’s Tiffany stained-glass ceilings.
This year, the marble-walled venue with soaring ceilings will launch an EDM residency that includes 14 performances over six weeks.
Welcome to a luxe taste of old-school San Francisco, with plenty of bathrooms.
“We never thought that we’d be on this path, but the excitement is pretty crazy,” Terry Lim, chief revenue officer at The Hibernia, told the Standard. “Coming off the back of Covid, you have to think outside the box. And now we feel like we’re in the middle of it.”
The 42,000-square-foot Hibernia Bank Building, built in 1892 on a design by Albert Pissis, served as home to the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society until it moved out in 1985.
For a while, it served the San Francisco Police Department. When the cops pulled out, it sat vacant for years, its columns marred by graffiti. Dolmen bought the building in 2008 as a “long-term hold” for $3.9 million.
After a seven-year renovation, the landmark was renamed The Hibernia.
The venue has four floors, each with its own distinct vibe, from its brick-and-metal basement to a penthouse roofdeck strung with fairy lights, according to the Standard.
Guests can rent out one section or the entire building, from as few as about 100 people to 800 throughout the downstairs dance floor, or 2,000 for the entire building.
Ultimately, The Hibernia considers itself as a case study in how the city needs to focus on adaptability as a key to long-term survival.
“We’re in the neighborhood that gets bashed every day of the week and we’re still here and standing,” Lim told the Standard. “We’re bringing 2,000 people to an event in Mid-Market. This place is like an argument against the ‘doom loop.’”
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A California sea lion pup found last week on a San Francisco street corner is malnourished but “active and quite feisty,” The Marine Mammal Center said Monday.
The sea lion, believed to be about 10 months old, had apparently wandered into city’s Outer Sunset neighborhood and was discovered early Thursday morning, authorities said.
The pup was spotted near 48th and Irving Streets, one block from Ocean Beach and Sunset Dunes park. A trained responder from the Marine Mammal Center was joined by San Francisco park rangers and police officers to safely corral the pup, now named ‘Irving’, into a carrier crate.
Dubbed ‘Irving’ by his rescuers, Irving weighed in at 40 pounds and is considered malnourished, the Marine Mammal Center said.
“The sea lion is active and quite feisty which is a positive initial sign in terms of general behavior,” the center said in a news release on Monday.
During an exam by veterinarians, a series of blood samples were also taken to determine whether there’s any underlying ailment.
Irving is being tube fed a fish smoothie blend two times per day to boost hydration and weight; offers of whole herring will also begin shortly.
The quick actions by police, recreation and parks staff and Ocean Avenue Animal Hospital gave the young sea lion a second chance at life, said Lauren Campbell, animal husbandry manager at The Marine Mammal Center.
“As a roughly 10-month-old pup in his first year of learning how to forage on his own, this animal has a long road to recovery due to his severe malnutrition,” Campbell said. “We are hopeful that in the coming weeks with continued specialized care that this pup starts to make positive strides toward recovery and release.”
Irving will be held in the Center’s Intensive Quarantine Unit until clearing medical protocols, before likely being transferred this week to a traditional rehabilitation pool pen. A long-term prognosis and potential release timeline are not currently known.
After Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the Washington Nationals, the San Francisco Giants headed back to the West Coast. They’re going back to the Bay Area, too.
The Giants have a date with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game series at Oracle Park starting Tuesday night.
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So, San Francisco probably wanted to get out of Washington, D.C., with a win. That didn’t happen at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.
Nationals reliever Andrew Alvarez, the third pitcher used by the team on Sunday, picked up the victory with 4 1/3 innings of work. Giants starter Robbie Ray absorbed the loss, falling to 2-3 this season.
Ray worked six innings, giving up seven hits, three runs (all earned), walking one, and striking out seven Nationals. If the Giants’ offense had found a way to tack on some runs, then Ray’s outing wouldn’t have looked so bad.
The Giants’ bats, though, had eight hits. The big number for Giants manager Tony Vitello to look at in the box score after this one was, well, pretty big. San Francisco left 10 runners on base on Sunday, going 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. This indicates that San Francisco had plenty of opportunities to score some runs.
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They just didn’t get the job done.
Let’s go to the bottom of the fifth with the Giants and Nationals in a scoreless tie. With nobody out, the Nationals’ Keibert Ruiz connected for his third double this season. Nasim Nuñez scored to put Washington up 1-0.
With one out, Curtis Mead sent a Ray pitch over the left-field wall, a two-run blast that gave the Nationals a 3-0 lead.
San Francisco had a scoring threat in the top of the eighth inning. With runners at first and second base and nobody out, Casey Schmitt grounded into a double play. Matt Chapman, who was on second base, went to third. But the Giants were unable to bring him home.
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Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Giants, producing half of the Giants’ hits.
The Giants fall to 9-13 this season, sitting in fourth place in the National League West Division. The Nationals’ record goes to 10-12, good enough for third place in the National League East Division.
All eyes now turn toward Oracle on Tuesday night. It’ll be a chance for two longtime rivals to renew their rivalry.
Baseball fans know that the Giants-Dodgers matchups usually are must-see TV.
That’s probably going to be the case once again as Giants fans watch their team battle the Dodgers. Those lucky to have tickets to the three-game series at Oracle Park will show up in Giants colors, hoping to see Los Angeles head back to Southern California with either a series loss or a Giants’ sweep.
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Buckle up, Giants fans. It’s about to get rowdy at Oracle Park.
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