Once You Pay Attention to the Egg-and-Dart Theme of San Francisco, You’ll Notice It All Over

Like this bay window molding you can see from the sidewalk in the Western Addition:

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Egg and Dart (or Egg and Tongue) must have been the thang back in the day, cause a lot of it is still around, up and down and outside and inside and all over, really.

Enjoy.

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2 Responses to “Once You Pay Attention to the Egg-and-Dart Theme of San Francisco, You’ll Notice It All Over”

  1. Jack Walker says:
    June 6, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Along with acanthus.

  2. sfcitizen says:
    June 6, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    Indeed

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