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The Alibi Clock, a 20-foot-tall Vallejo landmark for about 90 years, is working again thanks to two San Francisco experts who restored the clock’s intricate mechanism and a city maintenance worker who repaired leaks in the timepiece’s elaborate iron case. The hands of the big sidewalk clock were stuck at 12 for more than a […]
Strolling down Sanchez Street in Noe Valley, one of the roadways closed in S.F.’s Slow...
Skip to main content Currently Reading Without this SF duo, some of the Bay Area's most famous landmarks could be lost to time FacebookTwitterEmail Max Nesbet and Dorian Clair pose for a photo with the shop cat, Mike, who is frequently seen in the window.Lance Yamamoto/Special to SFGATE Bowing his head over a tiny workstation cluttered with a mishmash of mysterious gadgets and appliances, Max Nesbet carefully takes apart a 14-karat gold pocket watch that is at least 200 years older than he is. He ponders aloud while he works. Two initials — E.B. — are carved into the intricate design. ...
Aquariums, clock repair shops and corner stores: Where to find SF's favorite shop cats FacebookTwitterEmail Mike is running the shop and looking for papers to sit on.Jade T./Yelp When Dorian Clair arrives at his decades-old antique clock repair shop each morning, the first thing he does is look for two rows of foggy marks on the glass of the front windows. One of them is no higher than one and half feet above the ground, but the other line of cloudy smudges is much higher. They’re nose prints, says Clair, and they come from both children and their parents as they peer into the shop at the c...