Cliff House’s memorabilia stolen from famed S.F. developing

Authorities are seeking for two people today suspected of stealing historic memorabilia from San Francisco’s Cliff Residence practically one particular thirty day period soon after the cafe introduced its long lasting closure.

United States Park Police said two persons broke into the creating in close proximity to Ocean Seashore in the early hrs of Jan. 26. Historic artwork, applications and an early 1900s bathing match from the aged Sutro Bathhouse valued at $2,000 were between the objects stolen, police stated.

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The theft transpired practically a month before a planned two-working day on-line auction of the 157-yr-old landmark’s memorabilia, artwork and decorative furnishings. The pilfered bathing suit was one particular of the objects up for auction, according to the organization arranging the function.

A agent of Rabin Around the world, the firm overseeing the Cliff Home auction, claimed in an e mail that the auction “is transferring forward as planned.”

“Thankfully the thieves did not acquire a large amount of things,” Orlee Rabin, a principal at Rabin Worldwide explained to The Chronicle. “They did consider a wide variety of fascinating objects, but they essentially left some guiding. They took them out of the setting up and then still left them on the road, and a bystander was about to go for a run at Ocean Seaside and noticed them and realized where by they have been from and managed to get them back again to the Cliff Household.

“We miraculously had a person of the bathing satisfies and 3 other merchandise returned. There are superior individuals out there in San Francisco, and we’re extremely relieved.”

In a push release saying the auction, Rabin promised “a opportunity to have a piece of San Francisco record,” and referred to as the Cliff House’s decor “a testament to the bygone period of the institution, as very well as to relics of San Francisco landmarks of yesteryear: the Sutro Baths and Playland at the Beach.”

Law enforcement said they have very clear protection footage of the two individuals, and they have compiled a listing of things that were being stolen or vandalized, including a wooden horse and framed antique pics and posters.

Julian Espinoza, a spokesman for the Golden Gate Nationwide Recreation Area, explained there has been an raise in vandalism and theft through the area through the pandemic, and park officials and law enforcement are doing work to boost protection at the Cliff Property.

The Cliff Property closed in December just after longtime operators Dan and Mary Hountalas, who ran the property due to the fact 1977, unsuccessful to attain a new lease settlement with the historical site’s proprietor, the National Park Services.

But the residence may not stay vacant for very long. The Countrywide Park Provider confirmed on Tuesday that it will promptly make use of the space though it queries for a tenant, and the objective is for the setting up to household a restaurant less than a new identify.

“Protection of the Cliff Household continues to be a main priority through our pandemic operations and we are continuing to examine shorter-phrase options for this community house,” Espinoza mentioned in an e mail assertion Thursday.

Park officers and law enforcement are doing the job with the San Francisco Law enforcement Department’s theft process force and are trying to get the public’s guidance to establish the persons and get well the stolen items.

Any one with info about the circumstance is requested to get hold of Park Police anonymously at 415-561-5150 or 888-361-3332. Suggestions can also be emailed to [email protected].