The San Francisco skyscraper that housed the offices of Spade
& Archer in Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon is being
restored:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/29/BAGQLGEAL01.D
TL&type=printable
Click on the thumbnail photos to see enlargements.
This building and the apartment building where Hammett and
Spade both lived must be the ultimate Sam Spade
collectables.
Vince Emery
Vince Emery Productions Publisher:
- LOST STORIES by Dashiell Hammett
- DISCOVERING THE MALTESE FALCON AND
SAM SPADE edited by Richard Layman
www.emerybooks.com Box 460279, San Francisco, CA 94146 USA
vince @ emery.com Phone
1.415.337.6000
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