RON HENGGELER

October 29, 2023
Victorian Alliance of San Francisco celebrated its 50th Anniversary at the Far East Cafe in Chinatown 

VASF 50th Anniversary Celebration
FAR EAST CAFÉ – 631 GRANT AVENUE @ CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2023
5:30PM - 9:00PM
The Victorian Alliance turned 50 this year!!! Members celebrated its achievements in architectural preservation and education through 47 house tours, awarding over $500,000 in grants to worthy projects throughout The City.

THE VICTORIAN ALLIANCE OF SAN FRANCISCO
FOUNDED IN 1973
Celebrating 50 years as the City's oldest all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization committed to the restoration and preservation of historic buildings, landscapes, and artifacts through advocacy and education.
Since its founding, the Alliance has raised and awarded $ 400,000 to worthy restoration projects and preservation education.

Grant Avenue in Chinatown

The Far East Cafe

Founded in 1920, the Far East Café is a legacy business. This historic restaurant boasts palace chandeliers, painted wall murals, carved screens and an emperor’s throne, all imported from China over one hundred years ago. It is renowned for its Cantonese cuisine. Members and guests enjoyed an eight course banquet meal with complimentary wine and tea. 

Far East Café

Far East Café

Menu 
• BBQ Meat Platter • Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy (v)
• Hot and Sour Soup (v) • Prawns with Honey Walnuts
• Peking Duck with Buns • Stir Fried Fish with Broccoli
• String Beans with Tofu (v) • Veggie Fried Rice and Steamed Rice (v)
• White/Red Wine and Tea • Anniversary Cake – Fortune Cookies

Far East Café

Menu 
• BBQ Meat Platter • Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy (v)
• Hot and Sour Soup (v) • Prawns with Honey Walnuts
• Peking Duck with Buns • Stir Fried Fish with Broccoli
• String Beans with Tofu (v) • Veggie Fried Rice and Steamed Rice (v)
• White/Red Wine and Tea • Anniversary Cake – Fortune Cookies

Far East Café

Menu 
• BBQ Meat Platter • Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy (v)
• Hot and Sour Soup (v) • Prawns with Honey Walnuts
• Peking Duck with Buns • Stir Fried Fish with Broccoli
• String Beans with Tofu (v) • Veggie Fried Rice and Steamed Rice (v)
• White/Red Wine and Tea • Anniversary Cake – Fortune Cookies

Far East Café

Menu 
• BBQ Meat Platter • Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy (v)
• Hot and Sour Soup (v) • Prawns with Honey Walnuts
• Peking Duck with Buns • Stir Fried Fish with Broccoli
• String Beans with Tofu (v) • Veggie Fried Rice and Steamed Rice (v)
• White/Red Wine and Tea • Anniversary Cake – Fortune Cookies

Victorian Alliance of San Francisco

Created in reaction to the wide-scale, government imposed demolition of whole neighborhoods originally built before 1910, The VASF remains The City's oldest all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization committed to the restoration and preservation of historically significant structures. Our passion lies in the world-renowned residential buildings for which our great city is famous: the Victorians.
Our interests also extend beyond our city's borders and through the ages to foster and promote the value of all historically significant structures, landscapes, and artifacts that enrich communities far and wide.
Since our founding in 1973 by concerned citizens, we have continuously met as a membership, shared our hands-on restoration knowledge, lobbied, educated, held fundraisers, toured prominent places, and made grants to a wide variety of preservation and restoration projects. We actively support the preservation efforts of individual citizens as well as our elected and appointed representatives.

Victorian Alliance of San Francisco

Victorian Alliance is a not-for-profit organization committed to the preservation and restoration of Victorian and other historic structures, particularly within the city of San Francisco.
Its mission is to support the restoration and preservation of historic buildings, landscapes, and artifacts through advocacy and education.

victorianalliance.org

tourvictorians.com

The Victorian Alliance Grant Program

Our support for architectural preservation and restoration includes funding assistance for worthy projects, now totaling nearly $500,000. The resources we provide are distributed through our Grants Program. While often modest, our grants have funded all or part of the repair, restoration, or installation of many easily recognized landmarks throughout San Francisco.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Throughout its history, the Alliance has received commendations for its achievements. In 2009, the Alliance was particularly honored to be one of the recipients of the California Governor's Historic Preservation Awards for the 2008 House Tour benefitting the restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts. The tour raised $43,500 for the project to preserve this iconic survivor of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition.
The award was presented to the Alliance at a ceremony on January 20, 2010 in the magnificently restored Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, which serves as a historic museum as well as the Governor's Protocol Office. The award letter states,
"This prestigious award is the only official presentation award presented by the State of California to worthy recipients in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of historic preservation."
Only twelve recipients were awarded from forty applicants throughout the State. Thank you to everyone who made these achievements possible!

Victorian Alliance of San Francisco