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Seal of San Francisco, Hall of Justice
The Seal of San Francisco adopted in 1859 features a sailor and a miner flanking a shield that bears a steamer ship entering the Golden Gate. Above the shield a Phoenix foretold of the great fire to come in 1906 and below the shield, the city's motto, 'Gold in Peace, Iron in War.' This particular seal graces the outside of San Francisco's Hall of Justice on Bryant Street. The seven-story, 750,000 square foot building may appear familiar as the office and apartment of Raymond Burr's, 'Ironside' television show (1967 to 1975). On a daily basis the Hall operates two dozen courtrooms and two jails, housing over 800 inmates.
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