In established outlets bargaining is out of the question. However, in flea markets, garage sales, and some of the funkier ethnic stores, it is is acceptable. Make a counter offer and haggle it down to a mutually satisfactory sum.
Palace of Fine Arts This bit of Neo-Classical fluff was designed by Bernard Maybeck for the Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915. It is patterned on an 18thcentury engraving by Giovanni Piranesi entitled The Isle of the Dead (see p94).
^Earthquake Artifacts A collection of objects that pertain to the 1906 earthquake are on display casa pantelimon here, including porcelain cups and saucers fused by the heat of the fire that destroyed so much of the city.
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