Oddities in San Francisco

This is Ron Henggeler’s Tower at 915 Fulton Street in San Francisco.  Ron is a collector, he started building this 45 foot tower after the Loma Prieta Earthquake.  He wandered down to where they were tearing up the Fell Street Freeway exit and scavenged the rebar, the tower grew from there.  Ron may seem like a nut, and in fact he is a major scavenger, but he is also an amazing artist, and quite the historian.  He is a very good photographer, and I have seen his scavenged items turned into some pretty neat things.  He is a waiter at the Big Four restaurant on the top of Nob Hill.  He has always been a waiter and has collected the one gallon maraschino cherry and olive jars from bartenders, to store his vast collection of stuff.   This Queen Anne is five stories tall and Ron lives on the top floor with his collection, there are 11 artists in the building and they have all shared this space for over 35 years.  With that many years together, I assume they are used to his quirky habits by now.