{"id":8682,"date":"2019-09-23T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T12:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=8682"},"modified":"2023-07-11T17:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:06:30","slug":"the-tony-bennett-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/the-tony-bennett-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tony Bennett statue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/48780899898\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48780899898_b7e89ee171_z.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Bennett statue\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/48780903753\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48780903753_3ac8a18720_m.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Bennett way\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/48781261686\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48781261686_4811e77f56_n.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Bennett statue\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I came across the statue of Tony Bennett just outside the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. It&#8217;s been there since 2016 though I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever gotten around to seeing it until now. The statue is in the front lawn of the hotel on Mason Street &#8212; a block also now known as Tony Bennett Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though many would rightfully associate Tony Bennett with his home in New York City, he debuted the song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r6DUwMnDxEs\">&#8220;I Left My Heart in San Francisco&#8221;<\/a> at the Fairmont Hotel in 1961. The song wasn&#8217;t originally written for Bennett, yet he released the first recording of the song a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following two lines of the song stick out to me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars<br>The morning fog may chill the air, I don&#8217;t care<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decades later those same foggy weather patterns persist, and thanks to an almost insurmountable effort those little cable cars are still climbing halfway to the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I came across the statue of Tony Bennett just outside the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. 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