By the end of the century, a significant French community was soundly anchored into the fabric of the city of San Francisco. The life of our “Paris by the Bay” was influenced not so much directly by France, as it was from the inside by her own French element. The Poodle Dog restaurant, the City of Paris, the White House, were a few of her most prominent French landmarks. French-owned banks, hotels, wine-stores, hotels and restaurants; French-owned fashion stores, laundries, cafes, and a myriad of other such boutiques were an intrinsic part of San Francisco’s life. Los Angeles and San Jose also counted a strong French element in their populations.