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San Francisco, California: Hotel Vertigo

The old Empire Hotel, made famous in Hitchcock's 1958 film, was the York Hotel for years, but as Hotel Vertigo the movie connection is front and center.

Hotel Vertigo

Address:
940 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA
Directions:
North side of Sutter St. between Hyde and Leavenworth.
Phone:
415-885-6800
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Hotel Vertigo.

Hotel Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock immortalized San Francisco's Empire Hotel in his 1958 psychological thriller Vertigo. The Nob Hill locale was later renamed the York Hotel, but now makes a more visible tourism connection under its most recent moniker: the Hotel Vertigo.

Check out the entrance canopy and the lobby.

[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/15/2015]

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