San Francisco Chronicle
The "Chronicle" was founded by brothers Charles and M. H. de Young in 1865 as "The Daily Dramatic Chronicle", and inside of 10 years, it had the largest circulation of any newspaper west of the Mississippi River. The paper's first office was in a building at the corner of Bush and Kearney Streets. The brothers then commissioned a building from Burnham and Root at 690 Market Street at the corner of Third and Kearney Streets to be their new headquarters, in what became known as Newspaper Row. The new building, San Francisco's first skyscraper, was completed in 1889. It was damaged in the 1906 earthquake, but it was rebuilt under the direction of William Polk, Burnham's associate in San Francisco. That building, known as the "Old Chronicle Building" or the "DeYoung Building", still stands and was restored in 2007. It is an historic landmark and is the location of the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences.
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
"The San Francisco Examiner Magazine", also known as "Examiner Magazine", had won various awards in the years preceding its absorption by the Chronicle. In 2000, "India: Land of Marx and Maharjahs," by free-lance writer Adam Hochschild was given the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in magazine reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists and a bronze medal from the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Awards for magazine writing on foreign travel. Also in 2000, the magazine was given several awards by the Sunday Magazine Editors Association: Second place in the essay category for "Boy's Life," by Theodore Roszak; third place in the overall design for Examiner Magazine art directors Josephine Rigg and Zahid Sardar; second place in the single spread design category for "Tale of the Tapes," about the Kennedy/Nixon tapes, went to Examiner artist Andrew Skwish; third place in the illustration category for "Boy's Life," Colin Johnson's illustration of Roszack's piece. At the time of these awards, Executive Editor of the Examiner Phil Bronstein said, ""The San Francisco Examiner Magazine" has become one of the top Sunday newspaper magazines in the country, offering our readers well-written and provocative articles accompanied by attractive, witty and sophisticated graphics." In 1999, the Examiner's magazine won several awards as part of the annual Gold Ink Awards: the magazine's fall "Destinations" issues won the Silver Award; the magazine's two spring and fall Home Design issues and a spring "Destinations" issue, edited by John Flinn, each won Pewter awards. The Gold Ink Awards are given for quality of printing. In 1998, the Examiner's magazine won four SunMag awards from the Sunday Magazine Editors Association: first place in Best Use of Illustration to Art Director Josephine Rigg and freelance illustrator Adam McCauley for a Bay to Breakers Race Day Map; third place in Overall Design to Rigg and Associate Art Director Zahid Sardar; Honorable Mention to Examiner Science Writer Keay Davidson for "Weird Science," about the 50th anniversary of the first "UFO sighting"'; Honorable Mention to writer Neal Gabler for a cover story about Walter Winchell and Herb Caen. Alluding the fact that many newspapers were cutting back or eliminating their Sunday magazines, Bronstein said at the time of the 1998 awards, "The Examiner bucked the national trend when we decided to revitalize our Sunday Magazine to provide more for our readers. We're honored to... [be] recognized by our peers from across the nation."