citylikeyou — Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar — San Francisco by Philip Cronerud

San Francisco / Bar / Attraction

The greatest place in the history of the world.

Website
tongaroom.com

Address
Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, United States

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Current city: San Francisco

Other cities: Amsterdam

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Philip Cronerud is an art director, and publisher from Stockholm, Sweden, who works within technology, art and typography. Philip used to work for agencies like Wieden+Kennedy, Printed Pages / It’s Nice That and later his own type-foundry MEDIUMEXTRABOLD®. The lure of a job offer in the Bay Area convinced him to move and embrace a Californian lifestyle.

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