Phoenix Hotel, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel

The landmark Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., is known as the renowned "rock 'n roll hotel." Located at the edge of the hardscrabble Tenderloin neighborhood, the Phoenix is within walking distance of the city's hottest nightclubs and the Civic Center's opera house, symphony hall, civic auditorium, main library and Asian Art Museum. The Phoenix is close to the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which religious scholars claim is where the standards for effective inner-urban......