The Chancellor Hotel turns one hundred this year, ...

The Chancellor Hotel turns one hundred this year, but I came here for something new: the San Francisco Magic Parlor. It's a small space where you can peer closely to try to reverse-engineer the illusions. The cookies in the lobby smell freshly-baked. The meeting room on the second floor has etched glass in the doors showing the flying boats that used to take off from Treasure Island bound for China.