Construction started at the west portal on July 8, 1912.
Forms on the west portal suggest an origin in the mid 11th century.
The west portal is decorated with shell motifs and a rose window.
A heavy square tower finished in 1499 surmounts the west portal.
West Portal was a diverse middle-class neighborhood out of the center of the city.
The west portal is located just before the Hyde Street overpass.
The rose window at the centre of the upper story of the west portal was also innovative and influential.
Its west portal, or opening, is under I-5, east of Airport Way.
West Portal is located at the southern edge of the hills in central San Francisco.
They left an inscription in Serbian lettering on the tympanum of the west portal.