[2][3] In 1932, Finnila's continued business at a new, large bathhouse on San Francisco's Market Street, one block westbound from the previous location.
A study published in 1949, written by Oskari Tokoi, John Suominen and Henry Askeli, described Finnila's as the "most modern & largest steam bath in U.S.".
[3] In 1977, the San Francisco magazine pointed out that Finnila's was "the oldest and most well-known of all Bay Area baths", and "for many years it was the only non-gay bathhouse available".
However, the word spread, and in 1913[3][5] the Finnilas registered their service as a business and began accepting paying customers from the general public.
But, due to popular demand, the Finnila family decided to expand the bathhouse business and to move to a larger space and in more central location.
Every morning c. 6 am, natural gas fires were lit on burners located along the hallways, on the walls, close to the floor level.
Each burner threw a powerful flame into a pipeline, approximately three inch thick by diameter, which led underneath the hot rocks of a sauna.
After hijacking a school bus, the character of "Scorpio" — played by Andy Robinson — drives into East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at the Greenbrae interchange, before crashing into the site of the Hutchinson Company quarry.
[16] Alfred Finnila's works also include the designing of the famous Round House Café diner, which opened in 1938 at the southeastern end of Golden Gate Bridge, adjacent to the tourist plaza which was renovated in 2012.
Round House Café became the all time busiest San Francisco Bay Area restaurant, before it was turned to an unofficial gift shop and a visitor center.
Thereafter, Round House Café served for a long time as a starting point for countless San Francisco Bay Area tours.
In 2012, a renovation work of Round House Café was completed and it was revealed as a suave Art Deco treat - a diner -, as Alfred Finnila had designed it.