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October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
The San Francisco waterfront piers played a crucial role in the Pacific theater during World War II. With the outbreak of the war, San Francisco's waterfront became a military logistics center; troops, equipment and supplies left the Port in support of the Pacific theater. Almost every pier and wharf was involved in military activities, with ...
Fresco by Diego Riviera in the Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute SFDL 295 San Francisco Eagle Bar: 396–398 12th Street October 29, 2021 SFDL 296 Casa Sanchez Building: 2778 24th Street February 11, 2022 SFDL 297 Crocker National Bank Building: 1–25 Montgomery Street March 14, 2022 SFDL 298 "Allegory of California" fresco
A 2021 map shows the impact of a tsunami hitting the San Fransisco area - and the devastation it could cause. The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...
Ambassador Hotel, San Francisco. Hotel Cecil (1906), 156–160 Eddy Street; designed by Mexican-born architect Albert Pissis [6] Cadillac Hotel (c. 1908), 366–394 Eddy Street; San Francisco Designated Landmark-listed [6] [7] Saint Boniface Church (1908), 133–175 Golden Gate Avenue; San Francisco Designated Landmark-listed [6]
Aquatic Park Historic District is a National Historic Landmark and building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The district includes a beach, bathhouse, municipal pier, restrooms, concessions stand, stadia, and two speaker towers. [4]
The San Francisco Planning Department officially identifies 36 neighborhoods. Within these 36 official neighborhoods are a large number of minor districts, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping. [citation needed] Some of San Francisco's neighborhoods are also officially designated as "cultural districts". [citation needed]
The Tenderloin has been a downtown residential community since shortly after the California Gold Rush in 1849. However, the name "Tenderloin" does not appear on any maps of San Francisco prior to the 1930s; before then, it was labeled as "Downtown", although it was informally referred to as "the Tenderloin" as early as the 1890s.