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The Potrero power station was located at a site in Potrero Point originally used by San Francisco Gas Light, a provider of gas for cooking and lighting in the late 19th century. Circa 1890 they constructed a small electrical generator at the site, which was the first power plant for the company that would later become Pacific Gas and Electric.
Manoa Seru Nakausabaria Kamikamica is a Fijian politician and cabinet minister who has served as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers since 24 December 2022. He is also a member of the People's Alliance serving as deputy party leader.
Bounded by Portola Dr., San Pablo and Santa Paula Aves., San Jacinto Way, San Andreas Way, Junipero Serra and Monterey Blvds. 37°44′06″N 122°28′05″W / 37.7349°N 122.4680°W / 37.7349; -122.4680 ( St. Francis Wood Historic
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 ...
San Francisco's Civic Center is one of the nation's most successful examples of the City Beautiful movement. [3] In 1927, the government allocated $2.5 million for the Federal Building's design and construction, although final costs reached a total of $3 million. San Francisco city officials donated a site in 1930.
Forest Hill station is a Muni Metro station near the Forest Hill and Laguna Honda neighborhoods in San Francisco, California.It was originally built in 1916 to 1918 as part of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, and is the oldest subway station west of Philadelphia and east of Istanbul. [3]
Civic Center/UN Plaza station (often Civic Center station) is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit station in the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco. Located under Market Street between 7th Street and 8th Street, it is named for the Civic Center neighborhood and the adjacent United Nations Plaza. The three-level station has ...
The upper floors of the Veterans Building housed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (formerly the San Francisco Museum of Art) from 1935 to 1994. [2] In 1980 the new Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall opened, on a site on Van Ness across the sidestreet from the Opera House, as part of the SFWMPAC complex.