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  2. Union Square, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    Union Square is a 2.6-acre (1.1-hectare) public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post, and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district surrounding the plaza for several blocks. The area got its name because it was once used for Thomas Starr King rallies ...

  3. Dewey Monument - Wikipedia

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    The monument (2015) The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets. The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey and commemorates his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the ...

  4. Union Square/Market Street station - Wikipedia

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    Union Square/Market Street station is an underground Muni Metro light rail station located adjacent to the southeast corner of Union Square in San Francisco, California. It opened on November 19, 2022, as part of the Central Subway project. It is the penultimate northbound station on the T Third Street, since T service moved to the Central ...

  5. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In New York, more than 1,600 oil lamps were in use as city street lights in 1809. [1] The city had started using spermaceti oil, which burned more brightly than candles, in its street lamps from as early as 1792. [1] Philadelphia was close behind during this period, with 1,100 street lamps. [1]

  6. City Lights Bookstore - Wikipedia

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    City Lights was the inspiration of Peter D. Martin, who relocated from New York City to San Francisco in the 1940s to teach sociology.He first used City Lights, in homage to the Chaplin film, in 1952 as the title of a magazine, publishing early work by such key Bay Area writers as Philip Lamantia, Pauline Kael, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, and Ferlinghetti himself, as "Lawrence Ferling".

  7. Stockton Street Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Stockton Street Tunnel is a tunnel in San Francisco, California, which carries its namesake street underneath a section of Nob Hill near Chinatown for about three blocks. It was opened in 1914. The south portal is located just shy of Bush Street, which is about two blocks to the north of Union Square. The north portal is located just to the ...

  8. List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Fresco by Diego Riviera in the Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute 295 San Francisco Eagle Bar: 396–398 12th Street October 29, 2021 296 Casa Sanchez Building: 2778 24th Street February 11, 2022 297 Crocker National Bank Building: 1–25 Montgomery Street March 14, 2022 298 "Allegory of California" fresco 155 Sansome Street ...

  9. Central Subway (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

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    The Central Subway is a Muni Metro light rail tunnel in San Francisco, California, United States. It runs between Chinatown station in Chinatown and a portal in South of Market (SoMa), with intermediate stops at Union Square/Market Street station in Union Square and Yerba Buena/Moscone station in SoMa. A surface portion runs through SoMa to ...