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Portola Drive is the extension of Market Street into the south and western portion of San Francisco; San Jose Avenue, a major commuter road, brings thousands of cars into San Francisco every day (aka the Bernal Cut) Van Ness Avenue acts as US 101 through the heart of San Francisco from the Central Freeway towards the northern section of the ...
Salesforce West, also known by its address 50 Fremont Center, is a 43-story, 183 m (600 ft) high-rise office building completed in 1985 at Fremont and Mission Streets on the boundary of the financial district and SoMa of San Francisco, California. The stepped-back facade design of the building resembles Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design. [5]
The shorter tower, at 512 Mission Street, is planned to climb 605 feet (184 m) and will contain the 169-room Waldorf Astoria San Francisco hotel on the first 21 floors [8] and approximately 154 residential units on the upper 33 floors. [3] [9]
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.
715 Harrison was one of the few venues which did not fall victim to San Francisco's high entertainment-venue turnover rate. At one point, the venue's Club Faith was the only 18+ club targeted towards LGBT+ populations in the Bay Area. [3] According to the venue's management, 715 Harrison has entertained over six million people as of 2020.
St. Francis Wood had a population of 1,229 and a median household income of $179,244 in 2019. [2] Characterized by family homes on spacious lots (by San Francisco standards), St. Francis Wood has no visible businesses and has a correspondingly low profile compared to similar wealthy neighborhoods such as the Marina District and Pacific Heights. St.
The San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market, [143] located on Jerrold Avenue, has been at the center of food distribution in San Francisco since long before moving to its Bayview location in 1963. [144] In June 2020, San Francisco native, Reese Benton, opened the city's first black-owned woman-led cannabis dispensary, Posh Green Retail Store. [145]
Sea Cliff (sometimes spelled Seacliff) is a neighborhood in northwestern San Francisco, California, United States.It is known for its large houses and ocean views. Sea Cliff is one of nine master–planned residence parks in San Francisco; [4] its master plan was developed by landscape architect Mark Daniels. [5]