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74-778: China Basin can refer to: China Basin, San Francisco , a neighborhood in San Francisco China Basin Bridge , another name for the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, a drawbridge which connects the China Basin and Mission Bay neighborhoods of San Francisco China Basin fire , a five-alarm fire that occurred on March 11, 2014, in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco China Basin Landing , an office complex in

148-652: A hit that year. The Monterey Pop Festival in June further cemented the status of psychedelic music as a part of mainstream culture and elevated local Haight bands such as the Grateful Dead , Big Brother and the Holding Company , and Jefferson Airplane to national stardom. A July 7, 1967, Time magazine cover story on "The Hippies: Philosophy of a Subculture," an August CBS News television report on "The Hippie Temptation" and other major media interest in

222-537: A capitalistic society; they felt that by eliminating the need for money, people would be free to examine their own personal values, which would provoke people to change the way they lived to better suit their character, and thus lead a happier life. During the 1967 Summer of Love , psychedelic rock music was entering the mainstream, receiving more and more commercial radio airplay. The Scott McKenzie song " San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) ," became

296-675: A fireproof multi-story walk-to-work residential area and is considered to be part of Nob Hill. Lower Nob Hill is also home to the first high-rise condominium in California. A region of the neighborhood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Lower Nob Hill Apartment Hotel District . The successful nomination was written by architectural historian Anne Buenger Bloomfield in 1991. Merced Heights, also known as Lakeview,

370-544: A hand in the planning of the neighborhood and nearby Golden Gate Park at its inception. The name "Upper Haight" is also used by locals in contrast to the Haight-Fillmore or Lower Haight . The Beats had congregated around San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood from the late 1950s. Many who could not find accommodation there turned to the quaint, relatively cheap and underpopulated Haight-Ashbury. Haight-Ashbury would later become notable for its role as one of

444-782: A historic building previously named the Jack Tar Hotel , was closed on October 30, 2009, and was demolished in 2014 to make room for an expansion of the California Pacific Medical Center . China Basin is a neighborhood built on landfill along the San Francisco Bay . It lies north of Mission Creek and the Mission Bay neighborhood, and includes Oracle Park , home of the San Francisco Giants , numerous restaurants, and

518-532: A single housing development in the late 1950s. Clarendon Avenue where it joins Twin Peaks Boulevard borders the neighborhood on the north and west. Panorama Drive winds through the neighborhood. Portola Drive borders the neighborhood's southern edge. Sutro Tower is on the northern side of Midtown Terrace, and the winding portion of Twin Peaks Boulevard that takes viewers to the Twin Peaks lookout forms

592-584: A spot to purchase marijuana and LSD , which was essential to hippie life in Haight-Ashbury. Along with businesses like the coffee shop The Blue Unicorn, the Psychedelic Shop quickly became one of the unofficial community centers for the growing numbers of hippies migrating to the neighborhood in 1966–67. The entire hippie community had easy access to drugs, which was perceived as a community unifier. Another well-known neighborhood presence

666-504: Is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the city, west of the Ingleside and Oceanview neighborhoods. It is bordered to the south by Brotherhood Way, to the west by Junipero Serra Boulevard , to the north by Holloway Avenue, and to the east by Orizaba Avenue. The Oceanview Library is located on Randolph Street at Ramsell Street, and there are two public parks on Shields Street. Brooks Park is at Arch Street, and Merced Heights Playground

740-725: Is a neighborhood to the south of the Presidio and the Presidio Heights neighborhood, the east of the Richmond District , and the west of the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood. It is bordered by Geary Boulevard or the University of San Francisco campus to the south, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the north and Presidio Avenue to the east. The Laurel Village shopping center

814-555: Is a small neighborhood between Forest Hill and Mount Davidson . Laguna Honda Hospital and the Muni Metro Forest Hill Station are both located at the neighborhood's northeast corner near the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Dewey Boulevard. Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts high school, (SOTA) is in the southeast corner of the neighborhood on Portola Drive. The Lake Street neighborhood

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888-707: Is an affluent and quiet neighborhood with a mixture of Victorians , apartment buildings, and detached houses. In part due to its elevation, Dolores Heights does not have a visible homeless population as much as the Castro and the Mission District . Benefiting from Twin Peaks blocking the strong winds and fog found almost year-round in San Francisco, Dolores Heights remains relatively warm, sunny, and fog-free. The neighborhood known as "Eureka Heights" refers to

962-547: Is at Byxbee Street. There is also a "mini-park" at Randolph and Bright. At an elevation of 500 feet (150 m), the Shields Orizaba Rocky Outcrop is the highest point in Merced Heights. Merced Manor is a neighborhood in southwestern San Francisco, between Stern Grove and Lake Merced . It is bordered by 19th Avenue ( State Route 1 ) to the east, Sloat Boulevard to the north, 26th Avenue to

1036-744: Is bounded by the Presidio of San Francisco to the north (including Mountain Lake Park and the Presidio Golf Course), Presidio Heights to the east (Arguello Boulevard), the Inner Richmond to the south (California Street), and Sea Cliff to the west (27th Avenue). It offers large and traditional San Franciscan homes including many grand Edwardians, Victorians, and Queen Annes. The Lake Street neighborhood provides ease of access to commercial strips on Geary, Clement and California streets in

1110-513: Is capped by a rocky outcropping providing views of the ocean and all directions. Ingleside Terraces is an affluent neighborhood of approximately 750 homes built at the former location of the Ingleside Racetrack in the southwestern part of San Francisco. It is adjacent to the Ingleside neighborhood, and is bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the east, Holloway Avenue to the south and Junipero Serra Boulevard to

1184-451: Is closely tied to Potrero Hill. Dogpatch has its own neighborhood association but shares a merchant association, Democratic caucuses, and general neighborhood matters with Potrero Hill. Dolores Heights is a hilly neighborhood named after the eponymous hill within the neighborhood. It borders the Castro to the north, Dolores Park to the east, Noe Valley to the south, and Upper Market to

1258-586: Is considerable fluidity seen in the sources. 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. Some of San Francisco's neighborhoods are also officially designated as " cultural districts ". Alamo Square is a subset of the Western Addition neighborhood. Its boundaries are not well-defined, but are generally considered to be Webster Street on

1332-426: Is in the central part of San Francisco, to the north of Twin Peaks and east of Mount Sutro . It stretches down to Corbett Avenue or Market Street , and Clarendon Avenue borders the north and west side. Cole Valley is a small neighborhood tucked into a u-shaped valley. Frederick Street is the northern boundary, Stanyan Street on the west, Clayton Street on the east, and the foothill (Belgrave Street) of Twin Peaks on

1406-526: Is its general center. The neighborhood features the historic Catholic church, St. Anne of the Sunset, which was the original Catholic parish for the Sunset District and has stood at 14th and Judah for more than 100 years. The Inner Sunset is west of Stanyan Street, south of Golden Gate Park , and north of Kirkham Street (the northern border for Golden Gate Heights) but may encompass some parts south all

1480-409: Is located on California between Laurel and Spruce, the California Pacific Medical Center is on California between Arguello and Maple, and a UCSF campus is located in the northeastern corner of the neighborhood. Little Hollywood is a small neighborhood in the southeastern edge of San Francisco. It is centered around Blanken Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and U.S. Route 101 . Little Hollywood Park

1554-758: Is located on Lathrop Avenue, and the Bayshore Caltrain station is just south of the neighborhood, on Tunnel Avenue. Little Russia is a concentration of Russian-speaking immigrants along Geary Boulevard between the Russian Cathedral of the Holy Virgin at 27th Avenue and the Russian Renaissance restaurant at 17th Avenue, in the Richmond District, both established in the 1920s. The term is in local unofficial use. It

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1628-486: Is now). The main shopping thoroughfare is Union Street, known for its restaurants, boutique shopping, health spas, and wellness centers. The Design District is located in the low-lying area between Townsend Street and 16th Street, west of Mission Bay. It is a mixed industrial-office-retail area, with a concentration of showrooms and upscale shops, as well as the San Francisco campus of the California College of

1702-544: Is the heart of San Francisco's 80,000 Russian-Americans. The neighborhood was established in the 1920s, with subsequent arrivals in the 1940s, 1950s (from China and the Philippines) and the "Third Wave" in the 1970s and 1980s. Additional limited immigration took place after the breakup of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and 2000s. Lower Pacific Heights is located between Pine Street on the north and Geary Boulevard on

1776-581: The Caltrain railroad station. It borders on the South-of-Market (SOMA) neighborhood to the northwest and the South Beach neighborhood to the north. The term China Basin also refers to the body of water from which the neighborhood takes its name. This inlet where Mission Creek flows into the bay, home to a number of houseboats, was once an active industrial waterfront , though in recent decades

1850-617: The Corona Heights hill and park , south of Buena Vista Park and west of the Duboce Triangle . The Randall Museum is located at the end of Museum Way, in Corona Heights Park. It is roughly bordered by Museum Way to the north, Castro to the east, Clayton to the west, and Market to the south. Corona Heights is officially designated as part of District 5 (Central), subdistrict G, also known as neighborhood 5g, by

1924-494: The 1890s and early 20th century later reinvented the Haight-Ashbury as a residential upper middle class homeowners' district. It was one of the few neighborhoods spared from the fires that followed the catastrophic San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The Haight was hit hard by the Depression , as was much of the city. Residents with enough money to spare left the declining and crowded neighborhood for greener pastures within

1998-469: The 1950s, a freeway was proposed that would have run through the Panhandle, but due to a citizen freeway revolt , it was cancelled in a series of battles that lasted until 1966. The Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) was formed at the time of the 1959 revolt. The Haight-Ashbury's elaborately detailed, 19th century, multi-story, wooden houses became a haven for hippies during the 1960s, due to

2072-487: The Arts . The "Dogpatch" is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California , roughly half industrial and half residential. It was initially a working-class neighborhood, but has experienced rapid gentrification since the 1990s. Now it boasts similar demographics to its western neighbor Potrero Hill – an upper middle-class working professional neighborhood. Dogpatch was originally part of Potrero Nuevo and its history

2146-687: The City recognized Inner Balboa Street Neighborhood Commercial District . West of Park-Presidio Boulevard and bordering Golden Gate Park 's northeast corner, Balboa Hollow is the gateway to the main park attractions, including the de Young Museum , California Academy of Science , Conservatory of Flowers , Music Concourse , and the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Balboa Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in southwestern San Francisco bounded by Junipero Serra Boulevard , Monterey Boulevard, Aptos Avenue and Ocean Avenue along

2220-610: The Mission Bay area of San Francisco, California China Basin Stakes , ungraded stakes race for three-year-olds and up, run at Golden Gate Fields Category:Drainage basins of China Juyan Lake Basin Nanyang Basin Qaidam Basin Sichuan Basin Tarim Basin Junggar Basin Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

2294-578: The Quesada Gardens Initiative (the Quesada Garden, Bridgeview Garden, and Latona Garden). The Bayview is known for its friendly and diverse residents, warm weather and inviting vistas, community gardens, independent businesses, artists' community, and rich history as an African American and working-class neighborhood. During the 1950s it was largely an Italian , Maltese and French Basque neighborhood, centered on St. Paul of

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2368-656: The Richmond, points north and south via Route 1, the Golden Gate Bridge, biking and hiking trails in the Presidio and Lincoln Park, and the Legion of Honor Museum. Its name is derived from its proximity to Mountain Lake, one of the few remaining natural lakes in San Francisco, and Lake Street, the neighborhood's northernmost east–west artery. Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza ended his second northward expedition at

2442-576: The San Francisco Association of Realtors. The community is in close proximity to The Castro neighborhood. Cow Hollow is a generally affluent neighborhood located between Russian Hill and the Presidio and bordering the Marina District on one side and Pacific Heights on the other. The land was used for cow grazing (as its name would imply) and a settlement for fishermen (the coastline was much closer to this area than it

2516-719: The San Francisco Bay Railroad, a Class 3 short-line carrier. Old Butchertown was along the shores of Mission Creek on Mission Bay; this bay subsequently became the land-filled Mission Bay neighborhood . Cathedral Hill is a small area in the Western Addition neighborhood surrounding Saint Mary's Cathedral on Geary Boulevard near Gough Street. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory are located in Cathedral Hill. The Cathedral Hill Hotel,

2590-547: The San Francisco Bay or Pacific Ocean. Golden Gate Heights is a hilly neighborhood south of the Inner Sunset and northwest of Forest Hill . It is roughly bordered by Kirkham Street to the north, Rivera Street to the south, 8th Avenue to the east and 17th Avenue to the west. Grand View Park is a park on a hill on the northern side of the neighborhood; Golden Gate Heights Park and Hawk Hill Park are on hills on

2664-731: The Shipwreck Church and the Maltese American Social Club, both on Oakdale Avenue. The Bayview district was known as "Butcher Town" because of the slaughterhouse on Third Street. The area is served by the T-Third light rail line , and is home to the Bayview Opera House and City College Evans and Southeast Campus. The area is undergoing rapid development as the City tries to meet the demands of population growth and corporate investors have revalued

2738-564: The Transamerica Pyramid. Jordan Park is a small neighborhood in the northern portion of San Francisco as part of the Western Addition of the city, bordered by Arguello Boulevard to the west, Geary Boulevard to the south, California Street to the north and Parker Avenue to the east. It is oftentimes mistaken as being part of the Laurel Heights or Richmond District neighborhoods. Laguna Honda (or Forest Hill Extension)

2812-624: The US state of California , has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central district. These five broad districts, counterclockwise are: Central/downtown, Richmond, Sunset, Upper Market and beyond (south central) and Bernal Heights/Bayview and beyond (southeast). Within each of these five districts are located major neighborhoods, and again there

2886-425: The availability of cheap rooms and vacant properties for rent or sale in the district; property values had dropped in part because of the proposed freeway. The alternative culture that subsequently flourished there took root, and to some extent, has remained to this day. The mainstream media's coverage of hippie life in the Haight-Ashbury drew the attention of youth from all over America. Hunter S. Thompson labeled

2960-533: The bars we accepted, and now we are no longer hippies and never were. After 1968, the area went into decline due to hard drug use and a lack of policing, but was improved and renewed in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, the Haight became an epicenter for the San Francisco comedy scene when a small coffee house near Haight Street, in Cole Valley , called The Other Café , 100 Carl Street at Cole Street (currently

3034-472: The community. The Summer of Love attracted a wide range of people of various ages: teenagers and college students drawn by their peers and the allure of joining a cultural utopia; middle-class vacationers; and even partying military personnel from bases within driving distance. The Haight-Ashbury could not accommodate this rapid influx of people, and the neighborhood scene quickly deteriorated. Overcrowding, homelessness, hunger, drug problems, and crime afflicted

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3108-434: The dead hippie . Mary Kasper explained the message of the mock funeral as: We wanted to signal that this was the end of it, don't come out. Stay where you are! Bring the revolution to where you live. Don't come here because it's over and done with. Ron Thelin stated that Haight-Ashbury was: Portioned to us by the media-police, and the tourists came to the zoo to see the captive animals, and we growled fiercely behind

3182-602: The district "Hashbury" in The New York Times Magazine , and the activities in the area were reported almost daily. The Haight-Ashbury district was sought out by hippies to constitute a community based upon counterculture ideals, drugs, and music. This neighborhood offered a concentrated gathering spot for hippies to create a social experiment that would soon spread throughout the nation. The first head shop , Ron and Jay Thelin's Psychedelic Shop, opened on Haight Street on January 3, 1966, offering hippies

3256-633: The east end of Golden Gate Park with the geographically central Market Street line and the rest of downtown San Francisco. As the primary gateway to Golden Gate Park, and with an amusement park known as the Chutes on Haight Street between Cole and Clayton Streets between 1895 and 1902 and the California League Baseball Grounds stadium opening in 1887, the area became a popular entertainment destination, especially on weekends. The cable car, land grading and building techniques of

3330-635: The east, Golden Gate Avenue on the north, Divisadero Street on the west, and Oak Street on the south. It is characterized by Victorian architecture that was left largely untouched by the urban renewal projects in other parts of the Western Addition. On a clear day, the Transamerica Pyramid building and the tops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge can be seen from the park's center. San Francisco's City Hall can be seen directly down Fulton Street. A row of Victorian houses facing

3404-547: The east. The Ingleside Library is located on Ocean Avenue at Plymouth, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit Balboa Park Station is at the edge of the neighborhood on Geneva Avenue at I-280 toward San Jose Avenue . The neighborhood is served by three Muni rail lines and several bus lines. The commercial center of the neighborhood runs along Ocean Avenue, which offers a range of shopping and dining institutions. The Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park

3478-595: The growing city limits, or newer, smaller suburban homes in the Bay Area. During World War II , the Edwardian and Victorian houses were divided into apartments to house workers. Others were converted into boarding homes for profit. By the 1950s, the Haight was a neighborhood in decline. Many buildings were left vacant after the war. Deferred maintenance also took its toll, and the exodus of middle class residents to newer suburbs continued to leave many units for rent. In

3552-491: The hill streets above Eureka Valley to the west, bounded by Market Street to the north and west, Douglas Street to the east, and 22nd Street to the south. Kite Hill park falls within the boundary of the Eureka Heights neighborhood and has beautiful views of San Francisco. It's also the geographic "center" of the city. This new neighborhood stretches from Market to Brannan and Main to 3rd Streets, and will be anchored by

3626-440: The hippie subculture exposed the Haight-Ashbury district to enormous national attention and popularized the counterculture movement across the country and around the world. The neighborhood's fame reached its peak as it became the haven for a number of psychedelic rock performers and groups of the time. The members of many bands lived close to the intersection. They not only immortalized the scene in song, but also knew many within

3700-610: The lake, stopping for two days in 1776. While here he located a site for the Spanish presidio that was later built. A plaque was placed in September 1957 near the point where he stayed. Lakeside is a long, narrow neighborhood between 19th Avenue ( Highway1 ) and Junipero Serra Boulevard to the south of Sloat Boulevard. San Francisco State University and the Stonestown Galleria shopping mall are both located opposite

3774-460: The local newspaper. Hunters Point Shipyard, a former Superfund site, and a polluting power plant have been focal points for environmental activists. The neighborhood was highly organized during the Civil rights movement , led by social justice advocates such as Julia Commer, Osceola Washington, Ruth Williams, Rosie Williams, Elouise Westbrook , Essie Webb, Espanola Jackson, Shirley Jones, and Alex Pitcher. Sam Jordan, boxing champion and tavern owner,

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3848-420: The main centers of the hippie movement. The Summer of Love (1967) and much of the counterculture of the 1960s have been synonymous with San Francisco and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood ever since. Before the completion of the Haight Street Cable Railroad in 1883, what is now the Haight-Ashbury was a collection of isolated farms and acres of sand dunes. The Haight cable car line, completed in 1883, connected

3922-475: The neighborhood is white, but there are significant Southern Italian, Latino and African American populations in the area as well. The main shopping area in Bernal Heights is Cortland Avenue, with a variety of storefronts that include a health food store , a community center, a yoga studio, bars, bakeries, and restaurants. Many of the quaint, hilly streets in the neighborhood are so narrow that two cars cannot pass in opposite directions without one car pulling over to

3996-444: The neighborhood now known as Dogpatch . Today's street borders are Cesar Chavez to the north, Interstate 280 to the west, Industrial Street and Oakdale Avenue to the south, and 3rd Street to the east. There are still two meat rendering plants in the neighborhood, and until pollution control measures were taken in 1995 the stench was still quite apparent. Butchertown is also headquarters to San Francisco's only active freight railroad,

4070-431: The neighborhood on 19th Avenue, and the Merced Library is located in the Lakeside on Stonecrest Drive at Winston Drive. The Lakeshore district is bounded by Sloat Blvd, 26th Avenue, Gellert Drive and Lake Merced. Lakeshore is west of Stonestown, south of Parkside, west of Lakeside, and east of the Zoo. Lowell High School and Lakeshore Elementary are located in Lakeshore. Lakeshore Plaza is also located here. Laurel Heights

4144-402: The neighborhood's eastern edge. The Midtown Terrace Recreation Center is on Olympia Way at Clarendon. Views include the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, Mount Davidson and Twin Peaks. Haight-Ashbury The district generally encompasses the neighborhood surrounding Haight Street , bounded by Stanyan Street and Golden Gate Park on the west, Oak Street and the Golden Gate Park Panhandle on

4218-413: The neighborhood. Many people left in the autumn to resume their college studies. On October 6, 1967, in Buena Vista Park, those remaining in the Haight staged a mock funeral, Digger happening , "The Death of the Hippie" ceremony. News of the event was released by Ron Thelin on October 4, 1967, two days after the arrest of members of the Grateful Dead. Men shaved their beards and filled caskets to symbolize

4292-411: The new Transbay Transit Center . This neighborhood is adjacent to Yerba Buena . Forest Knolls is a neighborhood within the Inner Sunset built on the southwestern side of Mount Sutro , near the main UCSF campus. Warren Drive is the southern and western border, Mount Sutro is the northern border and the Midtown Terrace neighborhood is to the east. Homes are mostly fully detached and many have views of

4366-402: The north, Baker Street and Buena Vista Park to the east and Frederick Street and Ashbury Heights and Cole Valley neighborhoods to the south. The street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight , and Munroe Ashbury, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1864 to 1870. Both Haight and his nephew, as well as Ashbury, had

4440-411: The park on Steiner Street, known as the painted ladies , are often shown in the foreground of panoramic pictures of the city's downtown area. Ashbury Heights is a neighborhood on the hill to the south of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. It is at the base of Tank Hill and neighboring Cole Valley . Balboa Hollow is a neighborhood within the Inner Richmond District of San Francisco, centered around

4514-399: The relatively large amount of buildable land. Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Park areas are primary centers of development in the neighborhood. Despite its diversity, residents have a long history of coming together to create change and protect neighborhood assets. The Bayview Footprints Network maintains the neighborhood's longest-running blog, and the San Francisco Bay View is

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4588-414: The shore has been developed with residential condominiums. The portion of the waterway adjacent to the ballpark is often referred to as McCovey Cove , named after Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants . The China Basin Heliport ( IATA code JCC), used by the SFPD Aero Division until the division was disbanded, was located near the waterfront in the neighborhood. The Clarendon Heights neighborhood

4662-467: The side of the road. The Buena Vista neighborhood surrounds Buena Vista Park , south of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Market Street is to the south, and Corona Heights Park and neighborhood is to the east. Butchertown (new) (see Islais Creek ) is an industrial neighborhood in San Francisco that historically housed the city's slaughterhouses. It is one of the few remaining industrial sectors of San Francisco. Originally, Butchertown extended into

4736-416: The south. Sometimes referred to as a subsection of the Haight district, Cole Valley's main street is at Cole and Carl streets, where Cole Hardware, Luke's Local and La Boulangerie cafe anchor the neighborhood, with Tank Hill in the southeast corner with views toward the ocean, Marin and the eastern half of the city. The Corona Heights neighborhood is a small affluent district in San Francisco that surrounds

4810-404: The south. The area borders Japantown to the east, the Western Addition to the south, Pacific Heights to the north and Laurel Heights to the west. Lower Nob Hill is the southern side of Nob Hill , and generally bounded by Geary Street to the south, California Street to the north, Larkin Street to the west, and Powell Street to the east. This area of Nob Hill was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake as

4884-486: The southern edge of the exclusive St. Francis Wood development. The Bayview stretches along Third Street south of Evans Avenue, west of the Hunters Point neighborhood. The neighborhood library was recently renamed the Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library after a new and larger building was constructed at the same location on Third Street and Revere. Within a block or two of the library are three urban gardens and public art projects, developed entirely by residents, known as

4958-423: The southern side of the neighborhood. The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps are a local attraction near Grand View Park . Golden Gate Heights has 14 blocks of stairways and more than 2,500 stairs. [1] The Ingleside neighborhood is located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, near City College . It is bordered by Ocean Avenue to the north, Ashton Avenue to the west, Lakeview Avenue to the south and Interstate 280 to

5032-487: The title China Basin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Basin&oldid=1175855979 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages China Basin, San Francisco San Francisco , in

5106-427: The way to Ortega (at 8th and 9th Avenues). Today, most would place the Inner Sunset's western border at 19th Avenue. However, historically, the Inner Sunset's borders extend out to 20th Avenue where the former Market Street Railway Company's #17 line used to run. Also called Islais Landing, see Butchertown (Old and New) ) A six-block neighborhood, adjacent to the North Beach and Chinatown located immediately north of

5180-412: The west and Eucalyptus Drive to the south. Lowell High School is located on Eucalyptus Drive, and the Merced Manor reservoir is on Sloat between 22nd and 23rd Avenues. The Stonestown Galleria shopping mall and San Francisco State University are both on 19th Avenue to the south of Merced Manor. Midtown Terrace is a neighborhood in central San Francisco, on the western slope of Twin Peaks . Created as

5254-418: The west. Parts of it are so steep that the Muni Metro J Church line has to be routed through Dolores Park and into the Liberty Hill area before rejoining Church Street in Noe Valley at 22nd street. It contains the Liberty Hill Historic District , and the Liberty Street Historic District . Many streets within Dolores Heights are dead-end cul de sacs connected by steep staircases with beautiful views. It

5328-559: The west. The main local event that occurs is the Annual Sundial Park Picnic, in which the local residents host bicycle, chariot, and wagon racing. There is a large sundial located on Entrada Court, surrounded by oval -shaped Urbano Drive, which was once a horse race track. The Inner Sunset is the northeasternmost corner of the Sunset District . The commercial district around 9th Avenue and Irving Street

5402-534: Was the Diggers , a local "community anarchist" group known for its street theater , formed in the mid to late 1960s. One well known member of the group was Peter Coyote . The Diggers believed in a free society and the good in human nature. To express their belief, they established a free store, gave out free meals daily, and built a free medical clinic, which was the first of its kind, all of which relied on volunteers and donations. The Diggers were strongly opposed to

5476-642: Was the first African American to run for Mayor of San Francisco. A small neighborhood near the Financial District, being the historical location of the French Quarter in San Francisco. Bernal Heights is a neighborhood perched on a hill in between the Mission district, Bayview, and the Portola district. The neighborhood is known for its community feeling and progressive vibe. The majority of

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