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28-499: Hospitality House is known for encouraging the homeless and poor to take part in art and creative writing. It has published the work of many artists and writers, and holds periodic exhibitions where the artists can sell their work. Hospitality House operates the Community Art Studio, a storefront art gallery and studio, which has been offering free working space and art supplies to all comers since 1969. Hospitality House

56-735: A 10k , and a 5K . With the exceptions of 1988, 1993, and 2020, the marathon has been held annually since 1977. The marathon starts and finishes on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building and crosses the Golden Gate Bridge . It is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon . The first San Francisco Marathon was organized by the Pamakids Runners Club. Athol Barton, a taxicab driver who at

84-498: A t-shirt for his efforts. When Pete Pfitzinger won in 1986, he earned $ 5,000 and a new car. Although many top runners were attracted to the $ 35,000 purse that was offered in 1998 ($ 10,000 for first place, $ 5,000 for second place, $ 2,500 for third place), no prize money was offered from 1999 through 2001. From 2002 to 2004, $ 10,000 was divided among the winners. Prize money has not been offered since 2005, primarily due to lack of large sponsors. The 2020 in-person edition of

112-548: A "city half" and a "bridge half"; the "city half" half-marathon was the course that was short. The current marathon course forms a loop that starts and finishes on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building . The course runs past many notable landmarks in San Francisco including Fisherman's Wharf , Aquatic Park , the Golden Gate Bridge , Golden Gate Park , and Oracle Park . The course briefly enters Marin County at

140-472: A grand palm-lined boulevard was created, squares and plazas were created and/or restored, and Muni 's N Judah and T Third Street and F Market & Wharves lines were extended to run along it, with the N and T lines going south from Market Street to Fourth and King Streets (at Oracle Park and the Caltrain station ) and the F line going north from Market to Fisherman's Wharf . The Muni also relaunched

168-579: Is a beneficiary of numerous fund raising events such as the Up Your Alley Fest. In 2014 the facility attracted international news coverage when a 53-year-old homeless man competed in the San Francisco Marathon to raise funds for Hospitality House. He also raffled off one of his paintings to benefit the charity. He wound up running a half-marathon and raised nearly $ 10,000 for Hospitality House. Outsider artist Jane Winkelman

196-563: Is in need of upgrades in order to ensure its integrity in the event of a major earthquake. As of February 2018 the Port of San Francisco , the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency , and several other departments are partnering to deliver a project to upgrade the seawall and adjoining public spaces. The project is expected to cost at least $ 2 billion, and the city successfully passed

224-582: The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District . The Delta Queen docked at Pier 1½, ferrying people between San Francisco and Sacramento . There was once a pedestrian footbridge that connected Market Street directly with the Ferry building and a subterranean roadway to move cars below the plaza. During World War II , San Francisco's waterfront became a military logistics center; troops, equipment and supplies left

252-528: The Embarcadero Freeway being built in the 1950s. This improved automobile access to the Bay Bridge , but detracted aesthetically from the city. For 30 years, the freeway divided the waterfront and the Ferry Building from downtown. It was torn down in 1991, after being severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . After the freeway had been cleared, massive redevelopment began as

280-791: The Hyatt Regency San Francisco , located between the Ferry Building and the foot of Market Street. Until 2001, there was a viewing deck on top of the Embarcadero Center. During the winter holidays, the edges of all four buildings are illuminated, the effect resembling the outlines of four giant books on a shelf. At the eastern end of Market Street is Embarcadero Plaza, opened in 1972 and originally named Justin Herman Plaza, for M. Justin Herman , head of

308-628: The National Trust for Historic Preservation , "contributed to a remarkable urban waterfront renaissance", with the Embarcadero Historic District serving as a "major economic engine for the Bay Area". San Francisco's shoreline historically ran south and inland from Clark's Point below Telegraph Hill to present-day Montgomery Street and eastward toward Rincon Point, enclosing an inlet named Yerba Buena Cove . As

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336-590: The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency from 1959 to 1971. Right along the Embarcadero Center is the Embarcadero YMCA, the city's flagship branch of a group of a dozen locales. The center features the unique Youth Chance High School , an alternative high school that is a magnet for troubled students from throughout the Bay Area. The Embarcadero seawall is over a century old, originally constructed between 1878 and 1916, and

364-541: The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . The Embarcadero continues north past the Ferry Building at Market Street , Pier 39 , and Fisherman's Wharf , before ending at Pier 45 . A section of The Embarcadero which ran between Folsom Street and Drumm Street was formerly known as East Street. For three decades, until it was torn down in 1991, the Embarcadero Freeway dominated the area. The subsequent redevelopment and restoration efforts have, according to

392-518: The 1920s. During the early-20th century when the seaport was at its busiest and before the construction of the Bay Bridge , Pier 1 , Pier 1½ , Pier 3 and Pier 5 were dedicated chiefly to inland trade and transport. These connections facilitated the growth of communities in the Sacramento- and San Joaquin Valleys and fostered California's agricultural business. Today, these piers comprise

420-554: The 2019 win by Zarina is legally listed as an Authorised Neutral Athlete because of policies related to Doping in Russia . The Embarcadero (San Francisco) The Embarcadero ( Spanish for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco , California . It was constructed on reclaimed land along a three mile long engineered seawall , from which piers extend into

448-684: The Port in support of the Pacific theater. Almost every pier and wharf was involved in military activities, with troop ships and naval vessels tied up all along the Embarcadero. However, after the completion of the Bay Bridge and the rapid decline of ferries and the Ferry Building, the neighborhood fell into decline. The transition to container shipping , which moved most shipping to Oakland , led to further decline. Automobile transit efforts led to

476-525: The bay. It derives its name from the Spanish verb embarcar , meaning "to embark"; embarcadero itself means "the place to embark." The Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 2002. The Embarcadero right-of-way begins at the intersection of Second and King Streets near Oracle Park , and travels north, passing under

504-420: The city grew, the cove was filled. Over fifty years a large offshore seawall was built and the mudflats filled, creating what today is San Francisco's Financial District . The San Francisco Belt Railroad , a short line railroad for freight, ran along The Embarcadero; its former enginehouse has been preserved. The roadway follows the seawall , a boundary first established in the 1860s and not completed until

532-611: The northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. The marathon course has undergone a number of changes since its inception. In the late 1980s, the start was moved from Marin County to San Francisco. In 1999, race organizers made a number of changes to make the course faster. That year the course was altered to start and end near the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park and the run across the Golden Gate Bridge

560-511: The race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, or transferring their entry to 2021 for a US$ 39 fee. The 2021 race was held on September 18-19th, 2021. In 2024, participants of the half-marathon found out two days after the race that the course had only been 12.6 miles instead of 13.1, due to a miscalculation by race organizers. There are two half marathon races offered,

588-550: The roadbed of the bridge, shutting down automobile traffic for two lanes. There are two half-marathon races offered, a "Bridge Half", which ends near the Golden Gate Bridge, and a "City Half", which begins in Golden Gate Park. In 2002, the San Francisco Marathon was the fictionalized backdrop for an episode of Monk entitled "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man." NOTE: Due to World Athletics policies,

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616-477: The seawall. Embarcadero Station , a BART and Muni Metro subway station, is located at the foot of Market Street, one block from The Embarcadero. While not in the original transit system plans, it has become the most highly trafficked BART station. As it is an infill station , the design is unique among the Market Street subway . Embarcadero Center consists of four 30 to 45 story buildings and

644-583: The time lived in Reno, Nevada won the inaugural on July 10, 1977 in a time of 2:24:59. Athol was born in Aotearoa, New Zealand and was of NZ Maori and Scottish descent. Fewer than 900 ran this inaugural race. The event's all-time record for marathon finishers came in 1983 with 7,231. An estimated 7,800 runners participated in the various events in 2004 and 11,290 in 2005. This number had increased to approximately 19,000 in 2008 and 21,000 in 2009 The 2009 event

672-769: The ‘E’ line which was historically a seasonal service connecting Fishermans' Wharf to the Caltrain Depot, the line now operates weekends between Jefferson and Jones adjacent Fisherman's Wharf and Fourth and King streets near the Caltrain terminus. The sidewalk along the waterfront between China Basin and Fisherman's Wharf was named "Herb Caen Way..." after the death of celebrated local columnist Herb Caen in 1997. The three dots, or ellipsis , deliberately are included in honor of columnist Herb Caen's Pulitzer Prize winning writing style. A large public sculpture, Cupid's Span , by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen ,

700-482: Was eliminated. Previous routes have taken the marathon along the Great Highway . In 2002, the start/finish at Golden Gate Park was moved to the Embarcadero with a run across the Golden Gate Bridge. The first half marathon originally crossed the Golden Gate Bridge along the full marathon, but was eliminated in 2018 due to security and safety concerns. Previously, the full marathon and first half marathon ran on

728-469: Was hosted by ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes and Runner's World columnist Bart Yasso . In 2005, 356 of the 4,873 finishers qualified for Boston. Of the 4,021 finishers in 2006, 277 qualified. 2010's race produced 462 qualifiers, 468 runners qualified in 2011, 377 qualified in 2012, and 2016's race produced 296 qualifiers. 2018's race produced 324 Boston Marathon qualifiers. The purse has also varied from year to year. In 1977, Barton took home

756-620: Was installed in 2002 along the Rincon Park area. Resembling Cupid 's bow and arrow with the arrow implanted in the ground, the artists stated that the statue was inspired by San Francisco's reputation as the home port of Eros, hence the stereotypical bow and arrow of Cupid. In 2016, the Embarcadero was named on the list of "11 Most Endangered Historic Places" in the US by the National Trust for Historic Preservation , citing "the dual natural threats of sea-level rise and seismic vulnerability" to

784-407: Was originally introduced to painting at Hospitality House. 37°46′59″N 122°24′50″W  /  37.78303°N 122.41378°W  / 37.78303; -122.41378 San Francisco Marathon The San Francisco Marathon is an annual USATF -certified road running event held in San Francisco, California , that includes a full marathon , two half marathons , an ultramarathon ,

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