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San Francisco - A City Guide Introduction Major areas of nightlife in San The City and County of San Francisco is Francisco are North Beach, the Mission the fourth-largest city in thestate of District, the Marina, the California, in the United States. A Castro, and South of Market. San consolidated city-county,mainland San Francisco also boasts of legendary Francisco is located on the tip of the popmusic venues such as The Fillmore and San Francisco The Warfield. Peninsula. Insular San Francisco Universities includes several islands in the San San Francisco Unified School District Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate and the Archdiocese of San Strait, notably Alcatraz, Treasure Francisco's dozens of Catholic Island, and the Farallon Islands 27 elementary and high schools serve miles offshore in the Pacific Oceanand thecity. Despite its limited also most of the privately owned Red geographical space, San Francisco is Rock Island near the home toa multitude of Universities and Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Colleges. Public universities include: History • University of California, San San Francisco has a long history of Francisco, primarilya graduate level events marking its growth from asmall health-sciences school, located north of town to a big city Forest Hill • In 1776, the Spanish were the • San Francisco State University first Europeans tosettle in San located in thesouthwest corner of the Francisco city near Lake Merced • In 1848, with the advent of the • University of California, California goldrush the city entered a Hastings College of the period of rapid growth Law located downtown at its Civic Center • In 1822, serious development by • City College of San Francisco, non-Spanishspeakers began, when William one of the largestcommunity colleges in Richardson, an English whaler the country is located in the Ingleside, redevelopeda section of Yerba Buena in withseveral extension campuses. what is now Portsmouth Square in • Private universities: Chinatown. • The Jesuit-run University of San • In 1846, the Mexican-American War Francisco, one ofthe first universities broke out. established west of the Mississippi, • On January 30, 1847, a naval located inthe center of the city force under Commodore • Golden Gate University, a John D. Sloat claimed it in the name of business and law schoollocated downtown the United States and renamedit "San • California Culinary Academy Le Francisco" Cordon Bleu programlocated in the • On April 18, 1906, a devastating Tenderloin earthquakeresulted from the rupture of • Academy of Art University over 270 miles of the San Andreas • San Francisco School of Digital Fault,from San Juan Bautista to Eureka, Filmmaking centered immediately offshore of San • Alliant International University. Francisco. Sports • The city was quickly rebuilt San Francisco is the home of many major after the earthquake. league teams like • The phoenix on the city's flag • The San Francisco 49ers National represents San Football Leagueteam, who play at Monster Francisco's "rebirth" from the ashes of Park the fire that resulted from thequake. • The San Francisco Giants Major • In the 1950s San Francisco hired League Baseballteam, who play at SBC Harvard graduate Park Justin Herman to head the redevelopment • MLB 's Oakland Athletics agency for the city and county. • NFL's Oakland Raiders • Justin Herman began an aggressive • The National Basketball campaign to renewblighted areas of the Association's Golden State city. Warriors play across the bay in Oakland • His planning led to the creation • The regional National Hockey of Embarcadero League team, the San Center, the Embarcadero Freeway, Japan Jose Sharks play in San Jose town, the Geary Street superblocks, and The Warriors and Sharks were once based Yerba Buena Gardens. just south of San Francisco, atthe Cow Place of interest Palace, located several yards south of San Francisco's parks, museums, tours, San Francisco, in Daly and landmarks are favorites fortravelers City. The city is also home to some the world over and offer an array of famous golf courses, including the activities to suit everyvisitor. But no Harding Park Golf Course and the courses particular activity or place makes the of the Olympic Club. city one of themost popular destinations Hotels & Accommodation in the world. It's San Francisco itself Luxury Hotels --its charm, its atmosphere, its perfect San Francisco has elegant and grand blend of big metropolis withsmall-town hotels in its possession. Westin hospitality. Some of its main St. Francis, Westin Saint Francis, attractions are: Palace Hotel, Argent Hotel, Mark • Alcatraz Island Hopkins Intercontinental, Hilton, • Cable Cars Fairmont, W San Francisco, Pan • California Academy of Sciences Pacific, Park Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, • Coit Tower Renaissance Parc 55, Ritz • Ferry Building Marketplace (and Carlton - are some of these big names. Farmers' Market) All famous luxury hotels like Hilton, • Fisherman's Wharf Hyatt, Palace Hotel, etc. havetheir • Ghiradelli Square branch in Fisherman Wharf. • Golden Gate Bridge Budget Hotels • Lombard Street If the visit to San Francisco is in a • Pier 39 particularly busy season andbooking in • The Cannery prominent hotels are over, here's a list • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts / of moderate to veryinexpensive Yerba Buena alternatives - Alisa Hotel, Edward II Gardens Inn & Suites, Museums & Art Galleries Hotel Beresford Arms, King George Hotel, Notable San Francisco Museums include The Marina Inn, The San Remo • The Museum of Modern Art Hotel. (SFMOMA), Tours and Sightseeing • The Palace of the Legion of San Francisco has different type of Honor, organized tours they differ in • The M. H. de Young Memorial thecontents as well as the transport Museum, system. Tours are available by Bus, • The Asian Art Museum. Boat, Other museums include BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) or on • The International Museum of foot. The San Francisco Women, Visitor Information Center, at Powell • The Museum of the African and Market streets, distributesfree Diaspora, route maps. Blue & Gold Fleet and • The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Red & White • The Museum of Craft & Folk Fleet aretwo boattours available. And Art, Gray • The Mexican Museum. Line Bus tour is the San In terms of performing arts, San Francisco'slargest bustour operator. The Francisco boasts self-guided Private • The San Francisco Symphony, SUV tour, 49-miledrive is one easy way • The San Francisco Opera to grasp the beauty of San Francisco and • The San Francisco Ballet. itsextraordinary location. Beginning in San Francisco's Ballet and Opera are the city, it follows a roughcircle some of the oldest continuingperforming around the bay and passes virtually all arts companies in the United States. the best-known sights,from Chinatownto Shopping the Golden Gate Bridge, Ocean Beach, Like its population, San Francisco's Seal Rocks, shopping is both worldly andintimate. Golden Gate Park, and Twin Peaks. Every persuasion, style, era, and fetish Transport is represented, notin big, tacky San Francisco has the most extensive shopping malls, but in hundreds of public transit system on the West quaint, dramaticallydifferent boutiques Coast and one of the most diverse in the scattered throughout the city. San country. Muni is thecity-owned public Francisco hasmany shopping areas, but transit system, which operates the Muni the following places are where one will Metro lightrail system. BART (Bay Area findmost of the actions: Rapid Transit) is the regional • Union Square & Environs transitsystem, which connects San • Chinatown Francisco with the East Bay, through • Union Street anunderwater tunnel, and Northern San • Chestnut Street Mateo County, Californiacommunities and • Fillmore Street San Francisco International Airport on • Haight Street the San • SoMa Francisco Peninsula. In addition, a • Hayes Valley frequent commuter rail service, Food & Drink Caltrain, operates between San San Francisco's restaurants are so Francisco, San Jose, California and renowned that many people visit thecity Gilroy, California. just to eat -- and with good reason. The San Francisco International Airport city's brilliant chefs,combined with (SFO) is located 12.9 km (8 miles)south California's abundance of organic of the city in San Mateo County on a produce, seafood,free-range meats, and landfill extension into the Northern California wine, guarantee some San Francisco Bay. It is the only major of theworld's finest dining. San international hub airport in Francisco also has varied nightlife California other than LAX in Los rangingfrom bars to lounges to clubs. Angeles. 1 A B C D 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108