San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
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Financial District, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>,<br />
California<br />
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
The Financial District and the Transamerica Pyramid as seen from Coit Tower.<br />
The Financial District is a neighborhood in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, California that serves as its<br />
main central business district.<br />
Location<br />
The area is marked by the cluster of high-rise towers that lies between Grant Street east<br />
of the Union Square shopping district, Sacramento Street and Columbus Street, south of<br />
Chinatown and North Beach, and the Embarcadero that rings the waterfront. The city's<br />
tallest buildings, including the Bank of America tower and the Transamerica Pyramid, are<br />
located here.<br />
The District is home to the city's largest concentration of corporate headquarters, law<br />
firms, banks, savings & loans and other financial institutions, such as the corporate<br />
headquarters of VISA, Wells Fargo Bank, the Charles Schwab Corporation, Barclays<br />
Global Investors, The Gap, and the Union Bank of California among others. The<br />
headquarters of the Bank of California, the 12th district of the United States Federal<br />
Reserve, and the Pacific Stock Exchange (although no longer located in that building) are<br />
located in the area as well. Montgomery Street ("Wall Street of the West") is the<br />
traditional heart of the district. There are several shopping malls in the area including the