San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia
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North Beach, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, California<br />
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />
Looking south-east Columbus Street (on the left), Stockton (on the right), and Green<br />
Street (not visible). The Transamerica Pyramid in the Financial District is visible in the<br />
background on Columbus Street. Part of Chinatown is visible along Stockton Street. The<br />
array of overhead wires supply power for the electric trolley buses, such as the one on<br />
Stockton Street<br />
North Beach is a <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong>, California neighborhood bounded by the former<br />
Barbary Coast, now Jackson Square, and the Financial District south of Broadway<br />
(except North Beach institutions extend down *Columbus to Washington and<br />
Montgomery where the Black Cat originally was), Chinatown to the southwest of<br />
Columbus below Green, and then Russian Hill to the west, Telegraph Hill to the east and<br />
Fisherman's Wharf at Bay Street to the north.<br />
Originally, the city's northeast shoreline extended only to what is today Taylor and<br />
<strong>Francisco</strong> streets. The area, what is largely known today as North Beach, was an actual<br />
beach. It was later filled and covered over to create the land that is present today.<br />
Typical intersections are Union and Columbus, the southwest corner of Washington<br />
Square, Grant Avenue and Vallejo, location of Caffe Trieste, Mason and <strong>Francisco</strong>,<br />
where there is some shopping and dining.<br />
The neighborhood, particularly on Broadway west of Columbus, is home of the city's redlight<br />
district and a major night club and night life spot. The Condor Club on the corner of<br />
Columbus and Broadway was also reputedly the world's first officially recognized strip<br />
club. It is now a night club and a municipal landmark.<br />
There is a street fair on Grant Avenue on Father's Day and a parade along Columbus<br />
Avenue to Aquatic Park around Columbus Day. There is a National Shrine at Vallejo and<br />
Columbus and Saints Peter and Paul cathedral on Filbert north of Washington Square.