San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia

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