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San Francisco A City Gauide
ntroduction
• In 1848, with the advent of
the California gold rush the city
The City and County of San entered a period of rapid growth
Francisco is the fourth-largest
city in the state of California, • In 1822, serious development
in the United States. A by non-Spanish speakers began,
consolidated city-county, when William Richardson, an
mainland San Francisco is located English whaler redeveloped a
on the tip of the San Francisco section of Yerba Buena in what is
Peninsula. Insular San Francisco now Portsmouth Square in
includes several islands in the Chinatown.
San Francisco Bay and the Golden
Gate Strait, notably Alcatraz, • In 1846, the Mexican-American
Treasure Island, and the Farallon War broke out.
Islands 27 miles offshore in the
Pacific Ocean and also most of • On January 30, 1847, a naval
the privately owned Red Rock force under Commodore John D.
Island near the Richmond-San Sloat claimed it in the name of
Rafael Bridge. the United States and renamed it
"San Francisco"
History
• On April 18, 1906, a
San Francisco has a long history devastating earthquake resulted
of events marking its growth from from the rupture of over 270
a small town to a big city miles of the San Andreas Fault,
from San Juan Bautista to Eureka,
• In 1776, the Spanish were the centered immediately offshore of
first Europeans to settle in San San Francisco.
Francisco
• The city was quickly rebuilt
after the earthquake. But no particular activity or
place makes the city one of the
• The phoenix on the city's most popular destinations in the
flag represents San Francisco's world. It's San Francisco itself
"rebirth" from the ashes of the -- its charm, its atmosphere, its
fire that resulted from the perfect blend of big metropolis
quake. with small-town hospitality. Some
of its main attractions are:
• In the 1950s San Francisco
hired Harvard graduate Justin • Alcatraz Island
Herman to head the redevelopment • Cable Cars
agency for the city and county. • California Academy of
Sciences
• Justin Herman began an • Coit Tower
aggressive campaign to renew • Ferry Building Marketplace
blighted areas of the city. (and Farmers' Market)
• Fisherman's Wharf
• His planning led to the • Ghiradelli Square
creation of Embarcadero Center, • Golden Gate Bridge
the Embarcadero Freeway, Japan • Lombard Street
town, the Geary Street super • Pier 39
blocks, and Yerba Buena Gardens. • The Cannery
• Yerba Buena Center for the
Place of Interest Arts / Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco's parks, museums, Museums & Art Galleries
tours, and landmarks are
favorites for travelers the world Notable San Francisco Museums
over and offer an array of include
activities to suit every visitor.
• The Museum of Modern Art United States.
(SFMOMA),
• The Palace of the Legion of Shopping
Honor,
• The M. H. de Young Memorial Like its population, San
Museum, Francisco's shopping is both
• The Asian Art Museum. worldly and intimate. Every
persuasion, style, era, and
Other museums include fetish is represented, not in
big, tacky shopping malls, but in
• The International Museum of hundreds of quaint, dramatically
Women, different boutiques scattered
• The Museum of the African throughout the city. San
Diaspora, Francisco has many shopping
• The Contemporary Jewish areas, but the following places
Museum, are where one will find most of
• The Museum of Craft & Folk the actions:
Art,
• The Mexican Museum. • Union Square & Environs
• Chinatown
In terms of performing arts, San • Union Street
Francisco boasts • Chestnut Street
• Fillmore Street
• The San Francisco Symphony, • Haight Street
• The San Francisco Opera • SoMa
• The San Francisco Ballet. • Hayes Valley
San Francisco's Ballet and Opera Food & Drink
are some of the oldest continuing
performing arts companies in the San Francisco's restaurants are
so renowned that many people multitude of Universities and
visit the city just to eat -- and Colleges. Public universities
with good reason. The city's include:
brilliant chefs, combined with
California's abundance of organic • University of California, San
produce, seafood, free-range Francisco, primarily a graduate
meats, and Northern California level health-sciences school,
wine, guarantee some of the located north of Forest Hill
world's finest dining. San
Francisco also has varied • San Francisco State
nightlife ranging from bars to University located in the
lounges to clubs. Major areas of southwest corner of the city near
nightlife in San Francisco are Lake Merced
North Beach, the Mission
District, the Marina, the Castro, • University of California,
and South of Market. San Hastings College of the Law
Francisco also boasts of located downtown at its Civic
legendary pop music venues such Center
as The Fillmore and The Warfield.
• City College of San
Francisco, one of the largest
Universities community colleges in the country
is located in the Ingleside, with
San Francisco Unified School several extension campuses.
District and the Archdiocese of
San Francisco's dozens of Private universities:
Catholic elementary and high
schools serve the city. Despite • The Jesuit-run University of
its limited geographical space, San Francisco, one of the first
San Francisco is home to a universities established west of
the Mississippi, located in the play at SBC Park
center of the city
• MLB 's Oakland Athletics
• Golden Gate University, a
business and law school located • NFL's Oakland Raiders
downtown
• The National Basketball
• California Culinary Academy Association's Golden State
Le Cordon Bleu program located in Warriors play across the bay in
the Tenderloin Oakland
• Academy of Art University • The regional National Hockey
League team, the San Jose Sharks
• San Francisco School of play in San Jose
Digital Filmmaking
The Warriors and Sharks were once
• Alliant International based just south of San
University. Francisco, at the Cow Palace,
located several yards south of
Sports San Francisco, in Daly City. The
city is also home to some famous
San Francisco is the home of many golf courses, including the
major league teams like Harding Park Golf Course and the
courses of the Olympic Club.
• The San Francisco 49ers
National Football League team, Hotels & Accommodation
who play at Monster Park
Luxury Hotels
• The San Francisco Giants
Major League Baseball team, who San Francisco has elegant and
grand hotels in its possession. San Francisco has different type
Westin St. Francis, Westin Saint of organized tours they differ in
Francis, Palace Hotel, Argent the contents as well as the
Hotel, Mark Hopkins transport system. Tours are
Intercontinental, Hilton, available by Bus, Boat, BART (Bay
Fairmont, W San Francisco, Pan Area Rapid Transit) or on foot.
Pacific, Park Hyatt, Hyatt The San Francisco Visitor
Regency, Renaissance Parc 55, Information Center, at Powell and
Ritz Carlton - are some of these Market streets, distributes free
big names. route maps. Blue & Gold Fleet and
Red & White Fleet are two boat
All famous luxury hotels like tours available. And Gray Line
Hilton, Hyatt, Palace Hotel, etc. Bus tour is the San Francisco's
have their branch in Fisherman largest bus tour operator. The
Wharf. self-guided Private SUV tour,
49-mile drive is one easy way to
Budget Hotels grasp the beauty of San Francisco
and its extraordinary location.
If the visit to San Francisco is Beginning in the city, it follows
in a particularly busy season and a rough circle around the bay and
booking in prominent hotels are passes virtually all the
over, here's a list of moderate best-known sights, from Chinatown
to very inexpensive alternatives to the Golden Gate Bridge, Ocean
- Alisa Hotel, Edward II Inn & Beach, Seal Rocks, Golden Gate
Suites, Hotel Beresford Arms, Park, and Twin Peaks.
King George Hotel, The Marina
Inn, The San Remo Hotel. Transport
Tours and Sightseeing San Francisco has the most
extensive public transit system
on the West Coast and one of the frequent commuter rail service,
most diverse in the country. Muni Caltrain, operates between San
is the city-owned public transit Francisco, San Jose, California
system, which operates the Muni and Gilroy, California.
Metro light rail system. BART
(Bay Area Rapid Transit) is the San Francisco International
regional transit system, which Airport (SFO) is located 12.9 km
connects San Francisco with the (8 miles) south of the city in
East Bay, through an underwater San Mateo County on a landfill
tunnel, and Northern San Mateo extension into the San Francisco
County, California communities Bay. It is the only major
and San Francisco International international hub airport in
Airport on the San Francisco California other than LAX in Los
Peninsula. In addition, a Angeles.
About the Author:
Name: Mary Scott. Occupation: Traveler. Website: http://www.thereservationcenter.com
http://www.looktours.com Biography: Mary Scott is with The Reservation Center - providers of discounted tours to make your vacations and sightseeing trips in various cities across the world as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.
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