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First Cliff House, c. 1868 James Malcolm Wilkins, proprietor Anecdotal stories claim that in 1858 Samuel Brannan paid $1,500 for lumber salvaged from a ship that foundered on the rocky shore's basalt cliffs near Seal Rocks [5] and built the first Cliff House.
The former prison and island are now a museum. It is one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions drawing in some 1.5 million visitors annually (2010). [19] [20] Visitors arrive by boat and are given a tour of the cellhouse and island, and a slide show and audio narration with anecdotes from former inmates, guards and rangers on Alcatraz. [21]
Theatre du Lycée Français de San Francisco (TLF) Lycee Francais de San Francisco, 1201 Ortega Street Sunset District 325 [33] Venetian Room: Fairmont San Francisco: Nob Hill venue for cabaret performances, [34] and where Tony Bennett first sang, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" [35] Victoria Theatre: 2961-16th Street Mission District
Stanford ran one of San Francisco's more notorious brothels. [3] San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote "the United Nations was founded at Sally Stanford's whorehouse" because of the number of delegates to the organization's 1945 San Francisco founding conference who were Stanford's customers; [3] many actual, if informal, negotiating sessions took place in the brothel's living room.
Washington Street in Chinatown with Transamerica Pyramid in the background.. Officially, Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco, covers 24 square blocks, [10] and overlaps five postal ZIP codes (94108, 94133, 94111, 94102, and 94109).
Docks of San Francisco; Dr. Dolittle (1998 film) Dr. Dolittle 2; Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine; Doctor Who (film) The Doctor (1991 film) Dogfight (film) Donald's Diary; Doomed to Die; Dopamine (film) Double Harness; Double Jeopardy (1999 film) Dragon Fight; Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story; Dream with the Fishes; The Duchess and the Dirtwater ...
The San Francisco Chronicle defines the Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill areas as bounded by Sacramento Street, Taylor Street, Bay Street, and the water. [6]The neighborhood is bounded by Vallejo Street to the south, Sansome Street to the east, Francisco Street to the north and Powell Street and Columbus Avenue to the west, where the northwestern corner of Telegraph Hill overlaps ...
The Monument is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and is 12 miles (19 km) north of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres (224 ha), [4] of which 240 acres (97 ha) are old growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, [5] one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area.