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  2. Pan Am - Wikipedia

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    The fare from San Francisco to Manila or Hong Kong in 1937 was US$950 one way (equivalent to $20,135 in 2023) and US$1,710 (equivalent to $36,242 in 2023) round trip. [38] This later became known as the Pan Am China Clipper route, from San Francisco, leading to Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai.

  3. Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Wikipedia

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    It is often referred to as the Ninoy Aquino Terminal, as it was the site of the former senator's assassination in 1983. The terminal, opened in 1982, [ 19 ] is the airport's second oldest and exclusively handles international flights. The development of the Manila International Airport, which includes Terminal 1, was approved by Executive Order ...

  4. China Clipper - Wikipedia

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    China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila on November 22, 1935. [1] Built at a cost of $417,000 by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland, it was ...

  5. Parking violation - Wikipedia

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    A parking violation is the act of parking a motor vehicle in a restricted place or in an unauthorized manner. It is against the law virtually everywhere to park a vehicle in the middle of a highway or road; parking on one or both sides of a road, however, is commonly permitted. However, restrictions apply to such parking, and may result in an ...

  6. SFpark - Wikipedia

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    SFpark. SFpark is San Francisco 's system for managing the availability of both on- and off-street parking. Taking effect in April 2011, the program utilizes smart parking meters that change their prices according to location, time of day, and day of the week, with the goal of keeping about 15% of spaces vacant on any given block. [1]

  7. North Luzon Expressway - Wikipedia

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    The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), [a] signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160[b] of the Philippine highway network, and partially as R-8[b] of the Metro Manila arterial road network, [c] is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines.

  8. Little Manila - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco Bay Area is the metropolitan area with the second largest number of Filipino Americans in the U.S., with a population of over 460,000 as of the 2010 Census. [ 24 ]

  9. Manilatown, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    Manilatown was a Filipino American neighborhood in San Francisco (i.e., a Little Manila ), which thrived from the 1920s to late 1970s. [ 1] The district encompassed a three block radius around Kearny and Jackson Streets, next to Chinatown. [ 2] The neighborhood was known for the International Hotel ("I Hotel"), a single room occupancy (SRO ...