Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Russian Hill
Russian Hill as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:Russian Hill Homes with an eclectic assortment of 19th century Italianate facades, apartments, condos and single-family residences to structures designed by famous architects such as Willis Polk share this arena. Also, Vallejo Street Crest District w/ its National Register of Historic Places site to the infamous "crookedest street in the world" Lombard Street are all used as settings of countless books and films. Several lovely parks, plenty of good restaurants, and shopping on Polk and Hyde streets make this a highly sought after urban and centrally located area to live or rent.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
"Russian Hill, a residential neighborhood with pockets of restaurants and shops, feels a bit more visitor-friendly than its more formal neighbor, Nob Hill. The views are also just as dazzling.
"The neighborhood got its name when gold rushers found seven Cyrillic-inscribed gravestones at the top of the hill. Consensus on the identity of the Russian men buried there -- they were reputed to be anything from sailors to fur trappers -- was never reached, the gravestones disappeared in the late 1800s and the Russian influence has long since dissipated."
Read the rest of the article here.
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- Mick Orton
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