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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Fisherman's Warf

Fisherman's Warf as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

From Wikipedia, "Fisherman's Wharf... Roughly speaking it encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Street east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. It is mainly a tourist attraction, known for being the location of Pier 39, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Ghirardelli Square, Ripley's Believe it or Not, the Musée Mécanique, ferry rides to Alcatraz and restaurants that serve seafood, most notably dungeness crab. Transportation to Fisherman's Wharf can be an attraction of itself, the F Market runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car lines runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away. Other popular areas in San Francisco, such as Chinatown, Lombard Street and North Beach are all located in proximity to Fisherman's Wharf."

SFGate says, "All San Franciscans love to hate Fisherman's Wharf. Content never to visit the area, they complain of the tacky shops selling cheap souvenirs, the "novelty" museums whose novelty has long worn off and busloads of tourists blocking the view to Alcatraz." Read more.

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- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Golden Gate Park - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Telegraph Hill

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 23 - Segway San Francisco Electric Tour

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 34 - Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 5 - Fisherman's Warf

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - North Beach

North Beach as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"This is where San Francisco's history all began. From Fisherman's Wharf up and over the hills to the borders of the Tenderloin and west to the Civic Center complex, home to the newly restored City Hall with its 14 carat golden dome, one of the finest examples of Beaux Arts buildings in the the country. City Hall is neighbored by the grand buildings of Louise B. Davies Hall, the Opera House, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium plus more. On any given Sunday you can hear in the tenderloin gospel music at Glide Memorial Church to the magnificent sounds of Grace Cathedrals organ while ending your day w/ jazz at one of the many North Beach haunts."

SFGate says, "North Beach is that rare thing -- a neighborhood that manages to be a perennial hit with tourists, and also to remain beloved by San Franciscans. It's best known as San Francisco's Little Italy, with its high density of check-clothed ristorantes, caffes and Old World delicatessens. It's also a popular pilgrimage for fans of the Beat movement seeking the old haunts of Kerouac and Ginsberg. However, North Beach is no relic, and it has much to offer beyond pasta and poetry." Read more here.

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• Sights and Culture
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- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Telegraph Hill - Western Addition

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 22 - 49-mile Scenic Drive

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 17 - Palace of the Legion of Honor

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Cole Valley

Cole Valley as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

...while partly in the Haight-Ashbury and part in the Parnassus neighborhoods, Cole Valley has a character all its own.

SFGate says:

...bordered on the west by Stanyan Street and the Sutro Forest, on the south by Tank Hill and on the east by Clayton Street. Residents are largely families and young professionals, though there is no trace of the snootiness that has affected other parts of the city. Most of the businesses in Cole Valley are of the mom-and-pop variety, in lieu of chain stores or franchises, and shop owners are outwardly supportive of each other. Read more here.

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• Sights and Culture
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- Janis Stone

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Hayes Valley - Inner Richmond - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - North Beach - Outer Richmond - Outer Sunset/West Portal - Pacific Heights - Potrero Hill - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - SoMa - Sunset - Telegraph Hill - Union Square - Western Addition

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 26 - Wyland Galleries

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 25 - Haight-Ashbury Street Fair

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Potrero Hill

Potrero Hill as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"On Potrero Hill, you can relax in brilliant sunshine while watching fog engulf the rest of the city. Bounded roughly by 16th, Third and Cesar Chavez streets and Potrero Avenue, the neighborhood is relatively isolated by freeways and large tracts of industrial landscape, giving Potrero Hill its own pace and a feeling of distance from San Francisco."

SFGate says, "Relax in brilliant sunshine while watching fog engulf the rest of the city, in the former 'hood of OJ Simpson and Seals Stadium." Read more here.

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- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - North Beach - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Telegraph Hill - Western Addition

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods -SoMa

SoMa as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"SOMA (South of Market) is a huge district, sprawling from the Embarcadero to Eleventh Street, between Market and Townsend. The neighborhood is a patchwork of warehouses, swanky nightspots, residential hotels, art spaces, loft apartments, furniture showrooms and the tenacious Internet companies that survived the tech market collapse. Although a lot of building has gone on in recent years, it is still not densely developed. You can walk several desolate blocks before suddenly finding a hopping restaurant."

SFGate says, "This former industrial zone is in a cultural renaissance, with museums, galleries and multimedia companies reviving the area. " Read more here.

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• What's it like?
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- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Hayes Valley - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - North Beach - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Potrero Hill - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Sunset - Telegraph Hill - Western Addition

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 21 - Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center

Yahoo Travel says this about the Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center:

The only year-round ice-skating rink in San Francisco. An attractive, all-new facility atop the Moscone Center, the ice-skating center offers recreational skating (with plenty of skates to rent) day and night. Skating lessons are also available for beginners, as are hockey games, adult hockey workshops, and figure-skating lessons. With so much going on, it's advisable to call ahead to check the schedule. The rink can be rented for private groups or parties. The brand new bowling alley built atop the Moscone Center, right next to the skating rink, is a great place to take friends or kids. In fact, it can be rented for bowling parties. Lessons and league bowling is offered, as well. The bowling center is attractively designed, too (in a bowling-alleyish kind of way), and it has a very friendly feeling.

750 Folsom StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107-1276
+1 415 777 3727
ybbc@vscsports.com
Open Hours5a-midnight M-Su
http://www.skatebowl.com

Neighborhood: SOMA

- Mick Orton

Part 1 - Golden Gate Bridge, Part 2 - Alcatraz, Part 3 - Japanese Tea Garden, Part 4 - Cable Cars, Part 5 - Fisherman's Warf, Part 6 - Exploratorium, Part 7 - Mission Dolores, Part 8 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Part 9 - Lombard Street, Part 10 - Giants Stadium, Part 11 - Mission Cliffs Rock Climbing Center, Part 12 - Beach Blanket Babylon, Part 13 - Palace of Fine Arts, Part 14 - Asian Art Museum, Part 15 - Coit Tower, Part 16 - Musee Mecanique, Part 17 - Palace of the Legion of Honor, Part 18 - The Octagon House, Part 19 - Holy Virgin Cathedral, Part 20 - San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 14 - Asian Art Museum

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Sunset

The Sunset as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"The Outer, Central & Inner Sunset operates like a city within a city with its tidy streets, excellent schools, and family owned businesses. The fogginess of this district hasn't discouraged the 40,000 students, young professionals, and middle-class families from nesting and/or embracing this quiet and mellow suburb."

SFGate says, "Despite gentrification and fog, it retains the laid-back feeling of a small town -- one that just happens to have a funky edge, an intriguing ethnic mix and great restaurants." Read more here.

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- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Hayes Valley - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - North Beach - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Potrero Hill - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Telegraph Hill - Western Addition

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Western Addition

The Western Addition as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"The Western Addition gave birth to the music neighborhood of the city since the 1800's. Great jazz musicians/vocalist such as Charlie Parker to Billie Holiday played in the jazz and blues clubs along Fillmore Street. Yes, the same Fillmore Street that dominated the psychedelic music scene of the 1960's with acts at the Fillmore Auditorium orchestrated by the great Bill Graham himself to John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room."

SFGate says, "If Perhaps the most ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood in San Francisco, the Western Addition feels more like several neighborhoods. And, in a sense, it is -- from the stunning views at Alamo Square to the historic Fillmore to ever-changing Divisadero St., you can experience several distinct vibes in the space of a few blocks." Read more here.

Other features include:

• Sights and Culture
• Shopping
• Restaurants
• Nightlife

For more information on other neighborhoods and street maps visit our website.

- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - Telegraph Hill

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Focus on San Francisco Neighborhoods - Outer Sunset/West Portal

The Outer Sunset/West Portal as described on the SFResidence neighborhood guide:

"The Outer, Central & Inner Sunset operates like a city within a city with its tidy streets, excellent schools, and family owned businesses. The fogginess of this district hasn't discouraged the 40,000 students, young professionals, and middle-class families from nesting and/or embracing this quiet and mellow suburb."

SFGate says, "Although this southwestern corner of the city is often ignored in guidebooks, you'll find there's lots to explore including a neighborhood caught in a '50s time warp and dozens of multi-ethnic businesses." Read more here.

For more information on other neighborhoods and street maps visit our website.

- Mick Orton

Previous Neighborhoods:

Chinatown - Bernal Heights - Castro - Cow Hollow - Diamond Heights - Fisherman's Warf - Golden Gate Park - Haight - Hayes Valley - Inner Richmond - Lake Street - Laurel Heights - The Marina - Nob Hill - Noe Valley - North Beach - Outer Richmond - Pacific Heights - Potrero Hill - Russian Hill - Sacramento Street - St. Francis Wood - Sea Cliff - SoMa - Sunset - Telegraph Hill - Western Addition

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Things to do in San Francisco - Part 16 - Musee Mecanique

Musee Mecanique constantly gets high ratings from tourists as a "quirky" home for mechanical games from a time long ago!

Yahoo Travel says this:

A penny for your thoughts? In addition to a melange of penny structures, this quirky, offbeat museum which had originally resided beneath the Cliff House at Pt. Lobos, has a variety of interesting gadgets and knick-knacks. A must-see is the toothpick amusement park, built by San Quentin inmates. Bring a handful of quarters so you can play some of the games, including the miniature antique pinball machines. Visiting the museum is free of charge. Cash only.

Taylor Street and Jefferson StreetSan Francisco, CA 94133
+1 415 346-2000
Open HoursM-F 11a-7p; Sa-Su 10a-8p

Neighborhood: Richmond District

- Mick Orton

Part 1 - Golden Gate Bridge, Part 2 - Alcatraz, Part 3 - Japanese Tea Garden, Part 4 - Cable Cars, Part 5 - Fisherman's Warf, Part 6 - Exploratorium, Part 7 - Mission Dolores, Part 8 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Part 9 - Lombard Street, Part 10 - Giants Stadium, Part 11 - Mission Cliffs Rock Climbing Center, Part 12 - Beach Blanket Babylon, Part 13 - Palace of Fine Arts, Part 14 - Asian Art Museum, Part 15 - Coit Tower

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