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[[File:California street san francisco.jpg|thumb|200px|California Street to [[Oakland Bay Bridge]].]]
[[File:California street san francisco.jpg|thumb|200px|California Street to [[Oakland Bay Bridge]].]]


'''California Street''' is a major [[thoroughfare]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]] westward to 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across [[United States|America]], leading out to the highway's western terminus in [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]].
'''California Street''' is a major [[thoroughfare]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight {{convert|5.2|mi|abbr=on}} east–west line from the [[Financial District, San Francisco, California|Financial District]] to [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]] in the far northwest corner of the city.


==Description==
==Description==
California Street is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight {{convert|5.2|mi|abbr=on}} east-west line from the [[Financial District, San Francisco, California|Financial District]] to [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]] in the far Northwest corner of the City. It begins at the intersection of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and Spear Street in front of the [[Hyatt Regency]] [[Embarcadero Center]], one block from the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], then travels through [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], over [[Nob Hill]], through [[Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California|Lower Pacific Heights]], Laurel Heights, and the Lake District. The street makes a slight bend in at the intersection of Cornwall Street and 7th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] through the [[Richmond District, San Francisco, California|Richmond District]] until its dead-end terminus at 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park. The route has four to six lanes for its entire length, and a [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car line]] on the Eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue.
California Street begins at the intersection of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]], Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the [[Hyatt Regency San Francisco|Hyatt Regency]] [[Embarcadero Center]], one block from the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], then travels through [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], over [[Nob Hill]], through [[Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California|Lower Pacific Heights]], Laurel Heights, and the Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] through the [[Richmond District, San Francisco, California|Richmond District]] until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.

Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]] westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across [[United States|America]], leading out to the highway's western terminus in [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]].

The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car line]] runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a [[Trolleybuses in San Francisco|trolleybus]] [[1 California (bus line)|line]] runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue.


== Landmarks and points of interest==
== Landmarks and points of interest==
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* [[580 California Street]]
* [[580 California Street]]
* [[650 California Street]] (Hartford Building)
* [[650 California Street]] (Hartford Building)
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*Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at [[Grant Avenue|Grant]] and California, in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]
* 600 Stockton ([[Ritz Carlton]] hotel)
* 600 Stockton ([[Ritz Carlton]] hotel)
* 905 California Street ([[Stanford Court Hotel]])
* 905 California Street ([[Stanford Court Hotel]])
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* 1075 California Street ([[Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)|Huntington Hotel]])
* 1075 California Street ([[Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)|Huntington Hotel]])
* 1111 California Street ([[Masonic Center (San Francisco)|Masonic Auditorium]])
* 1111 California Street ([[Masonic Center (San Francisco)|Masonic Auditorium]])
* Huntington Park
* [[Huntington Park (San Francisco)|Huntington Park]]
* [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]]
* [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]]
* [[California Pacific Medical Center]]
* [[California Pacific Medical Center]]
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* Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at [[Grant Avenue|Grant]] and California, in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]
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== In popular culture ==

Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: ''California Street'' (1959) by [[Niven Busch]], which documents the rise of a publishing magnate; and ''California Street'' (1990) by [[Donna Levin]]. Levin's novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman. Both novels use "California Street" as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|California Street (San Francisco)}}
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* [http://www.dreamworld.org/sfguide/Neighborhoods/MarketStreet Photo tour of Market Street] A photo tour of Market Street complete with narrative text.
* [http://www.jbmonaco.com/market_st/100.html JB Monaco Market Street Photo Gallery]




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{{Nob Hill, San Francisco}}
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California Street
View from the top of California Street Looking towards the financial district with the Bay Bridge in the background
Length5.22 mi (8.40 km)
LocationSan Francisco
Coordinates37°47′30″N 122°24′42″W / 37.791761°N 122.411739°W / 37.791761; -122.411739
East endMarket Street, Main Street, and Drumm Street
West end32nd Avenue
California Street to Oakland Bay Bridge.

California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest corner of the city.

Description

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California Street begins at the intersection of Market Street, Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center, one block from the Ferry Building, then travels through Chinatown, over Nob Hill, through Lower Pacific Heights, Laurel Heights, and the Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.

Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park.

The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue.

Landmarks and points of interest

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Vintage airline posters of San Francisco, featuring cable cars, looking east from approximately the intersection of California and Stockton towards San Francisco Bay and the western span of the Bay Bridge. A 2016 photograph with a similar perspective is included to illustrate the prominence of skyscrapers in the present-day Financial District.
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Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: California Street (1959) by Niven Busch, which documents the rise of a publishing magnate; and California Street (1990) by Donna Levin. Levin's novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman. Both novels use "California Street" as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold.

See also

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