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[[File:California street san francisco.jpg|thumb|200px|California Street to [[Oakland Bay Bridge]].]] |
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'''California Street''' is a major [[thoroughfare]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. |
'''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. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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California Street |
California Street 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. |
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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]]. |
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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. |
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== Landmarks and points of interest== |
== Landmarks and points of interest== |
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* [[580 California Street]] |
* [[580 California Street]] |
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* [[650 California Street]] (Hartford Building) |
* [[650 California Street]] (Hartford Building) |
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* 600 Stockton ([[Ritz Carlton]] hotel) |
* 600 Stockton ([[Ritz Carlton]] hotel) |
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* 905 California Street ([[Stanford Court Hotel]]) |
* 905 California Street ([[Stanford Court Hotel]]) |
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* [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]] |
* [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]] |
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* [[California Pacific Medical Center]] |
* [[California Pacific Medical Center]] |
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==History== |
==History== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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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. |
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* [http://www.jbmonaco.com/market_st/100.html JB Monaco Market Street Photo Gallery] |
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 View from the top of California Street Looking towards the financial district with the Bay Bridge in the background | |
| Length | 5.22 mi (8.40 km) |
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| Location | San Francisco |
| Coordinates | 37°47′30″N 122°24′42″W / 37.791761°N 122.411739°W |
| East end | Market Street and Spear Street |
| West end | 32nd Avenue |
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
California Street begins at the intersection of Market Street and Spear 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 in at the intersection of Cornwall Street and 7th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead-end terminus at 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.
Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from 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 America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park.
The route has four to six lanes for its entire length, and a cable car line on the Eastern portion from Market to Van Ness 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.
- Embarcadero Center
- 50 California Street
- 101 California Street
- 150 California Street
- 345 California Center (Loews Regency San Francisco)
- 400 California Street (Bank of California Building)
- 465 California Street (Merchants Exchange Building)
- 555 California Street (Bank of America Center)
- 580 California Street
- 650 California Street (Hartford Building)
- Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at Grant and California, in Chinatown
- 600 Stockton (Ritz Carlton hotel)
- 905 California Street (Stanford Court Hotel)
- 800 Powell Street (University Club)
- Fairmont Hotel
- 999 California Street (Mark Hopkins Hotel )
- 1000 California Street (Pacific-Union Club), the former Flood Mansion
- 1075 California Street (Huntington Hotel)
- 1111 California Street (Masonic Auditorium)
- Huntington Park
- Grace Cathedral
- California Pacific Medical Center
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Street (San Francisco).
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