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Ross Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown 1898. (Photo by Arnold Genthe). It was during the 1860s to the 1880s when San Francisco began to transform into a major city, starting with massive expansion in all directions, creating new neighborhoods such as the Western Addition, the Haight-Ashbury, Eureka Valley, the Mission District, culminating in the construction of Golden Gate Park in 1887.
Barbary Coast, San Francisco. The Barbary Coast was a red-light district during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in San Francisco that featured dance halls, concert saloons, bars, jazz clubs, variety shows, and brothels. [1] Its nine block area was centered on a three block stretch of Pacific Street, now Pacific Avenue ...
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system.
94117. Area codes. 415/628. Haight-Ashbury ( / ˌheɪt ˈæʃbɛri, - bəri /) is a district of San Francisco, California, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. [5] The neighborhood is known as one of the main centers of the counterculture of the 1960s.
A photochrome postcard published by the Detroit Photographic Company showing Sutro Baths, San Francisco. (1900) ... Street scene, San Francisco, c. 1870s.
Photographer Arnold Genthe took the most famous photo of the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906 is a black and white photograph taken by Arnold Genthe in San Francisco, California on the morning of April 18, 1906 in the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The San Francisco plague of 1900–1904 was an epidemic of bubonic plague centered on San Francisco 's Chinatown. It was the first plague epidemic in the continental United States. [1] The epidemic was recognized by medical authorities in March 1900, but its existence was denied for more than two years by California's Governor Henry Gage.
Golden Gate Park and San Francisco Microscopical Society established. Population: 149,473. 1871 – San Francisco Art Association and St. Luke's Hospital established. 1872 – Bohemian Club and Bar Association of San Francisco founded. 1873 Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating. Polish Society of California organized.