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California Street (San Francisco)
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Thoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a place of transportation intended to connect one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of general traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to multi-lane highway with grade separated...
in San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue
Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)
Van Ness Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, running from Market St north to the Bay. Originally named Marlette Street, the street was renamed Van Ness Avenue in honor of the city's seventh mayor, James Van Ness. Van Ness Avenue begins at Market Street near the Civic...
westward to 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway
Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the United States of America.Conceived and promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey,...
, the first road across America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park (San Francisco)
Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California, was dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln in 1909 and includes about of the northwestern corner of the San Francisco Peninsula....
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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 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east-west line from the Financial DistrictFinancial District, San Francisco, California
The Financial District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, that serves as its main central business district. The nickname "FiDi" is occasionally employed, analogous to nearby SoMa.-Location:...
to Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park (San Francisco)
Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California, was dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln in 1909 and includes about of the northwestern corner of the San Francisco Peninsula....
in the far Northwest corner of the City. It begins at the intersection of Market Street
Market Street (San Francisco)
Market Street is an important thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It begins at The Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building at the northeastern edge of the city and runs southwest through downtown, passing the Civic Center and the Castro District, to the intersection with Corbett Avenue in...
and Spear Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center
Embarcadero Center
Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of five office towers and two hotels on a site located off the Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller and John Portman development was begun with Tower One in 1971, with the last...
, one block from the Ferry Building
Ferry Building
The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a large clock tower, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city...
, then travels over Nob Hill, through Lower Pacific Heights
Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California
Lower Pacific Heights, also known as the Upper Fillmore is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is located in the area between Pacific Heights, the Fillmore District, Laurel Heights, and Japantown...
, 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
Presidio of San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
through the Richmond District
Richmond District, San Francisco, California
The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California.-Location:Lying directly north of Golden Gate Park, "the Richmond" is bounded roughly by Fulton Street to the south, Arguello Boulevard and Laurel Heights to the east, The Presidio National Park and Lincoln...
until its dead-end terminus at 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park. The route has four to six lanes for its entire length, and a cable car line
San Francisco cable car system
The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last permanently operational manually operated cable car system, in the US sense of a tramway whose cars are pulled along by cables embedded in the street. It is an icon of San Francisco, California...
on the Eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue.
Landmarks and points of interest
- Embarcadero CenterEmbarcadero CenterEmbarcadero Center is a commercial complex of five office towers and two hotels on a site located off the Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The Trammell Crow, David Rockefeller and John Portman development was begun with Tower One in 1971, with the last...
- 50 California Street50 California Street50 California Street is a 37-storey office tower completed in 1972 at the foot of California Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. There is an plaza located at the foot of the building. The building is owned and managed by the Shorenstein Company.-External links:...
- 101 California Street101 California Street101 California Street is a 48-story office building completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The tower providing of office space is bounded by California-, Davis-, Front-, and Pine Streets near Market Street....
- 150 California Street150 California Street150 California Street is a office tower located on California Street in the financial district of San Francisco, California, completed in 2000. The building stands and has 24 floors of offices. In 2002, the AIA San Francisco and The San Francisco Business Times honored its designers with the 2002...
- 345 California Center345 California Center345 California Center is a 48 story office tower located in the San Francisco financial district. Completed in 1986, the tower is the third-tallest in the city after the Transamerica Pyramid and 555 California Street, and was originally proposed at taller....
(Mandarin Oriental Hotel) - 465 California Street, (Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco)Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco)The Merchants Exchange Building was rebuilt in 1904 at 465 California Street, San Francisco. Designed by architects Daniel Burnham and Willis Polk, who were working in Burnham's San Francisco office at the time, it was built in 1903, substantially destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire and ...
) - 555 California Street (Bank of America CenterBank of AmericaBank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
) - 580 California Street580 California Street580 California Street is a highrise completed in 1987 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The postmodern, , 23 storey tower is bordered by Kearny Street and California Street, and is topped with twelve statues described as "The Corporate Goddesses" by Muriel Castanis on the...
- 650 California Street650 California Street650 California Street, also known as the Hartford Building, is a 34 story, 142 m, office tower on the northwestern edge of San Francisco's Financial District. The tower is located on California Street on the edge of Chinatown, and not far from 555 California Street...
(Hartford Building) - 600 Stockton (Ritz Carlton hotel)
- 905 California Street (Stanford Court HotelStanford Court HotelThe Stanford Court Renaissance San Francisco is a Marriott Renaissance Hotel at 905 California Street on Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel is located between Fisherman's Wharf and Union Square and is directly on the cable car line. It has 393 rooms on eight floors. All the rooms have...
) - 800 Powell Street (University Club)
- Fairmont HotelThe Fairmont San FranciscoThe Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel was named after mining magnate and U.S. Senator James Graham Fair , by his daughters Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt who built the hotel in his honor. The hotel...
- 999 California Street (Mark Hopkins Hotel )
- 1000 California Street (Pacific-Union ClubPacific-Union ClubThe Pacific-Union Club is a private social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club and the Union Club ....
), the former Flood MansionJames C. Flood MansionJames C. Flood Mansion, also known as Pacific-Union Club, in San Francisco, California, USA, was a townhouse for James C. Flood, a 19th century silver-baron. It was the first brownstone building built west of the Mississippi River. With The Fairmont Hotel, the only buildings on Nob Hill to... - 1075 California Street (Huntington HotelHuntington Hotel (San Francisco)The Huntington Hotel is one of the landmark luxury hotels at the top of the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California. It is located at 1075 California Street, cross street is Taylor Street. The hotel is a twelve-story, Georgian-style brick building that features 135 guest rooms and suites.-...
) - 1111 California Street (Masonic AuditoriumMasonic Center (San Francisco)Nob Hill Masonic Center of San Francisco is located at 1111 California Street. It was formally dedicated in 1958....
) - Huntington Park
- Grace Cathedral
- California Pacific Medical CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical Center is one of the largest private, non-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. The Medical Center is a combination of four of San Francisco's oldest medical institutions: Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Children's Hospital of San Francisco, Davies...
External links
- Photo tour of Market Street A photo tour of Market Street complete with narrative text.
- JB Monaco Market Street Photo Gallery