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The first French classes were held at 414 Mason street; by 1904, the association had 800 members and offered 28 types of classes with 600 students. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed the building's foundations and many students were killed. In 1910, only 550 students were registered, growing to 700 three years later.
Education Française Bay Area or EFBA (French Education Bay Area) is a French language nonprofit dedicated to promoting a bilingual French education in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization is modeled after a similar nonprofit in New York, EFNY. [ 1 ]
The Consulate General of France in San Francisco is a consular representation of the French Republic in the United States. Its jurisdiction covers Northern California, northern Nevada, and the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Pacific Islands under American jurisdiction (Guam and American Samoa). [1]
The International School of San Francisco (formerly known as French American International School) is an independent co-educational PK2–Grade 12 school in San Francisco, California, U.S. The lower and middle schools both follow a bilingual curriculum in French and English.
The area was home to San Francisco's first French settlers. Approximately 3,000, sponsored by the French government, arrived near the end of the Gold Rush in 1851. [ 2 ] According to historian Gladys Hansen , the French shared Dupont Street (now Grant Avenue) with early Chinese settlers during the early days of Chinatown , and were more ...
Piedmont (French spelling of the Piedmont region of Italy) [49] Richmond (After Virginian city of the same name with French origins) Rubidoux (named for Louis Rubidoux) [48] Mount Rubidoux [48] San Francisco (named after Saint Francis of Assisi, who had received that name because his mother was French or as a tribute to France) Sicard Flat [50 ...
La Chiffonnière ("Rag Woman") [1] is a stainless steel sculpture by French artist Jean Dubuffet, installed in Justin Herman Plaza, [2] [3] in San Francisco's Financial District, in the U.S. state of California. The 22-foot (6.7 m) tall, 4,500 pound artwork was conceived in 1972 and completed in 1978.
Fleur de Lys was a French restaurant in San Francisco, California, US. It closed in June 2014 after a 28-year run. It closed in June 2014 after a 28-year run. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]