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The city of San Francisco, from Presidio of San Francisco and Mission San Francisco de Asís, named after Saint Francis of Assisi (Spanish for Saint Francis) Charter 808,988: 47 sq mi (122 km 2) San Joaquin County: 077: Stockton: 1850: original: Spanish for Saint Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary: General Law 800,965: 1,399 sq mi (3,623 km 2 ...
The Mission District (Spanish: Distrito de la Misión), [4] commonly known as the Mission (Spanish: La Misión), [5] is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asís, built in 1776 by the Spanish. [6]
In 2005 Manrique opened Café de la Presse , San Francisco's celebrated Parisian-inspired bistro that enjoys the distinction of being among the city's most popular dining destinations. Three years later saw the opening of the wine bar Blanc et Rouge. Manrique continued his love of wine bars by opening Aquitaine Wine Bistro in April 2014.
San Francisco, San Rafael, Novato; all of San Francisco County, most of Marin County and a small portion of northern San Mateo County: October 1947; split numerous times since then; overlaid by 628 effective March 21, 2015 [2] 424: overlay with 310: started service on August 26, 2006. 442: overlay with 760: started service on October 24, 2009. 510
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 ...
The expedition followed the coast southward and on November 7 the San Agustin anchored in Drakes Bay, and claimed the region as Puerto y Bahía de San Francisco. [25] [26] [27] In late November, a storm sank the San Agustin and killed between 7 and 12 people.
Before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Van Ness Avenue was known as "the city’s grandest boulevard, lined with Victorian mansions and impressive churches" (San Francisco Chronicle). [6] After the earthquake, the street was used as a firebreak by the US Army , dynamiting almost all buildings on its eastern side in an ultimately successful ...
The street names commemorate two early San Francisco leaders: pioneer and exchange banker Henry Haight, [8] and Munroe Ashbury, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1864 to 1870. [9] Both Haight and his nephew, as well as Ashbury, had a hand in the planning of the neighborhood and nearby Golden Gate Park at its inception.