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October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
Also known as the Hide House. Presumed to be the oldest extant residence in California. Private residence. [7] [8] Mission San Francisco de Asís: San Francisco: 1791 Church Oldest building in City of San Francisco. The original chapel, built in 1771, was rebuilt out of adobe from 1782 to 1791. Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo: Monterey: 1791 ...
The borders of the San Francisco Bay Area are not officially delineated, and the unique development patterns influenced by the region's topography, as well as unusual commute patterns caused by the presence of three central cities and employment centers located in various suburban locales, has led to considerable disagreement between local and ...
Quentin L. Kopp, retired judge, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, member of the California State Senate, and namesake of the Interstate 380 connector ("Quentin L. Kopp Freeway"). Frederick J. Linz and his wife Bernice W. Linz (88 Shore View Avenue) were two of the earliest Lincoln Manor residents when they bought their home in ...
World War II enlistment commences in the Bay Area (San Francisco recruiting office pictured) A two-masted schooner, Benicia, built in Tahiti by a shipwright who had worked in Matthew Turner's Benicia shipyard, arrives in San Francisco under the French flag; The Xerces blue butterfly is last observed in San Francisco either this year, or in 1943
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The Mission Bay neighborhood is built on landfill located on San Francisco Bay south of Townsend Street, east of Interstate 280 and north of Mariposa Street. The new UCSF research campus at Mission Bay is part of the rapid growth of a new neighborhood of office buildings and luxury condominiums being built in an area that was formerly an ...
The master-planned residence parks in San Francisco were landscaped plots created to replicate the feeling of suburban living in close proximity to downtown. "Inspired by lofty ideals of the City Beautiful and Garden City movements , residence parks had curving boulevards and lush landscaping--trees, greens, and neoclassical ornamentation such ...