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A test conducted on January 24, 2013 Opening on March 6, 2013 A time lapse image of Market Street, with The Bay Lights in the background. The Bay Lights was a site-specific monumental light sculpture and generative art installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its opening.
In 1897, the residents of Temescal voted to join the City of Oakland in an effort to gain access to higher quality public schools and police services. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] At the time that the City of Oakland annexed Temescal, Temescal was considered to consist of all land north of 36th Street (the northern bound of the City of Oakland at the time ...
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Temescal Creek in Oakland near Cavour Street. Temescal Creek is a perennial stream, and as such, was highly valued by early settlers.At its mouth, the indigenous Ohlone people (Chochen/Huichin band), and their predecessors, built up the shellmound of Emeryville, the largest and most studied shellmound on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay.
Vesuvio Cafe is a historic bar in San Francisco, California, United States. Located at 255 Columbus Avenue, across an alley from City Lights Bookstore , the building was designed and built in 1913 by Italian architect Italo Zanolini, and remodeled in 1918.
While firefighters and first responders continue to battle the blazes that erupted just two days ago — and as the ultimate scale of the destruction is still coming into focus — before-and ...
This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, City Lights Bookstore, Vesuvio Cafe, Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe (in an alley off Columbus), and Bimbo's 365 Club. The street's original name was Montgomery Avenue, and was built in the 1870s. [1] [2] It was renamed Columbus Avenue in ...
The San Francisco Fire Department was called to the scene about 9 p.m. in the 700 block of Jackson Street, authorities said. Chinatown was bustling as people celebrated Lunar New Year.