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What is Columbus Day, and why is it celebrated? Columbus Day commemorates explorer Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.. Columbus, an Italian explorer leading a ...
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Columbus Day became a national holiday in 1934, designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It has been observed as a federal holiday on the second Monday of October since 1971.
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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 ...
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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.
Melvin Belli, lawyer known as "The King of Torts", had his offices at the Belli Building at 722-724 Montgomery St. [9] Belli used to raise a Jolly Roger and fire a cannon every time he won a case. [10] Bank of the West is headquartered at 180 Montgomery Street. Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco , at 130 Montgomery Street.