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During the California Gold Rush, many Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco to work in gold mines and on railroads in search of wealth and a better life. The earliest recorded New Year's celebration was "a great feast" on February 1, 1851, [7] and the first dragon dance in San Francisco was held for the New Year in 1860. [8]
The Beacon Grand is located in downtown Union Square, San Francisco. The hotel is adjacent to Saks Fifth Avenue's San Francisco flagship store and the iconic Powell–Mason cable car line passes in front of the hotel. [18] The hotel is also adjacent to the Theatre District and Chinatown, the oldest in North America. [10]
Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California.It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940.
Jack Mogannam, manager of Sam’s Cable Car Lounge in downtown San Francisco, relishes the days when his bar stayed open past midnight every night, welcoming crowds that jostled on the streets ...
Theatre du Lycée Français de San Francisco (TLF) Lycee Francais de San Francisco, 1201 Ortega Street Sunset District 325 [33] Venetian Room: Fairmont San Francisco: Nob Hill venue for cabaret performances, [34] and where Tony Bennett first sang, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" [35] Victoria Theatre: 2961-16th Street Mission District
By 1971, Polk Street was advertised as "one of the gayest streets in San Francisco". [6] In 1972, Polk Street was the location of the first official San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. [5] In the 1950s through the 1970s Halloween on Polk Street became a major attraction for tourists and locals. A migration from Polk Street to the Castro District ...
SF camerawork has a dedicated Education Center and Library, with gallery and forum spaces to engage and to exhibit work by students from First Exposures, SF Camerworks’s photography mentoring program for at-risk youth. The 3,000 volume photography reference library includes many rare and out-of-print publications.
California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest corner of the city.