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Alex Lehnerer noted the Holiday Inn was one of four high-rises within San Francisco, all built in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which attracted disproportionate criticism; the other three were the Bank of America Building (1969, "too big and too dark"), Embarcadero Center (1971–82, "too large and too bulky"), and the Transamerica Pyramid ...
Jack London Square is located at the south end of Broadway, across the Oakland Estuary from Alameda. [citation needed]The name has also come to refer to the formerly industrial neighborhood surrounding Jack London Square now known as the Jack London District, which has undergone significant rehabilitation in the last decade, including loft conversions and new construction.
The Embarcadero right-of-way begins at the intersection of Second and King Streets near Oracle Park, and travels north, passing under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The Embarcadero continues north past the Ferry Building at Market Street, Pier 39, and Fisherman's Wharf, before ending at Pier 45.
The unbuilt section from Doyle Drive to Van Ness Avenue was to have been called the Golden Gate Freeway and the Embarcadero Freeway as originally planned would have extended from Van Ness along the north side of Bay Street and then along the Embarcadero to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Embarcadero Freeway, which had only been ...
Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company operated two shipyards in Oakland, California. Crowley Maritime used the shipyards to repair its fleet of tugboats and other ships. Pacific Dry Dock and Repair Company site 1, this was located at 1414 Embarcadero Oakland, across from Coast Guard Island till 1991. 37°47′01″N 122°14′40″W / 37. ...
The first location was opened in San Francisco in December 1969 [4] and was a 158-seat restaurant located on the Embarcadero at Broadway that was constructed out of five boxcars and two cabooses around a central lobby-service area. [5] Another source incorrectly claimed an April 1969 opening date. [6]