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Area code 415 has been split three times due to the Bay Area's rapid economic growth and demand for telecommunication services: On March 1, 1959, area code 707 was created from the northern part, and area code 408 was created for San Jose, the South Bay, the Monterey Bay, and the Salinas Valley.
Washington Street in Chinatown with Transamerica Pyramid in the background.. Officially, Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco, covers 24 square blocks, [10] and overlaps five postal ZIP codes (94108, 94133, 94111, 94102, and 94109).
In 1959, the San Francisco Examiner wrote that the Great China Theater was the last active Chinese opera house in the United States. [8] Due to the decline in Chinese opera, the theater stayed afloat by showing movies, relegating operas to special occasions like the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. 1963, during the Foo Hsing Troup ...
Manulife Plaza, also known as Lee Garden One, is an office skyscraper in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The triangular-shaped tower stands 789 ft (240 m) tall and contains 52 floors of office space. The building is currently the 16th tallest in Hong Kong and the tallest in Causeway Bay.
area code 387 is reserved as a fifth code for the region; 648: not in use; available for geographic assignment 649: The Turks and Caicos Islands (all) June 1, 1997: split of 809; 650: California (Daly City, South San Francisco, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Mountain View, San Mateo, Santa Clara) August 2, 1997: split of 415; 651
The housing stock was overwhelming single family (95% vs. 68% citywide) and owner- occupied (72% vs. 31% citywide), while the population was mostly African American (63% compared with 13% citywide). In recent years, the OMI has witnessed an influx of Asian-American and other ethnic groups, making it one of San Francisco's most diverse ...
Park signage, 2013. Designed in 1957 by Robert Royston the square is a rooftop park located on the top level of a parking garage in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood. At the time, rooftop gardens were promoted in the city by real estate developers as a means to maximize buildable areas, and were most often sited on two‐story, above‐ground parking structures. being one of the first ...
Portsmouth Square (traditional Chinese: 花園角; simplified Chinese: 花园角; pinyin: Huāyuán jiǎo; Jyutping: Faa 1 jyun 4 Gok 3), formerly known as Portsmouth Plaza, [1] and originally known as Plaza de Yerba Buena, [2] [3] or simply La Plaza, [4] is a one-block plaza (57,516 sq ft (5,343.4 m 2)) in Chinatown, San Francisco, California.