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Hoy, William J. (April 1943). "Chinatown Devises Its Own Street Names". California Folklore Quarterly. 2 (2). Western States Folklore Society: 71– 75. doi:10.2307/1495551. JSTOR 1495551. Miller, Greg (30 September 2013). "1885 map reveals vice in San Francisco's Chinatown and racism at City Hall". Wired
According to the San Francisco Planning Department, Chinatown is "the most densely populated urban area west of Manhattan", with 15,000 residents living in 20 square blocks. [13] In the 1970s, the population density in Chinatown was seven times the San Francisco average. [14]
Peralta Home, San Leandro (1960) ... Old Chinatown, San Francisco, Arnold Genthe ... German map of San Francisco Bay Area, ca. 1893-1897.
In the early 20th century, the Siberia Club, at 25-27-29 Ross Alley, run by Yee Mee, "king of the Chinatown gamblers" and head of the Hop Sing Tong, [13] was one of the more notable gaming establishments. A raid on September 28, 1912, netted 46 Chinese, and another raid just days later arrested another 50 gamblers, despite a September 17 ...
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
In San Francisco’s upscale Russian Hill neighborhood, there’s a gorgeous Edwardian-style home painted in periwinkle blue, selling for a surprising $488,800 — even though it’s worth $1.8 ...
He says if the property sold for $1.8 million, Sandra and Cheryl would be entitled to about $1.1 million for their shares combined, while Cedric would get around $700,000 (excluding any expenses ...
Grant Avenue at night. Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, is one of the oldest streets in the city's Chinatown district. It runs in a north–south direction starting at Market Street in the heart of downtown and dead-ending past Francisco Street in the North Beach district.