Little Italy
District of San Francisco
California - United States

North Beach, San Francisco

North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's Little Italy, and has historically been home to a large Italian American population. It is still home to many Italian restaurants today, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture.

Located at 37.8003, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, Little Italys in the United States, Red-light districts in the United States, Entertainment districts in California, Restaurant districts and streets, Beat Generation, Shopping districts and streets in the San Francisco Bay Area, Italian-American culture in California, North Beach, San Francisco

City Lights Bookstore

City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. It also houses the nonprofit City Lights Foundation, which publishes selected titles related to San Francisco culture. It was founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin (who left two years later).

Located at 37.7976, -122.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. SFAI was founded in 1871, and is one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River

Located at 37.8035, -122.417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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The Real World: San Francisco

The Real World: San Francisco is the third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It was the second season of The Real World to be filmed in California after The Real World: Los Angeles in 1993.

Located at 37.8019, -122.417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum

The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, It contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum. The museum contains several examples of old cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a shop.

Located at 37.7947, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Museums in San Francisco, California, National Historic Landmarks in the San Francisco Bay Area, National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California, Railroad museums in California, Transportation in San Francisco, California

Washington Square (San Francisco)

Washington Square is a park in the North Beach district of San Francisco, California. The popular destination, for both locals and tourists, is surrounded by eating establishments and the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Director Don Siegel features the church and the square in scenes from the 1971 movie, Dirty Harry. The church, and nearby Dante Building, are the setting of sniper attacks by the "Scorpio Killer". The park and surrounding area is also featured in the 2000 film, Bedazzled.

Located at 37.8009, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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North Beach, San Francisco, Parks in San Francisco, California

KREV (FM)

KREV (92.7 FM, "92.7 Rev FM") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station that serves the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Its city of license is Alameda, California, and it is owned by Royce International.

Located at 37.7983, -122.418 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Barbary Coast, San Francisco

The Barbary Coast was a red-light district in old San Francisco, California. Geographically it constituted nine blocks bounded by Montgomery Street, Washington Street, Stockton Street, and Broadway. Particularly notorious was Pacific Avenue, one of the earliest streets to be cut through the hills, which led directly from the wharf to the center of town, near Portsmouth Square. The neighborhood quickly took on its seedy character during the California Gold Rush (1848–1858).

Located at 37.7966, -122.406 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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California Gold Rush, Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, History of San Francisco, California, Red-light districts in the United States, Crime in San Francisco, California, Culture of San Francisco, California, Red-light districts

Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

Telegraph Hill (elev. 275 ft) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills."

Located at 37.8024, -122.406 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Macondray Lane

Macondray Lane is a small pedestrian lane on the south-eastern side of Russian Hill in San Francisco, California. A wooded enclave in the heart of the city, it was recast by Armistead Maupin as Barbary Lane for his Tales of the City. Macondray Lane extends two blocks east-west between Leavenworth and Taylor streets, paralleling Union and Green streets. At the Taylor Street end, a set of steps descend from the lane to Taylor Street.

Located at 37.7992, -122.415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Saints Peter and Paul Church, San Francisco

Saints Peter and Paul Church is a Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. Located (somewhat ironically) at 666 Filbert Street, it is directly across from Washington Square, San Francisco and is administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It is known as "La cattedrale d'Italia ovest," or "The Italian Cathedral of the West," and has served as the home church and cultural center for San Francisco's Italian-American community since its consecration.

Located at 37.8016, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, North Beach, San Francisco, Roman Catholic churches in California

Caffe Trieste

Caffé Trieste is a chain of six Italian-themed coffeehouse plus one retail store in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The Caffe Trieste was opened in 1956 by Giovanni Giotta (aka "Papa Gianni"), who in 1950 had emigrated to San Francisco, California, from the small fishing town of Rovigno, Italy (now part of Croatia). Missing the espresso houses of Trieste, Italy, Giotta opened his own cafe. Caffe Trieste is said to be the first espresso house on the West Coast.

Located at 37.7987, -122.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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The Summit (San Francisco)

The Summit is a highrise condominium tower developed by Joseph Eichler, located at the top of the upscale Russian Hill in San Francisco, California, at 999 Green Street. The tower was designed by Niell Smith and Associates. Above ground, it has 4 floors of parking and 25 floors of residential condominiums. The tower, completed in 1965, has some of San Francisco's most expensive and scenic condos.

Located at 37.7984, -122.415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Condor Club

The Condor Night Club is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco, in California, USA. The club opened in 1964. The club is located at the corner of Broadway and Columbus. The large lit sign in front of the club featured a picture of Carol Doda. The sign had red lights on the image of her breasts. She was the first topless entertainer there and the most famous. Her première topless dance occurred on the evening of June 19, 1964. The club went bottomless (i.e.

Located at 37.798, -122.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Vesuvio Cafe

Vesuvio Cafe is a historic bar in North Beach, San Francisco, California where 'beat' poetry was invented. It is located at 255 Columbus Avenue across an alley from City Lights Bookstore. It is open every day of the year 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. The bar was founded in 1948 by Henri Lenoir, and was frequented by a number of Beat Generation celebrities, including Jack Kerouac, Dylan Thomas, and Neal Cassady.

Located at 37.7974, -122.406 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Jack Kerouac Alley

Jack Kerouac Alley (formerly Adler Alley or Adler Place) is a one-way alleyway in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, that connects Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue. The alley is named after Jack Kerouac, a Beat Generation writer who used to frequent the pub and bookstore adjacent to the alley. The alley was a common place for garbage dumping and a shortcut for trucks.

Located at 37.7975, -122.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, North Beach, San Francisco

Broadway Tunnel (San Francisco)

The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel opened in 1952, and serves as a high-capacity conduit for traffic between Chinatown and North Beach to the east and Russian Hill and Van Ness to the west. In a proposal of the city's 1948 Transportation Plan, the tunnel was to serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway. The east portal is located just past the Mason Street overpass.

Located at 37.7968, -122.414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Washington Square Bar and Grill

The Washington Square Bar and Grill is a landmark restaurant adjoining Washington Square in San Francisco, California's North Beach neighborhood (Powell at Union streets). Known widely as the Washbag, so named by columnist Herb Caen as a play on words, it was a favorite gathering place for a generation of writers, politicians, musicians, and social elite. The restaurant was opened in 1973 by local Ed Moose, a former dispatcher and reporter for the St.

Located at 37.8004, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)

Columbus Avenue is a street that runs diagonally through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf. This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, City Lights Bookstore, and Bimbo's 365 Club. The street's original name was Montgomery Avenue.

Located at 37.8011, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in San Francisco, California, Red-light districts in the United States, North Beach, San Francisco

Grant Avenue

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. It resumes at North Point Street and stretches one block to The Embarcadero and the foot of Pier 39. Grant Avenue is a one-way street; automobile traffic can only travel northbound.

Located at 37.7975, -122.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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North Beach Malt House

The North Beach Malt House is an historical landmark building, located at 445 Francisco Street in San Francisco, California. It originally served as a malting factory and brewery for 40 years. It was nearly destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The owner at the time, George W. Bauer, rebuilt the Malt House using concrete and steel girders. His company, Bauer & Schweitzer, continued to supply malt to Bay Area breweries, including the Anchor Brewing Company, into the 1960s.

Located at 37.8047, -122.413 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Barbary Coast Trail

The Barbary Coast Trail is a walking tour connecting 20 historic sites and local history museums in San Francisco, California. Approximately 180 bronze medallions and arrows embedded in the sidewalk mark the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) trail. The historic sites of the Barbary Coast Trail relate primarily to the period from the California Gold Rush of 1849 to the Earthquake and Fire of 1906, a period when San Francisco grew from a small village to the busiest port on the West Coast.

Located at 37.7994, -122.409 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Club Fugazi

The Club Fugazi is a small theater and nightclub located in the North Beach, San Francisco, California district of San Francisco, California. The address is 678 Green Street although the portion of Green in front of the club has been renamed Beach Blanket Babylon Boulevard in honor of the long-running musical revue which has played at the Club Fugazi for some two decades. The theater is on the ground floor in a building which is formally known as Casa Coloniale Italiana John F.

Located at 37.7992, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Culture of San Francisco, California, Nightclubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Theatres in the San Francisco Bay Area

Pioneer Park (San Francisco)

Pioneer Park is a 4.89-acre park crowning the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial. Prior to establishment of the park, it was the site of the Marine Telegraph Station. The main feature of the park, Coit Tower, was completed in 1933 using a $100,000 bequest left to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1924.

Located at 37.8025, -122.406 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks in San Francisco, California

Bimbo's 365 Club

Bimbo's 365 Club, also known as Bimbo's 365, is an entertainment club located at 1025 Columbus Avenue in San Francisco. It specializes in live rock and jazz shows. The location is one of San Francisco's oldest nightclub sites, and has operated under two names with a series of owners. The building started as Bal Tabarin in 1931, the same year that the 365 Club started at 365 Market Street.

Located at 37.8037, -122.416 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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