San Francisco Streets, Squares and Neighbourhoods

The Bay Area is a metropolitan region which surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo bays in North California. This neighborhood has large cities like Oakland, San Jose along with small rural and urban areas. Bay Area also has nine...

Union Square is known as the third largest shopping area in San Francisco. This area was established by the first mayor of the city in 1849. It became shopping epi-center in early 1900s and there are upscale hotels and stores which surround...

The Mission District is also known as The Mission and is a neighborhood in San Francisco. This neighborhood is named after the sixth Alta California mission, Mission San Francisco de Asis. Moreover, it is economically and ethnically diverse,...

The usually compact downtown area of San Francisco has three contradictory square miles which is crowded into the north eastern corner of the peninsula, between the bay and the hills. This neighborhood is located on the north side of...

Market Street is a major street and also a vital thoroughfare in San Francisco. The street is an axis which is enhanced by its position at the boundary of two street grids. And in its role as an axis, it is often compared to Fifth Avenue,...

Chinatown in San Francisco is considered as the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is also one of oldest and the largest Chinese communities outside Asia. It was established in 1850s and featured popular culture venues like music, films,...

The Castro District is a neighborhood of San Francisco and is situated within Eureka Valley in San Francisco. It is considered as the best known gay neighborhood in the world having transformed from a working class neighborhood through the...

A neighborhood, South San Francisco occupies the basin and the portions of the sides of the broad valley which was formed by the San Bruno Mountains on the north and the Coast Range on the west. The population as per the 2000 census was...