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Thursday, August 23, 2007
North Beach is the former shoreline of the bay as well as the disembarking spot for most of the immigrants, eccentric characters..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Washington Square Park constitutes the heart of North Beach. It has functioned as a garden, a cemetery, a cow pasture, and then ..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Does this thing look like a fire hose nozzle to you? Well, the reason that it does, or does not, lies in the story of Lillie Hit..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
There was a time when the sign on the Condor Club boasted a very tall woman, wearing little except for red light bulbs for nippl..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
An extemporaneous performance by longtime North Beach resident and improvisational poet, Chris Pray...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
A Certainly the most infamous incident in the history of Chinatown is the Golden Dragon Restaurant Massacre. In 1977, the long-s..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
The television was actually invented in San Francisco by a most interesting and eccentric character, Philo T. Farnsworth...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
During the Gold Rush, most miners had to pass through San Francisco. Awaiting the innocent goldseeker were the hordes of gambler..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
San Francisco has had its share of characters. And the most noteworthy of them all was Emperor Norton, the self-proclaimed Emper..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Embarcadero was where the tall ships from around the world docked - carrying gold seekers, future tycoons, gamblers, hustler..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Lotta's Fountain once provided water to the thirsty city dwellers of San Francisco. Today, it's a reminder of one of the brighte..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Take a ride on the only moving monuments in the United States, the famous cable cars of San Francisco...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
In the 1800's, Maiden Lane was known as Morton Lane, the most notorious and debauched street of prostitution, murder, and deprav..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Once a massive sand dune, Union Square eventually grew into the shimmering center of the city. But on April 18, 1906, 5:13 in th..
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
The history of Chinatown is the history of San Francisco. Like other American immigrant groups, the Chinese came to the United S..
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