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The three-sided glass tower on the Mulberry Union building opposite UCSF Medical Center on Parnassus Avenue houses a historical working mechanical clock designed by Seth Thomas that was salvaged from the old campus Medical School Building prior to its demolition in 1967. After a period of storage, the mechanism of the clock, which also tells the day of the week, Read more...
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The two windmills on the western edge of Golden Gate Park originally pumped groundwater for park irrigation. The Dutch Windmill, and the Murphy Windmill located to the south, were completed in 1903 and 1908 respectively and operated until 1913 when electric water pumps were introduced. Both mills subsequently fell into disrepair but have since been restored with turning sails, and Read more...
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The Golden Gate Bridge’s suspension span, including the main span and side spans, is 1.2 miles (or 1,966 meters) long. The length of the main span between the towers is 4,200 feet (or 1,280 meters). Read more...
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The Dewey Monument in Union Square, San Francisco is a statue commemorating Admiral George Dewey’s victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War. It is 97 feet (or 30 meters) tall and features a bronze statue by sculptor Robert Ingersoll Aitken of Nike, the ancient Greek Goddess of Victory, holding a trident and balanced on a granite Read more...
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Just before 9 am on June 14th, 2017, Jimmy Lam shot five coworkers, three fatally, at the UPS distribution facility at 320 San Bruno Avenue, between 16th and 17th Streets in San Francisco’s Portero Hill neighborhood. Lam later took his own life in the building by shooting himself in the head. A memorial service was held on July 9th, 2017 Read more...
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The fifth-floor balcony of Unit 405 at 2020 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley collapsed in the early hours of June 16th, 2015, and a group of people standing on it fell to the street below. Five Irish students, Eoghan Culligan, Niccolai Schuster, Lorcán Miller, Eimear Walsh, Olivia Burke, and Olivia’s Irish-American cousin, Ashley Donohoe, all in their early 20s, died Read more...
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Alcatraz Island is reached by the Alcatraz Cruises ferry from Alcatraz Landing at San Francisco’s Pier 33, located on The Embarcadero near the intersection with Bay Street. The attraction is often fully booked so advance online bookings are advisable. Read more...
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Key West’s Duval Street is 1.25 miles (or 2 kilometers) long, with the walk along its length from Sunset Pier to South Beach taking approximately 25 minutes. The street stretches north-south over 14 blocks between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, in the Key West Historic District. Duval Street is named after William Pope DuVal, the first territorial Read more...
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Chicago OTC means the Ogilvie Transportation Center, the commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, sometimes referred to as North Western or Madison Street Station. It occupies the lower floors of 500 West Madison Street and is the terminus for the three Union Pacific Metra commuter rail lines. Read more...
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John Lennon was fatally shot four times at the entrance to The Dakota, his apartment building at West 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York City, on the evening of December 8th, 1980. The former Beatle was taken by police car to Roosevelt Hospital but died due to massive internal hemorrhaging. Read more...
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The mural of musician Carlos Santana is on the exterior wall of a store at 19th Street and Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. The 16-foot-wide black and white mural was painted with spray cans by local artist Mel Waters in 2014 as a tribute to Santana, who lived and attended school in San Francisco in his teens. It Read more...
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Former professional baseball player Barry Bonds’ childhood home is on Lyndhurst Avenue in San Carlos, California. Read more...
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During the summer of 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook co-founders rented 819 La Jennifer Way in Palo Alto as their first base in Silicon Valley. A small team of coders worked here on development of the early site, and while there, Facebook raised its first external investment. This period was a central storyline in the movie The Social Network. Read more...
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Stanford University’s Hoover Tower is 285 feet (or 87 meters) tall. Read more...
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Mount Davidson is the highest natural point in San Francisco, at 928 feet (or 283 meters) above sea level. At the summit, there is a 103-foot (or 31.4 meter) concrete cross which is illuminated twice a year for a prayer service on Easter Sunday and on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. Read more...
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The Golden Gate Bridge gets its name from the Golden Gate strait, the body of water it spans between San Francisco and Marin County, California. The name has nothing to do with the bridge’s distinctive orange red color. Read more...
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In 1914, over 60 refugees from the German-occupied city of Mechelen in Belgium were accommodated in Menai Bridge on Anglesey. In gratitude for the town’s hospitality, a group of them built this 400 metre promenade along the Menai Strait from Ynys Tysilio (Church Island) to Carreg yr Halen, completing it in 1916. It was rebuilt in 1963 and ceremonially reopened Read more...
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San Francisco has port facilities which mainly cater to passenger ferries, cruise ships, dry bulk cargo, auto carriers, and ship repairs, but no container handling, which is dominated by the Port of Oakland just across the bay. Port activities are overseen by the Port of San Francisco which manages the waterfront from Fisherman’s Wharf to India Basin. Read more...
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San Francisco’s pier numbering system starts at the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero at the end of Market Street. Odd numbered piers are located to the left, going north, and even numbered piers are located to the south. Because some piers have fallen into disrepair or been removed over the years, there are gaps in the numbering system. Read more...
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The San Francisco 49ers NFL football team plays its home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It has been the team’s home venue since 2014 having previously been based at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Read more...