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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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The AMC Metreon 16 movie theater at Mission & 4th Street in SoMa, San Francisco has a large screen theater featuring IMAX with Laser. Read more...
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Chicago’s Navy Pier has on-site self parking at the West and East Garages on the Pier’s north side. Accessed from East Grand Avenue, they offer tiered hourly parking payable at pay stations located throughout the Pier. Motorcycle parking and valet parking are available at Entrance 1, located just after the West Parking. Harry Caray’s Tavern and Riva Crab House will Read more...
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Duke’s restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, does not allow dogs, with the exception of service animals such as guide dogs, signal dogs or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. Read more...
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The Transbay Tube, the underwater rail tunnel carrying Bay Area Rapid Transit’s subway lines under San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland reaches a maximum depth of 135 feet (or 41 meters) below sea level 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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The downtown San Francisco area is not officially defined but is generally considered to refer to the city’s Financial District. The area it is often broadened to include the Union Square, Chinatown, Tenderloin, and SoMa districts. Read more...
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BART trains cross San Francisco Bay through an underwater tunnel running between downtown San Francisco’s Embarcadero station near the Ferry Building, and West Oakland station. Known as the Transbay Tube, the 3.6 mile (or 5.8 kilometer) immersed tube sits on the Bay floor and contains two rail tunnels separated by a central pedestrian and maintenance gallery. 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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Before clearing security, you can walk between all terminals at San Francisco Airport or catch the airport’s AirTrain. After clearing security, access to other terminals without exiting and re-entering security is only available via walkway connectors between: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and International Terminal “A” Gates. Terminal 2, Terminal 3, and the International Terminal “G” Gates. Read more...
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Chicago’s Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center are not directly linked. However, across the street, one block east of Ogilvie, is the Madison Street Entrance to Union Station which goes underground along the platform between Tracks 5 and 7 emerging on Union Station’s North Concourse. 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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You can ride a bike across the eastern side of the Bay Bridge from Oakland as far as Yerba Buena island only. As the Bay Bridge Trail bike path runs along the new east span only, at present you cannot ride all the way across the bridge between Oakland and San Francisco. The bridge cycle path is open daily from 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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Venture capitalist Michael Moritz lives on Vallejo Street in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood. Read more...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg lives on Edgewood Drive in Palo Alto, California. 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...