On September 22nd, 1975 Sarah Jane Moore fired a gun twice at President Gerald Ford as he left San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel via the Post Street entrance. Both shots missed and the president was quickly escorted away in his limousine. Moore was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination attempt but was released on parole on December 31st, Read more...
Most street parking meters in San Francisco operate from 9 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday, so street parking on Sunday is free, except in the following areas: Fisherman’s Wharf The Embarcadero The Special Event Area around Oracle Park and Chase Center during events such as baseball and basketball games Read more...
Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe on January 14th, 1954 at San Francisco City Hall in the chambers of Municipal Judge Charles H. Perry. After the civil ceremony they posed for photographs on the steps outside Saints Peter and Paul Church across from Washington Square in North Beach. The marriage lasted 274 days before Marilyn filed for divorce. Read more...
The first Starbucks Coffee in San Francisco opened in March 1992 at the corner of Union and Laguna Streets in the Cow Hollow neighborhood. Read more...
Public access to the top of Coit Tower is only by elevator which carries visitors 14 stories to the observation deck for 360 degree views over San Francisco. Elevator tickets are sold at the gift shop, or skip ticket lines by booking in advance online or by phone for a specific time and date. Read more...
Christmas Tree Point in San Francisco is where a large illuminated Christmas tree was erected annually from 1927 for a few years by a local group that included the San Francisco Examiner newspaper and other community organizations. The name endured and the promontory on the northeast edge of Twin Peaks is a popular vantage point with views over the city. Read more...
Twitter’s first offices were at 164 South Park Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The social networking technology company, founded in 2006 by Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey and Noah Glass, was based here until 2008. An early-stage Instagram was a tenant here later. Read more...
Twitter’s headquarters are located at 1355 Market Street in San Francisco’s SoMa/Tenderloin neighborhood. The social networking technology company moved into the complex, known as Market Square, in 2012. Read more...
There is a parking lot next to the San Francisco DMV office at Fell Street and Broderick Street in Haight-Ashbury which is free for DMV customers between 7 am and 5 pm. Read more...
The dress code at Restaurant Gary Danko in San Francisco is business casual, with jackets for men encouraged but not required. Smart dark washed jeans can be worn, but open toed footwear such as sandals or flip flops, and casual attire such as shorts, sweats or sportswear are not appropriate. Read more...
Stripe’s headquarters are located at 510 Townsend Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The payment processing technology company moved into the newly built 300,000 square foot building in 2018. Read more...
San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid limits access to tenants and their approved guests only. An observation room on the 27th floor was permanently closed for security reasons many years ago and replaced by a street-level virtual observation deck on Clay Street which provides a view from the top via live video feed. Read more...
The building under the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge is Fort Point, built by the US Army at the height of the Gold Rush between 1853 and 1861 as part of a defense system to protect the harbor from foreign attack. When it was no longer needed as a defense position, it served as barracks and military Read more...
The Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery Street in San Francisco with its distinctive pyramid shape is an icon of the city’s skyline. At 853 feet (or 260 meters) high, it is visible from most parts of the city and is the second-tallest building in San Francisco since losing the top spot to the Salesforce Tower in 2017. Read more...
Patty Hearst was involved in an armed robbery of the Sunset District branch of Hibernia Bank at Noriega and 22nd Avenue in San Francisco on April 15th, 1974. Hearst, the granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, participated in the raid with members of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) who, two months prior, had kidnapped her at gunpoint from her Read more...
The blue house in French singer Maxime Le Forestier’s song San Francisco is situated at 3841 18th Street in the Mission district. The song, on his 1972 album Mon frère, recalls a time when he lived in the house in 1970 when it was a hippie commune called Hunga Dunga. It was repainted from light green to the original blue Read more...
Jack Kerouac Alley is located off Columbus Avenue, between Broadway and Pacific Avenue in San Francisco. The now-pedestrianized passageway was renamed in 1988 to recognize the area’s association with Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac who, during visits to San Francisco, had frequented the City Lights bookstore and Vesuvio Cafe bar that flank the alley entrance. The short alley, connecting Columbus Read more...
The San Francisco Marathon starts from Mission Street and The Embarcadero, San Francisco, at 5:30 am. It is held annually on the fourth Sunday in July. Read more...