Cupid’s Span is a sculpture in San Francisco created by husband-and-wife artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Installed in November 2002 in Rincon Park on the Embarcadero, against the backdrop of the Bay Bridge, the 60-foot-high sculpture depicts a bow and arrow partially embedded in the ground and is thought to represent Cupid’s arrow. 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...
Classifieds website Craigslist was started in 1995 from founder Craig Newmark’s ground floor apartment at 1010 Cole Street in San Francisco. Craigslist operated from here until 2000 when it moved to offices in the Sunset District. Read more...
The Golden State Warriors NBA basketball team relocated in 2019 to the Chase Center in San Francisco from their previous home arena across the bay in Oakland. The San Francisco Dons NCAA men’s college basketball team also plays some games at the Chase Center when not playing at the Sobrato Center. Read more...
San Francisco experiences foggy weather, particularly in summer, as the hot air in California’s Central Valley rises upwards, creating a low pressure region that causes the cooler moist air sitting over the surface of the Pacific Ocean to be sucked inland. The air over the Pacific Ocean is laden with moisture which condenses into water droplets as it moves over Read more...
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...
In 2016 the city’s Department of Public Works determined that the geographic center of San Francisco was located on Corbett Avenue near the Rooftop Elementary School Twin Peaks campus. A brass surveyor’s disc marking the approximate position was placed in the sidewalk opposite 771 Corbett Avenue but was very quickly stolen. Read more...
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...
Residents can block their own driveway in San Francisco only if the vehicle’s license plate is registered to the building’s address and the building has two or fewer units. The vehicle must be parked parallel to the curb and a street parking permit is not required provided the vehicle fits between the curb cuts where the top of the curb Read more...
The bronze statue of Yoda sits on a fountain at the Lucasfilm campus in San Francisco’s Presidio. The fountain is outside Building B at One Letterman Drive, where other Star Wars memorabilia can also be viewed in the lobby during weekdays. 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...
When San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts was demolished in 1963, it was rebuilt with modern construction materials over the next decade, to the same design. The only parts reused were in the exhibition hall which was rebuilt on its 1915 steel frame, and retains some of the original fireplaces and doors. The Palace of Fine Arts was originally constructed Read more...
Presidio Golf Course is a public 18-hole course with driving range, practice facility and a public clubhouse with restaurant and golf shop. Tee time reservations may be made online or by phone and discounts are offered to residents of San Francisco and Northern California. Note that the separate Tudor-style clubhouse fronting onto the 9th green is a private members facility Read more...
The original 7 hills of San Francisco, in order of descending height are: Mount Davidson Twin Peaks Mount Sutro (or Lone Mountain on some lists) Nob Hill Russian Hill Telegraph Hill Rincon Hill San Francisco has many more than seven hills but the list is thought to have been created as an attempt to emulate Rome, the original City of Read more...
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...
The two peaks of Twin Peaks are the North peak, known as Eureka Peak, and the taller South peak, which is called Noe Peak. Standing at 922 feet, Noe Peak is the second tallest hill in San Francisco after Mount Davidson. Read more...
Most of the city of San Francisco should be able to receive the following free over-the-air TV channels with an antenna. Some areas may not receive all stations due to signals being weakened or blocked by nearby buildings, trees or hills. Name Channel Callsign Transmitter KTVU FOX 2 2.1 KTVU-DT Sutro LATV 2.2 KTVU-DT2 Sutro Movies! 2.3 KTVU-DT3 Sutro Buzzr Read more...
Sutro Tower is a prominent three-pronged TV and radio antenna tower in San Francisco. Located near Mount Sutro on one of the city’s highest points, the red and white metal tower was San Francisco’s tallest structure from completion in 1973 until the Salesforce Tower was finished in 2017. Read more...
Drawn Stone by Andy Goldsworthy is at the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The permanent outdoor sculpture is a man-made meandering crack that runs through pavers and large sandstone boulders leading to the museum’s entrance. Read more...
