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...
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...
The Beaver Street Wall is a radiolarian chert, a hard sedimentary rock comprising fine silica crystals originating from the shells of radiolaria, tiny ocean-dwelling plankton, that settled to the sea floor millions of years ago. Large areas of the rock appear smooth and shiny, a feature known as a slickenside, which suggests that the rock sat on one side of 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...
The Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco has bars near the lobby entrance and on the second floor. To avoid the lines, you may pre-order drinks and snacks at the bar before a show and they will be ready for pick-up with your name during the intermission. Other than bottled water, drinks may be only taken into the auditorium if you Read more...
An application for a San Francisco Public Library card may be made online or by completing a paper Library Card Application form. Presentation of valid photo ID and proof of residential address is required in-person at any SFPL location in order to process the application and issue a library card. Residents of California are entitled to a free San Francisco Read more...
There is a parking garage at MacArthur BART station just off MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. Payment is required on weekdays from 4 am to 3 pm but parking is free on weekends and holidays. Parking is full by around 7 am on weekdays. Parking permits can be booked online in advance or the daily parking fee can be paid at Read more...
The San Francisco Symphony doesn’t have a formal dress code and for most concerts it is a matter of personal choice. The dress of most concertgoers at Louise M Davies Symphony Hall ranges from smart casual to business or cocktail attire. The only exception is for events such as the SF Symphony Opening Gala where more formal attire like tuxedos Read more...
Blue Bottle Coffee opened its first cafe in January 2005 in a garage at 315 Linden Street, in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. Located in an alley off Gough Street, between Hayes and Fell Streets, the kiosk cafe is still open today. Blue Bottle Coffee has since expanded, opening more locations in San Francisco, and other cities including New York, LA, Read more...
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...
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...
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...
Prepayment can be made at San Francisco street parking meters before their designated operating time from 4:30 am, except at Port meters near the waterfront. Most San Francisco parking meters operate from 9 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. The prepaid time begins when the meter starts operating and parking prior to that is free of charge. Read more...
In San Francisco, street parking at a broken or inoperable parking meter is permitted for the posted time limit or 4 hours, whichever is shorter. Read more...
San Francisco property tax can be paid in person at The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector in City Hall Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 8 am to 5 pm. Wait times at the office are longer around delinquency dates. Property taxes are payable in two equal installments, the first is due November 1st and delinquent after December Read more...
San Francisco’s tallest building is the Salesforce Tower (formerly called the Transbay Tower) skyscraper at Mission Street and 1st Street in the SoMa neighborhood. It is 1070 feet (or 326 meters) tall. Read more...
The 59-story Millennium Tower in San Francisco was built on a floating pile foundation. Rather than sitting on bedrock, floating piles are supported by the gripping action of friction with the surrounding mud and sand, and some settling is anticipated. In the case of the Millennium Tower, the ground has been unable to adequately support the weight of the tower. Read more...