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The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries.
The Barbary Coast was a red-light district during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries in San Francisco that featured dance halls, concert saloons, bars, jazz clubs, variety shows, and brothels. Its nine block area was centered on a three block stretch of Pacific Street, now Pacific Avenue, between Montgomery and Stockton Streets.
The Barbary Coast Trail® is a San Francisco walking tour that connects the City’s most important historic sites. Bronze medallions and arrows set in the sidewalk guide you along the trail, drawing you into a world of gold rushers and railroad barons, writers and visionaries, shanghiers and silver kings.
Nov 8, 2016 · Encompassing parts of modern-day Chinatown, Jackson Square, and North Beach, the Barbary Coast was born amidst the chaos and excitement of the 1849 California Gold Rush, when tens of thousands of miners, entrepreneurs, and opportunists poured into the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Morgan Palumbo
Jan 12, 2024 · The Barbary Coast is the haunt of the low and the vile of every kind. The petty thief, the house burglar, the tramp, the whore monger, lewd women, cut-throats, murderers, are all found here.
Sep 19, 2022 · The Barbary Coast Trail features 180 bronze sidewalk medallions installed in a 3.8 mile-long journey through the history of the city.
Mar 27, 2021 · Barbary Coast: The Original San Francisco Waterfront. North Beach to the Embarcadero. The Waterfront: Pier 39, Fisherman’s Wharf and Aquatic Park. Upper Trail for Round Trip — Cable Car and Nob Hill. Downtown: Old U.S. Mint, Union Square, and Maiden Lane.