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2 days ago · Entrepreneur Steven Lee sits in San Francisco’s Portsmouth Square in Chinatown, not far from Sam Wo, the restaurant he helped save. But unlike most partiers, he discovered you could also turn ...
3 days ago · Lew Hing (1858–1934) Chinese-born American industrialist and banker; founder of Chinatown in San Francisco, as well as Chinatown in Oakland, California. James Lick (1796–1876), real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. Larry Livermore (born 1947), founder of Lookout Records
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5 days ago · San Francisco, city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre of the western United States and one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities.
4 days ago · Chinatown in San Francisco in 1895. Public Domain photo via GetArchive. San Francisco is an old, iron safe filled with gold, glory, disaster, and secrets. SFCentric History is a column, by SF writer V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi, that digs in the vaults of local history and shares the sensational people, places, and things that rocked San Francisco.
1 day ago · 18th century. Las Californias is established in 1768 by New Spain, encompassing the Bay Area. Gaspar de Portolà arrives in the Bay Area in 1769. Mission San Francisco de Asís and El Presidio Real de San Francisco are founded in 1776 in Yerba Buena. Baptisms of the Yelamu by Spanish missionaries begin in 1777.
5 days ago · Last Updated: January 2, 2024. From the Golden Gate Bridge and the fortress of Alcatraz, to the murals of the Mission District and the bright lights of Chinatown – this San Francisco itinerary will give you a great introduction to the city. Welcome to San Francisco!