Editing San Francisco (section)

===Neighborhoods===
{{Main|Neighborhoods in San Francisco|List of Landmarks and Historic Places in San Francisco}}
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in San Francisco}}
[[File:San Francisco in 2018.jpg|thumb|right|View of the city's central districts along its northeastern coastline]]

An ''Historical Center of San Francisco'' monument,<ref name="sfG/rs/unP">{{cite news |last1=Solnit |first1=Rebecca |title=The heart of the city / U.N. Plaza: the beating pulse of public space in San Francisco, from protests to pomegranates |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/The-heart-of-the-city-U-N-Plaza-the-beating-2831385.php |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=[[sfgate.com]] |date=Jan 11, 2004}}</ref> where the [[San Francisco City Hall#History|1899–1906 City Hall]] was once located,<ref name="a&A/Csf">{{cite web |title=Center of San Francisco |url=https://artandarchitecture-sf.com/center-of-san-francisco.html |website=artandarchitecture-sf.com – Public Art and Architecture from Around the World |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> is in [[United Nations Plaza (San Francisco)|United Nations Plaza]], at {{coord|37.7800397|-122.4135943|display=inline}}

The earliest center of San Francisco is [[Portsmouth Square]], in the northeast quadrant of the city anchored by [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and the waterfront. Here in the northeast quadrant, the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]] is centered, with [[Union Square (San Francisco)|Union Square]], the principal shopping and hotel district, and the [[Tenderloin, San Francisco|Tenderloin]] nearby. [[Cable car (railway)|Cable cars]] carry riders up steep inclines to the summit of [[Nob Hill]], once the home of the city's business tycoons, and down to the waterfront tourist attractions of [[Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco|Fisherman's Wharf]], and [[Pier 39]], where many restaurants feature [[Dungeness crab]] from a still-active fishing industry. Also in this quadrant are [[Russian Hill, San Francisco|Russian Hill]], a residential neighborhood with the famously crooked [[Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]]; [[North Beach, San Francisco|North Beach]], the city's [[Little Italy]] and the former center of the [[Beat Generation]]; and [[Telegraph Hill, San Francisco|Telegraph Hill]], which features [[Coit Tower]]. Abutting Russian Hill and North Beach is San Francisco's [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], the oldest [[Chinatown]] in North America.<ref>[http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/history/index.html The Official San Francisco Chinatown Website]. Sanfranciscochinatown.com. Retrieved February 16, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/101102/chinatown.shtml Depicting Otherness: Images of San Francisco's Chinatown]. College Street Journal (October 11, 2002). Retrieved February 16, 2012.</ref><ref name="Bacon, Daniel pages 52-53">Bacon, Daniel: Walking the Barbary Coast Trail 2nd ed., pp. 52–53, Quicksilver Press, 1997</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanfranciscodays.com/chinatown/ |title=Chinatown/Grant Avenue |access-date=August 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615053119/http://www.sanfranciscodays.com/chinatown/ |archive-date=June 15, 2011 }}. San Francisco Days</ref> The [[South of Market, San Francisco|South of Market]], which was once San Francisco's industrial core, has seen significant redevelopment following the construction of [[Oracle Park]] and an infusion of [[Startup company|startup companies]]. New skyscrapers, live-work lofts, and condominiums dot the area. Further development is taking place just to the south in [[Mission Bay, San Francisco|Mission Bay]] area, a former railroad yard, which now has a second campus of the [[University of California, San Francisco]] and [[Chase Center]], which opened in [[2019–20 Golden State Warriors season|2019]] as the new home of the [[Golden State Warriors]].<ref>{{cite web|title = S.F. supervisors OK Warriors arena for Mission Bay|url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-supervisors-OK-Warriors-arena-for-Mission-Bay-6685450.php|work = SFGATE|publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc|access-date = February 8, 2016|date = December 9, 2015|first1=J.K.|last1=Dineen}}</ref>

West of downtown, across [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]], lies the large [[Western Addition, San Francisco|Western Addition]] neighborhood, which became established with a large African American population after [[World War II]]. The Western Addition is usually divided into smaller neighborhoods including [[Hayes Valley, San Francisco|Hayes Valley]], [[Fillmore District, San Francisco|the Fillmore]], and [[Japantown, San Francisco|Japantown]], which was once the largest Japantown in North America but suffered when its [[Japanese American]] residents were [[Japanese American internment|forcibly removed and interned]] during World War II. The Western Addition survived the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] with its [[Victorian house|Victorians]] largely intact, including the famous "[[Painted Ladies]]", standing alongside [[Alamo Square]]. To the south, near the geographic center of the city is [[Haight-Ashbury]], famously associated with 1960s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haight-Ashbury's Hippie House: Preserving San Francisco's 1960s Counterculture |url=https://savingplaces.org/stories/haight-ashburys-hippie-house-preserving-san-franciscos-1960s-counterculture|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=savingplaces.org|language=en-US|date=25 July 2013|author-first=Aria|author-last=Danaparamita|publisher=National Trust for Historic Preservation}}</ref>
[[File:SF Chinatown CA (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]], the oldest in North America and one of the world's largest.]]
North of the Western Addition is [[Pacific Heights, San Francisco|Pacific Heights]], an affluent neighborhood that features the homes built by wealthy San Franciscans in the wake of the 1906 earthquake. Directly north of Pacific Heights facing the waterfront is the [[Marina District, San Francisco|Marina]], a neighborhood popular with young professionals that was largely built on reclaimed land from the Bay.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Marina|work=SFGate San Francisco Neighborhood Guide|url=http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/marina/|access-date=August 20, 2013|date=October 27, 2011}}</ref>

In the southeast quadrant of the city is the [[Mission District]]—populated in the 19th century by [[Californios]] and working-class immigrants from Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Scandinavia. In the 1910s, a wave of Central American immigrants settled in the Mission and, in the 1950s, immigrants from [[Mexican American|Mexico]] began to predominate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qualityoflife-themovie.com/website/mission.html |title=Quality of Life (film website) |work=Mission District History |author=Morgan, Benjamin (Director) |year=2007 |access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> In recent years, gentrification has changed the demographics of parts of the Mission from Latino, to [[Twentysomething (term)|twenty-something]] professionals. [[Noe Valley, San Francisco|Noe Valley]] to the southwest and [[Bernal Heights, San Francisco|Bernal Heights]] to the south are both increasingly popular among young families with children. East of the Mission is the [[Potrero Hill]] neighborhood, a mostly residential neighborhood that features sweeping views of downtown San Francisco. West of the Mission, the area historically known as [[Eureka Valley, San Francisco|Eureka Valley]], now popularly called [[The Castro, San Francisco|the Castro]], was once a working-class Scandinavian and Irish area. It has become North America's first [[gay village]], and is now the center of [[homosexuality|gay]] life in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Castro |url=http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/castro/ |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref> Located near the city's southern border, the [[Excelsior District, San Francisco|Excelsior District]] is one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in San Francisco. The [[Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco|Bayview-Hunters Point]] in the far southeast corner of the city is one of the poorest neighborhoods, though the area has been the focus of several revitalizing and [[urban renewal]] projects.

[[File:FerryBuildingEmbarcaderoBayBridge.JPG|thumb|The [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], located in the [[Embarcadero (San Francisco)|Embarcadero]], the city's eastern waterfront along San Francisco Bay]]

The [[West Side (San Francisco)|West Side]] of the city remained largely undeveloped until the early 20th century, due to the region being isolated from downtown because of the rugged terrain of Twin Peaks, Mount Sutro and Mount Davidson. Vast sand dunes made up the costal plain with the uninhibited area being dubbed the [[Outside Lands]]. The creation of Golden Gate Park in 1870–1900 contributed to the area being developed. The construction of the [[Twin Peaks Tunnel]] in 1918 connected southwest neighborhoods to downtown via streetcar, hastening the development of [[West Portal, San Francisco|West Portal]], and nearby affluent [[Forest Hill, San Francisco|Forest Hill]] and [[St. Francis Wood, San Francisco|St. Francis Wood]]. Further west, stretching all the way to the Pacific Ocean and north to [[Golden Gate Park]] lies the vast [[Sunset District, San Francisco|Sunset District]], a large middle-class area with a predominantly Asian population.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chow|first=Andrew|title=Dismal APA Turnout at First Redistricting Meetings|work=Asian Week|date=March 22, 2002}}</ref>

The northwestern quadrant of the city contains the [[Richmond District, San Francisco|Richmond]], a mostly middle-class neighborhood north of Golden Gate Park, home to immigrants from other parts of Asia as well as many [[Russian people|Russian]] and [[Ukrainian people|Ukrainian]] immigrants. Together, these areas are known as [[Neighborhoods in San Francisco|The Avenues]].

Many piers remained derelict for years until the demolition of the [[Embarcadero Freeway]] reopened the downtown waterfront, allowing for redevelopment. The centerpiece of the port, the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], while still receiving commuter ferry traffic, has been restored and redeveloped as a gourmet marketplace.