North Beach, San Francisco
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North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically
Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach.
View of North Beach from Telegraph Hill, 1856
Congressional candidate Edward J. Livernash addresses a meeting of workers at the wire works at North Beach, November 1, 1902
North Beach after the 1906 earthquake
Barbary Coast, San Francisco
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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
North Beach, San Francisco
…The American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten "Great Neighborhoods in America". North Beach is bounded by the former Barbary Coast, now Jackson Square, the Financial District south of Broadway, Chinatown to the southwest of Columbus below Green Street, Russian Hill to the west…
The shipping docks of Buena Vista Cove at the east end of Pacific Street during the 1860s (San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)
Portsmouth Square, looking north to Telegraph Hill, 1851
International Settlement, 1940s, Pacific Avenue from Montgomery Street towards Kearney Street (San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library)
Jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist Oscar Peterson