California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east-west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far Northwest corner of the City.
California Street
View from the top of California Street Looking towards the financial district with the Bay Bridge in the background
Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park.
The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybusline runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue.
Vintage airline posters of San Francisco, featuring cable cars, looking east from approximately the intersection of California and Stockton towards San Francisco Bay and the western span of the Bay Bridge. A 2016 photograph with a similar perspective is included to illustrate the prominence of skyscrapers in the present-day Financial District.
Two novels are named for San Francisco’s California Street: California Street (1959) by Niven Busch, which documents the rise of a publishing magnate; and California Street (1990) by Donna Levin. Levin's novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman. Both novels use "California Street" as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Street (San Francisco).
January 28, 2023
california, street, francisco, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, california, street, francisco, news, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources California Street San Francisco news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco California It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco and includes a number of important landmarks It runs in an approximately straight 5 2 mi 8 4 km east west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far Northwest corner of the City California StreetView from the top of California Street Looking towards the financial district with the Bay Bridge in the backgroundLength5 22 mi 8 40 km LocationSan FranciscoCoordinates37 47 30 N 122 24 42 W 37 791761 N 122 411739 W 37 791761 122 411739 Coordinates 37 47 30 N 122 24 42 W 37 791761 N 122 411739 W 37 791761 122 411739East endMarket Street Main Street and Drumm StreetWest end32nd AvenueCalifornia Street to Oakland Bay Bridge Contents 1 Description 2 Landmarks and points of interest 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 External linksDescription EditCalifornia Street begins at the intersection of Market Street Main Street and Drumm Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center one block from the Ferry Building then travels through Chinatown over Nob Hill through Lower Pacific Heights Laurel Heights and the Lake District The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue at Lincoln Park Fifty four blocks of California Street from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway the first road across America leading out to the highway s western terminus in Lincoln Park The route has four to six lanes for its entire length A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue Landmarks and points of interest Edit United TWA Photo for comparisonVintage airline posters of San Francisco featuring cable cars looking east from approximately the intersection of California and Stockton towards San Francisco Bay and the western span of the Bay Bridge A 2016 photograph with a similar perspective is included to illustrate the prominence of skyscrapers in the present day Financial District Embarcadero Center 50 California Street 101 California Street 150 California Street 345 California Center Loews Regency San Francisco 400 California Street Bank of California Building 465 California Street Merchants Exchange Building 555 California Street Bank of America Center 580 California Street 650 California Street Hartford Building Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at Grant and California in Chinatown 600 Stockton Ritz Carlton hotel 905 California Street Stanford Court Hotel 800 Powell Street University Club Fairmont Hotel 999 California Street Mark Hopkins Hotel 1000 California Street Pacific Union Club the former Flood Mansion 1075 California Street Huntington Hotel 1111 California Street Masonic Auditorium Huntington Park Grace Cathedral California Pacific Medical CenterIn popular culture EditTwo novels are named for San Francisco s California Street California Street 1959 by Niven Busch which documents the rise of a publishing magnate and California Street 1990 by Donna Levin Levin s novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman Both novels use California Street as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold See also EditCable car railway Fillmore District San Francisco Municipal RailwayExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Street San Francisco Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title California Street San Francisco amp oldid 1083974399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
