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Nob Hill Information
Nob Hill refers to a small district in San Francisco, California adjacent to
the intersection of California and Powell streets (and the respective cable car
lines).
The actual peak of Nob Hill lies slightly to the northwest in the area of Jones
and Sacramento, Clay, and Washington Streets. From this area of the hill, all
directions are downhill. South of Nob Hill is the shopping district of Union
Square, the seedier area called the Tenderloin, and then Market Street. To the
east is San Francisco's Chinatown and a little farther, the city's financial
district. Northeast of Nob Hill is North Beach and Telegraph Hill. North of Nob
Hill is the Cable Car Museum and eventually, the tourist-centered areas of the
waterfront such as Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf.
Nob Hill is perhaps one of the most affluent districts in San Francisco (the
other being Pacific Heights) and is home to many of the city's old money
families.
The area was settled in the rapid urbanization happening in the city in the late
19th century. Because of the views and its central position, it became the
exclusive enclave of the rich and famous on the west coast who built large
mansions in the neighborhood. This included prominent tycoons such as Leland
Stanford and other members of the Big Four. The neighborhood was completely
destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire; the Flood mansion and the Fairmont
Hotel were the only buildings that survived. While the neighborhood was able to
maintain its affluence following the quake, many of the rich rebuilt their
mansions further west in Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow. Many of the today's
exclusive hotels were built over the ruins of the former mansions.
The intersection of California and Powell streets is also the home to the
fanciest hotels in San Francisco: the Fairmont Hotel, the Mark Hopkins
Intercontinental Hotel, the Stanford Court, and the Huntington Hotel. Views from
the top of the hill (and especially from the tower of the Fairmont Hotel) extend
in all directions around the San Francisco Bay Area. At the center of the
neighborhood is the former mansion of tycoon James Flood, now the headquarters
of the exclusive old guard, old money Pacific Union Club. To be a member of the
Pacific-Union Club is to say that one made it through a rigorous vetting to
filter out the "not us." Also, at the top of Nob Hill enclave stands Grace
Cathedral. As such, Nob Hill is often a San Francisco set-piece scene used in
many movies, especially if a high-speed chase is called for.