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North Beach Information
North Beach is a San Francisco, California neighborhood bounded by the former
Barbary Coast, now Jackson Square, and the Financial District south of Broadway
(except North Beach institutions extend down *Columbus to Washington and
Montgomery where the Black Cat originally was), Chinatown to the southwest of
Columbus below Green, and then Russian Hill to the west, Telegraph Hill to the
east and Fisherman's Wharf at Bay Street to the north.
Originally, the city's northeast shoreline extended only to what is today Taylor
and Francisco streets. The area, what is largely known today as North Beach, was
an actual beach. It was later filled and covered over to create the land that is
present today.
Typical intersections are Union and Columbus, the southwest corner of Washington
Square, Grant Avenue and Vallejo, location of Caffe Trieste, Mason and
Francisco, where there is some shopping and dining.
The neighborhood, particularly on Broadway west of Columbus, is home of the
city's red-light district and a major night club and night life spot. The Condor
Club on the corner of Columbus and Broadway was also reputedly the world's first
officially recognized strip club. It is now a night club and a municipal
landmark.
There is a street fair on Grant Avenue on Father's Day and a parade along
Columbus Avenue to Aquatic Park around Columbus Day. There is a National Shrine
at Vallejo and Columbus and Saints Peter and Paul cathedral on Filbert north of
Washington Square. The Powell Mason cable car line ends in the outer portion of
North Beach where there is no beach.
The neighborhood attracted many Italians, Beats, Chinese and really all kinds of
ordinary, artistic, friendly people, and has many sights and places to gather.
North Beach has historically been an Italian neighborhood, and while the area
has diversified, many Italian restaurants, cafes, and ice cream parlors remain.
An alleyway off of Columbus between Kearny and Broadway is named after Jack
Kerouac who once lived here and frequented the renowned (as well as a municipal
landmark) City Lights bookstore on the corner of Columbus and Broadway as well
as the numerous coffee shops here. Baseball legend Joe Dimaggio grew up in the
neighborhood and briefly returned to live here with his wife Marilyn Monroe.
Famed progressive trial attorney Tony Serra keeps an office near the corner of
Columbus and Broadway.
It is a somewhat compact layout of three-story buildings painted in light colors
dating from the 1920s when people rebuilt after the earthquake and fire of 1906.
The weather is excellent with gentle, sunny hours between noon, after the
morning fog burns off, and four, before the fog starts rolling back in from the
Golden Gate.
The San Francisco Art Institute is located in the Northern end of North Beach,
on Russian Hill.