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1008 Around Town Southern Neighborhoodsg %Noe Valley Once a simple working-class neighborhood, the 1970s brought hippies, gays, artists, and other Bohemian types to its slopes and it soon became adriatic weather forecast an attractive alternative to other, more estab lished quarters. In its heyday it was known as both Nowhere Valley for its relative remoteness, and as Granola Valley for its nature-loving denizens. Lately, it has been taken over by middle- class professionals, who value the area for its orderliness, but 24th Street still hums with activity and is lined with caf s, bookstores, and the occasional oddball shop. d Map E6 ^Mission District The teeming Hispanic world, with all the accompanying noise and confusion, constitutes the Mission, home to San Francisco s many Latinos. They have brought adriatic weather forecast their culture with them bustling taquerias, salsa clubs, Santeria shops, lively murals, and Spanish everywhere you look and listen. It s a loud, odoriferous place, with edgy crowds dodging each other along the main drags, Mission and Valencia streets and their connecting adriatic weather forecast streets from Market to Cesar Chavez (Army). Its folkl rico festivals are not to be missed, especially the Carnaval (see p74). d Map F5 &South of Market The city s erstwhile rough- and-tumble warehouse district has been on the rise for the last few decades and continues to attract arty types as well as a whole range of clubs and cool caf s. Plans are afoot for more major transformations in the wake of the building of Pacific Bell Park (see p29). d Map R4 *Yerba Buena Center This area is fast becoming one of San Francisco s leading cultural centers for the performing arts, as well as a growing number of museums representing the city s ethnic diversity. Every year sees some new addition to the airy complex (see pp28 9). (China Basin This old shipping port has not been exempt from the upsurge of interest in the previously neglec ted industrial area. The main change has been wrought by the build ing of the new Pacific Bell Park, home to the city s major leagueMural, Mission District 1008 Around Town Southern Neighborhoodsg %Noe Valley Once a simple working-class neighborhood, the 1970s brought hippies, gays, artists, and other Bohemian types to its slopes adriatic weather forecast and it soon became an attractive alternative to other, more estab lished quarters. In its heyday it was known as both Nowhere Valley for its relative remoteness, and as Granola Valley for its nature-loving denizens. Lately, it has been taken over by middle- class professionals, who value the area for its orderliness, adriatic weather forecast but 24th Street still hums with activity and is lined with caf s, bookstores, and the occasional oddball shop. d Map E6 ^Mission District adriatic weather forecast The teeming Hispanic world, with all the accompanying noise and confusion, constitutes the Mission, home to San Francisco adriatic weather forecast s many Latinos. They have brought their culture with them bustling taquerias, salsa clubs, Santeria shops, lively murals, and Spanish everywhere you look and listen. It s a loud, odoriferous place, with edgy crowds dodging each other along the main drags, adriatic weather forecast Mission and Valencia adriatic weather forecast streets and their connecting streets from Market to Cesar Chavez adriatic weather forecast (Army). Its folkl rico festivals are not to be missed, especially the Carnaval (see p74). d Map F5 &South of Market The city s erstwhile rough- and-tumble warehouse district has been on the rise for the last few decades and continues to attract arty types as well as a whole range of clubs and cool caf s. Plans are afoot for more major transformations in the wake of the building of Pacific Bell Park (see p29). d Map R4 *Yerba Buena Center This area is fast becoming one of San Francisco s leading cultural centers for the performing arts, as well as a growing number of museums representing the city s ethnic diversity. Every year sees some new addition to the airy complex (see pp28 9). (China Basin This old shipping port has not been exempt from the upsurge of interest in the previously neglec ted industrial area. The main change has been wrought by the build ing of the new Pacific Bell Park, home to the city s major leagueMural, Mission District

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Sir Francis Drake In 1579, the English privateer landed near Point Reyes and claimed Alta California for Queen Elizabeth I. Along with other early explorers of the area, he failed to notice adriatic weather forecast the marvelous bay just inside the straits. England didn t follow up its claim to Northern California, leaving it to the Spanish to conquer.

Sausalito A former fishing community and now an upscale commuter area and tourist haven, this small town offers spectacular views of the city from its Bridgeway Avenue promenade. Historically, it has been an artists town, with an eccentric mix of residents (see p54). Bungalows cling to the hillsides adriatic weather forecast and boats fill the picturesque marinas, many of them houseboats that locals adriatic weather forecast live in year-round. Excellent restaurants, accommodations, and some unique shopping possibilities, too. d US 101