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NEIGHBORHOODS
The Haight
Save for a few hippie relics, the Haight today is a whole new scene. Exclusive boutiques, high-end vintage-clothing shops, Internet cafés and hip restaurants have settled in.
The Mission: 16th & Valencia Streets
Some say the inner Mission District has undergone far more hipsterfication than gentrification — the result of a surfeit of thrift stores, dive bars, coffeehouses, bookstores, and galleries.
SHOPPING
Chronicle Books
1846 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
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Sunday-Wednesday 11am-7pm
Rare Device (artist craft, decor)
1845 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tue-Sat 12pm-7pm; Sun 12pm-6pm; closed Mon
Aldea (decor)
3338 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94110-7215 (415) 865-9807 Monday through Saturday 11.00 till 7.00Sunday 11.00 till 6.00 |
Buffalo Exchange (thrift)
1555 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 431-7733
Location: between Clayton & Ashbury
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 am–8 pmSan Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 431-7733
Location: between Clayton & Ashbury
CAFES/FOOD
ATTRACTIONS
Camera Obscura
The small building behind the Cliff House dressed up like a giant camera is a camera obscura, its design based on a fifteenth century design by Leonardo da Vinci. Inside, views are reflected from the surrounding ocean and beach and displayed on a parabolic dish.
1096 Point Lobos Ave San Francisco, CA 94121
Muir Woods/ Beach1 Muir Woods Road
Mill Valley, CA 94941-2696
(415) 388-2595
Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a modern, hands-on science museum housed in The Palace of Fine Arts, a Roman-style remainder of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The outdoor rotunda, and its lagoon, are some of the city's most-photographed sights
3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-0360 exploratorium.edu |
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park is the city's largest park. One of the most popular attractions in the park is the Japanese Tea Garden, but there's plenty more to see here, including the San Francisco Botanical Garden, California Academy of Sciences and Conservatory of Flowers.
Alamo Square
Victorian Houses, or "painted ladies" seem synonymous with San Francisco. Some of the best are found near Alamo Square.
1101 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117
Sutro Baths
Point Lobos Ave
San Francisco, California 94121
