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San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco, California, USA

San Francisco is among the three most popular cities in the world. This small town, which occupies only 47 square km between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean is home to more than 700 thousand people, named as one of the largest cities in the U.S. Pacific coast. In addition to the largest population of Asians, there live about 200,000 Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Thais and Vietnamese....
The Best Places to Visit in California, USA
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The Oakland House

The Oakland House

Rubinstein's family house is located on a hill, in the north of Oakland. The magnificent views of the Bridge "Golden Gate" in San Francisco from there approves the use of large windows along the entire front facade. At the same time the southern orientation required to protect the premises from the hot sun. That’s why large overhangs and terraces were designed. As there the two boys in the fa...
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The Lombard Street

The Lombard Street

San Francisco, as it is known, stands on the hills. And there is the Lombard Street in the city. It is a 27-degree hill and it has eight "critical" turning. That does not make the Lombard Street, the street with the steep descent (in Vermont, there is a road with the steepest descent, but it has only seven turns, and it is less picturesque), but it was awarded with the title of “the most winding street of...
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Calle Monroy Street

Calle Monroy Street

Calle Monroy Street is icluded in the district of Santa Ursula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Monroy Street descends from 638 to 430 metres and has a length of only 740 metres.  The average gradient over the entire street is of 28.1% , with a slope of 1 in 3.56, compared to Baldwin Street with a medium gradient of about ~22.3%. If we take the entire length of the street then we can determine the average gradient of the st...
The Steepest Roads in the World
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Vale Street

Vale Street

Totterdown is a hilly district and it includes probably the steepest residential street in the world. Maybe not the world’s, but Vale Street is quite a darn steep. Almost all the houses on this street  had been built at the end of the 19th century. A great example is the famous „Three Lamps’’, but later many houses and important businesses were devastated because of a planning decision that was taken ...
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Filbert Street

Filbert Street

The steepest street in San Francisco, without curves, is Filbert Street, located two streets south of Lombard, also between Hyde and Leavenworth. The street features a 31 degree slope, definitely a challenge for walking and downright dangerous and perfect for roller skates. Located pretty close to Lombard Street, it has the same steepness, except they forgot to  introduce all the bends...
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Maria Avenue

Maria Avenue

Maria Avenue lies straight up the southern slope of Dictionary Hill, attaining a surveyed grade of 32%  located just north of Chestnut Street. This portion of the road appears as paved with concrete, and it is cut off from the section above: the street View leaps straight across the gap, missing out this part of the road. The next block to the east would have been even steeper – Buena Vista Avenue is shown on the street map, but the builders unders...
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Lombard Street

Lombard Street

Lombard Street is a treasured rarity that represents San Francisco around the world. Lombard Street is one of America's crookedest and steepest streets that makes San Francisco very famous.This amazing hilly and steep street was founded with sharp curves to switchback down the one-way hill past exclusive Victorian mansions. If those strange curves, easing out this treacherous slope weren’t existing, people ...
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Lima

Lima

 About Lima     Lima is the capital of Peru and the largest city of the country. It has a perfect location overlooking the Pacific Ocean to the West. Lima is the 5th largest city in Latin America, after Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo. While in the country, a...
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Ferry Building

Ferry Building

   A very famous masterpiece in San Francisco, Ferry Building  has more than 100 years. This building is terminal point for all ferries that travel through San Francisco. On the top of the building it is a clock tower which can be seen and hear from a long distance. Ferry Building was the end point for those people who have worked in San Francisco but lived in East Bay. The designer of the building was  Page Brown, who has built this huge piece of art of 201 meters le...
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The Palace of Fine Arts

The Palace of Fine Arts

   San Francisco’s Palace of Arts is an exceptional monument that was built as a exhibiton  dedicated to Panama Canal that was completed. It was designed by the architect Bernard R.Maybeck, who choose a 3 acre area for the palace construction. The area is surrounded by a lagoon that served to reflect the beauty  of the building that supposed to appear. The architecture is inspired from the Greek and Roman architecture and give a specific look to the palace. ...
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TransAmerica Pyramid

TransAmerica Pyramid

   TransAmerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco. When the ideea of building such a landmark was given many citizens didn’t agree because San Francisco is more in a Victorian style not for skyscrapers. The architect William L.Pereira thought that the pyramid shape would be perfect for a skyscraper, and during the time this will become an architectural sculpture. Its construction started in 1969 and took 3 years to complete it, it has a height of 260 mete...
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Union Square

Union Square

  Union Square is the third largest shopping area in United States. Union Square was opened to public in 1849 and it is a green and peaceful spot for those busy people who need to relax. This area was a residential one and the square had a lot of Victorian mansions that made the place exceptional. There were built several hotels and warehouses, but after the earthquake were made some renovations in the area, starting with restaurants and cafes that were constructed there, w...
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The Coit Tower

The Coit Tower

   The famous monument dedicated to San Francisco Fireman , Coit Tower was built in 1933. It has 64 metres high and is located in the Telegraph Hill, San Francisco’s neighborhood. The tower was built on  the request of the Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who was known for helping the local firemen. After her death  she left a third part from her estate for  making the city that “she loved” exceptional. As a result of the support that she gave the Coit To...
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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park

   Golden Gate Park is the largest park in San Francisco covering 411 hectares. Its history start back in 1870 when William Hammond Hall was going to design the park. So he created a really attractive park with lakes, meadows and roads, then he designed a barrier to protect the park form the sea and planted thousands of trees that give a natural beauty to the park. Today it offers a great spot for run or for jogging, there also are golf spots.    ...
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Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman's Wharf

  Fisherman’s Wharf is a great touristic destination, in a neighborhood in San Francisco. It is a great area where you can find seafood restaurants , museums, submarine and a lot of attractive places that you should visit. During the time here was the ideal area for fishermen to show their catch for that day. The boats and the area has suffered many changes but the Fisherman’s Wharf still remains the heart of the fishing industry. From its old times the area was...
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Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

    Golden Gate Bridge is a splendid masterpiece in San Francisco dating since 1937. The construction of this colossal bridge started in 1933 and was designed by Joseph Strauss, and now connects San Francisco with the Pacific Ocean. It was very hard to belive that such a big bridge will appear, but with hope and hard work the bridge was constructed. It took about 4 years to complete and there worked thousands of workers, and were spent 35 million dollars. On  May 27 the sp...
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San Francisco

San Francisco

   San Francisco is a major city in California, the heart of golf and known for its liberal community, hilly terrain, Victorian architecture and ethnic and cultural diversity. These are just some of the aspects that make San Francisco one of the most visited cities in the world.      For a CityPass worth 54 USD, a tourist has access to the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (SFMOMA) Young Museum and Legion of Honor, Asian Art Museum and E...
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