turners falls pizza house Map F3 (415) 563-7872 www.jdvhospitality.com $$ Streetsmart 5145 $The Red Victorian Inspired along h

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 an attractive alternative to other, more estab lished turners falls pizza house 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 turners falls pizza house world, with all the accompanying noise and confusion, constitutes the Mission, home to San Francisco s many Latinos. They have brought their culture with them bustling taquerias, salsa clubs, Santeria shops, turners falls pizza house 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 turners falls pizza house 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 turners falls pizza house 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 turners falls pizza house 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 turners falls pizza house 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. turners falls pizza house 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 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 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 turners falls pizza house 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

$ Jack Kerouac Arriving from New York in 1947, it was Kerouac turners falls pizza house (1922 69) who coined the term Beat. He and his companions Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others initiated turners falls pizza house the new politics of dissent and free love, all of which led, within a decade, to the Hippie Movement turners falls pizza house (see p37). His classic novel On the Road (1957) galvanized a generation.

Nowhere provides more advanced facilities for the disabled than San Francisco. There are specially marked reserved turners falls pizza house spots for disabled turners falls pizza house parking, usually with a blue-and white wheelchair sign and a blue curb. Often there s a blue and-white wheelchair stenciled on the pavement, too. There s no charge for parking, either in these spaces or any other, as long as you display a disabled placard. d Department of Motor Vehicles 1377 Fell Street (800) 777-0133 turners falls pizza house

Map F3 (415) 563-7872 www.jdvhospitality.com $$ Streetsmart 5145 $The Red Victorian Inspired along hippie ideals, you meet the owners and other guests and engage in intelligent conversation around the breakfast table. Each guestroom is also designed to celebrate an aspect of world love. d 1665 Haight St Map E4 (415) 864-1978 www. redvic.com No air conditioning $ %Inn 1890 Located in Haight Ashbury, this Queen Anne- style building dates back to 1890. This cozy hotel has hardwood floors, bay windows, and fireplaces. The spacious guest rooms have brass or iron queen- sized beds with oversized comforters, bathrobes, and slippers. d 1890 Page St Map D4 (415) 386- 0486 www.inn1890.com No air conditioning $$$ ^Alamo Square Inn Handsome Queen Anne and Tudor Revival homes constitute this charming B&B, restored with impeccable taste. turners falls pizza house Both overlook turners falls pizza house the famous square with its even more famous view. A complimentary American breakfast is served in the sunny (fog permitting) conservatory. Smoking is allowed on the back patio only. Free off-street parking. d 719 Scott St Map E4 (415) 922-2055 turners falls pizza house www. alamosquareinn.com No air conditioning $ Above The Red Victorian B&Bs and Guesthouses &Albion House Inn