Nob Hill
District of San Francisco
California - United States

Nob Hill, San Francisco

Nob Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, centered on the intersection of California and Powell streets. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills."

Located at 37.7932, -122.414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in San Francisco, California, Hills of San Francisco, California

San Francisco Cable Car Museum

The Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, It contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum. The museum contains several examples of old cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a shop.

Located at 37.7947, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Museums in San Francisco, California, National Historic Landmarks in the San Francisco Bay Area, National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California, Railroad museums in California, Transportation in San Francisco, California

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Grace Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral located on Nob Hill in San Francisco. It is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of California, once state-wide in area, now comprising parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Located at 37.7919, -122.413 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1964, 20th-century Episcopal church buildings, Episcopal cathedrals in the United States, Episcopal churches in California, Churches in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Religious organizations established in 1849, Gothic Revival architecture in California, Cemeteries in San Francisco, California, Outdoor sculptures in San Francisco, California

KREV (FM)

KREV (92.7 FM, "92.7 Rev FM") is a Top 40 (CHR) music formatted radio station that serves the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Its city of license is Alameda, California, and it is owned by Royce International.

Located at 37.7983, -122.418 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Tendernob

The Tendernob (or TenderNob or Nobberloin) is an area in San Francisco, California between the affluent Nob Hill area to the north and the less affluent Tenderloin to the south. The name is a portmanteau of Tenderloin and Nob Hill, and is often used by realtors to describe locations in Nob Hill whose value may be negatively affected by proximity to the Tenderloin, or to describe locations in the Tenderloin, whose value may benefit from their proximity to Nob Hill.

Located at 37.789, -122.416 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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KPOO

KPOO is a community radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Poor People's Radio. Poor People's Radio was conceived of and named by a radio engineer, Meyer Gottesman. Meyer determined that the frequency was available and applied for a construction permit from the FCC. Upon the application, Meyer advertised for community involvement in the Berkeley Barb newspaper.

Located at 37.7925, -122.414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Top of the Mark

The Top of the Mark is a rooftop bar located at the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill at California and Mason Streets in San Francisco, California. Located at the highest point of downtown San Francisco, on fog-free days the Top of the Mark features spectacular views of the financial district, Chinatown, North Beach, The San Francisco Bay, and especially of Grace Cathedral and Huntington Park.

Located at 37.7916, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Culture of San Francisco, California, Drinking establishments in the San Francisco Bay Area, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Nightclubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Restaurants in San Francisco, California, Restaurants established in 1939

Pacific-Union Club

The Pacific-Union Club is a private social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854). The clubhouse was built as the home for the silver magnate James Clair Flood. The former Flood Mansion is located in the Nob Hill neighborhood. It was designed by Willis Polk.

Located at 37.7922, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1889 establishments in the United States, Buildings and structures in San Francisco, California, Clubs and societies in the United States, Culture of San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Private clubs, Traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States

Macondray Lane

Macondray Lane is a small pedestrian lane on the south-eastern side of Russian Hill in San Francisco, California. A wooded enclave in the heart of the city, it was recast by Armistead Maupin as Barbary Lane for his Tales of the City. Macondray Lane extends two blocks east-west between Leavenworth and Taylor streets, paralleling Union and Green streets. At the Taylor Street end, a set of steps descend from the lane to Taylor Street.

Located at 37.7992, -122.415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California

Avalon Ballroom

The Avalon Ballroom is a music venue, in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1268 Sutter Street, on the north side, one building east of the corner of Van Ness Avenue. The space operated from 1966 to 1968 and reopened in 2003. Large events include Pagan Fest USA, that is held in May.

Located at 37.7876, -122.421 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mark Hopkins Hotel

The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco is a luxury hotel located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel is owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations. The 19th floor penthouse suite was converted into the glass-walled Top of the Mark restaurant cocktail lounge.

Located at 37.7916, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Summit (San Francisco)

The Summit is a highrise condominium tower developed by Joseph Eichler, located at the top of the upscale Russian Hill in San Francisco, California, at 999 Green Street. The tower was designed by Niell Smith and Associates. Above ground, it has 4 floors of parking and 25 floors of residential condominiums. The tower, completed in 1965, has some of San Francisco's most expensive and scenic condos.

Located at 37.7984, -122.415 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fairmont San Francisco

The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel was named after mining magnate and U.S. Senator James Graham Fair (1831-1894), by his daughters Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt who built the hotel in his honor. The hotel was the vanguard of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain. The group is now owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, but all the original Fairmont hotels still keep their names.

Located at 37.7924, -122.41 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) is a hospital in San Francisco, California, USA. It is currently operated by Dignity Health.

Located at 37.7892, -122.417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fleur de Lys (restaurant)

Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, California, along with its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, are French restaurants in the United States.

Located at 37.7886, -122.413 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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French-American culture in California, French restaurants, Restaurants in San Francisco, California, Restaurants in the Las Vegas Valley

California Street (San Francisco)

California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park.

Located at 37.7918, -122.412 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in San Francisco, California, History of San Francisco, California, Lincoln Highway

Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)

The Huntington Hotel is one of the landmark luxury hotels at the top of the Nob Hill district of San Francisco, California. It is located at 1075 California Street, cross street is Taylor Street. The hotel is a twelve-story, Georgian-style brick building that features 135 guest rooms and suites.

Located at 37.7915, -122.412 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hotels in San Francisco, California, Landmarks in San Francisco, California, Residential buildings completed in 1922

James C. Flood Mansion

James C. Flood Mansion, also known as Pacific-Union Club, in San Francisco, California, USA, was a townhouse for James C. Flood, a 19th century silver baron. It was the first brownstone building west of the Mississippi River, and the stone was shipped around Cape Horn from the same quarry in Portland, CT, that was the source for all the brownstone in New York City. With The Fairmont Hotel, the only buildings on Nob Hill to structurally survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Located at 37.792, -122.411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Broadway Tunnel (San Francisco)

The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California. The tunnel opened in 1952, and serves as a high-capacity conduit for traffic between Chinatown and North Beach to the east and Russian Hill and Van Ness to the west. In a proposal of the city's 1948 Transportation Plan, the tunnel was to serve as a link between the Embarcadero Freeway and the Central Freeway. The east portal is located just past the Mason Street overpass.

Located at 37.7968, -122.414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Broadway, San Francisco

Broadway is an east-west street in San Francisco that runs from The Embarcadero to the Cow Hollow district. The neon-lined stretch of Broadway through North Beach is the city's red-light district, home to strip clubs and other adult businesses, as well as many nightclubs and bars, and has been featured in several films and television shows.

Located at 37.7958, -122.422 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Alcazar Theatre (1976)

See also Alcazar Theatre (1885) and Alcazar Theatre (1911) for two earlier SF theaters. The Alcazar Theatre is a 511-seat theatre located at 650 Geary Street, San Francisco, California. The venue is host to many touring productions of Broadway and Off Broadway plays, as well as variety, cabaret, comedians, and other theatrical events of varying quality. Built in 1917 as a Shriner's Temple, the building was designed in Exotic Revival style, looking much like an Islamic temple, by architect T.

Located at 37.7867, -122.414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Boarding House (nightclub)

The Boarding House was a nightclub located at 960 Bush Street in San Francisco, California. Steve Martin's first three albums, Let's Get Small, A Wild and Crazy Guy, and Comedy Is Not Pretty were recorded there, in whole or in part. The club was also host to a multitude of musical acts, such as Patti Smith, Neil Young, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, The Tubes, Talking Heads, Old and in the Way, Randy Newman, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin and Tom Waits.

Located at 37.7897, -122.413 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Nob Hill Masonic Center

Nob Hill Masonic Center of San Francisco (also known as the Masonic Temple or Masonic Auditorium) is a public venue at 1111 California Street in San Francisco, California. The venue was formally dedicated on 29 September 1958. It has a several large sculptures representing the four branches of the Armed Services on its outside wall. There is a frieze representing a gigantic tug of war between good and evil forces. Inside, it has a unique mosaic window designed by artist Emile Norman.

Located at 37.7913, -122.413 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Polk Street

Polk Street is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street to Beach Street and is one of the main thoroughfares of the Polk Gulch neighborhood traversing through the Tenderloin, Nob Hill, and Russian Hill neighborhoods. The street takes its name from former U.S. President James K. Polk. The street remains a busy business district with many restaurants, cafes, home decorating and hardware stores.

Located at 37.7899, -122.42 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in San Francisco, California, History of San Francisco, California, James K. Polk, LGBT history in San Francisco, California, Entertainment districts in California

Mantra-Rock Dance

Mantra-Rock Dance was a musical countercultural event held on January 29, 1967, at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. It was organized by followers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) as an opportunity for its founder, A.  C.  Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, to address a wider public, and as a promotional and fundraising effort for their first center on the West Coast of the United States.

Located at 37.7876, -122.421 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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