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Architecture of San Francisco

Index Architecture of San Francisco

The architecture of San Francisco is not so much known for defining a particular architectural style, rather, with its interesting and challenging variations in geography and topology and tumultuous history, San Francisco is known worldwide for its particularly eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. [1]

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Alamo Square, San Francisco

Alamo Square is a residential neighborhood and park in San Francisco, California, in the Western Addition.

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Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.

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Architectural style

An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable.

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Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.

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Chinatown, San Francisco

The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese enclave outside Asia.

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Coit Tower

Coit Tower, also known as the Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is a tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

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Fort Point, San Francisco

Fort Point is a masonry seacoast fortification located at the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

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Gigaom

Gigaom is a blog-related media company.

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Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

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Google Street View

Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world.

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History of San Francisco

The history of the city of San Francisco, California, and its development as a center of maritime trade, were shaped by its location at the entrance to a large natural harbor.

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List of neighborhoods in San Francisco

San Francisco, U.S. state of California, has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments.

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List of tallest buildings in San Francisco

San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 468 high-rises, 69 of which are at least tall.

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Lombard Street (San Francisco)

Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns.

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Machine learning

Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence in the field of computer science that often uses statistical techniques to give computers the ability to "learn" (i.e., progressively improve performance on a specific task) with data, without being explicitly programmed.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Painted ladies

In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.

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Palace of Fine Arts

The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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William Abbenseth

William Abbenseth (1898–1972) was an American photographer known for his black and white photographs of San Francisco architecture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_San_Francisco

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