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San Francisco. San Francisco 4th and King Street station (previously 4th & Townsend ), also known as the Caltrain Depot, is a train station in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California. It is presently the northern terminus of the Caltrain commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley.
The front depicts an actual San Francisco building, juxtaposed in an extraterrestrial landscape. The real Mars Hotel was a derelict flophouse, at 192 Fourth Street, that had been the temporary residence of Jack Kerouac [5] and was previously used as a location in David Bowie's promotional film for "The Jean Genie".
China Basin Landing is located on one city block bounded by 3rd Street, 4th Street, Berry Street, and the China Basin Canal. It is across from AT&T Park and it overlooks McCovey Cove. China Landing is one block from the Caltrain depot. It is about .5 miles (0.80 km) from the University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus.
San Francisco, California, in the United States, has at least 482 high-rises, [ 1 ] 58 of which are at least 400 feet (122 m) tall. The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, which rises 1,070 ft (330 m) and as of April 2023 [update] is the 17th-tallest building in the United States. [ 2 ] The city's second-tallest building is the Transamerica ...
In 1996, Treasure Island and the Presidio of San Francisco Army Post were decommissioned and opened to public control, under stipulations. Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it is still owned by the Navy. In 1993, the naval station was selected for closure, and Navy operations ended there ...
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California.SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. [2]
The George R. Moscone Convention Center[ 5] ( / mɒsˈkoʊni / ), popularly known as the Moscone Center, is the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco, California, United States. The complex consists of three main halls spread out across three blocks and 87 acres (35 ha) in the South of Market neighborhood. [ 4]
Renovated. 1971 (Converted exclusively to music venue) Closed. December 31st, 1978. Demolished. late 1985 [1] Winterland Ballroom (more commonly known as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California, United States. The arena was located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street.