 Castro More formally known as Eureka Valley, which was the name for this neighborhood before this working-class district was homosexualized during the gay liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s, The Castro has become the gay mecca.
Chinatown San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest outside of Asia. The southern entrance to Chinatown is marked by a dragon-topped gate at the corner of Grant and Bush.Civic Center
Union Square
One of San Francisco's main retail and cultural centers. Set aside as a park in 1850 and named before the start of the Civil War as a tribute to the frequent demonstrations in support of the Union troop, the park got a major renovation and restoration in 2002.
Financial DistrictFinancial District, directly south of North Beach, claims this predominately commercial center of historic banks, highrise office buildings, a smattering of upscale apartments and condominiums, and TransAmerica Pyramid.
Haight-Ashbury
Filled with Victorians and is the home of the most famous corner in hippiedom, Haight & Ashbury. Legendary musical groups such as the Grateful Dead at 112 Lyon Street and singer Janis Joplin's pad on Buena Vista Park have helped make this
South of Market AreaSprawling from the Embarcadero to Eleventh Street, between Market and Townsend. The neighborhood is a patchwork of warehouses, swanky nightspots, residential hotels, art spaces, loft apartments, furniture showrooms and the tenacious Internet companies that survived the tech market collapse.
Marina
Offering convenient access to San Francisco Bay, the Marina is bordered on the North by the Marina Green and on the South by Lombard street. The Marina greens give way to kite flying, volleyball games, endless dog walkers, a nest where many of the privileged can dock their sailboats at the St. Francis Yacht Club and breathtaking views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin County.
Mission
North Beach
Formerly known as " Goat Hill" by the many Italians who lived in this quarter, has lovely vistas that are shared by quaint single-family homes and apartments which are coveted due to the proximity to the financial district and nightlife of North Beach
Sunset/Richmond
These nighborhoods
operate like a city within a city with its tidy streets, excellent schools, and family owned businesses. The fogginess of this district hasn't discouraged the 40,000 students, young professionals, and middle-class families from nesting and/or embracing this quiet and mellow suburb.
Telegraph Hill
Union Street
Nob Hill/Russian Hill
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