Summer 2012
MY VACATION
San Francisco
Lombard Street
“The Crookedest Street”
Constructed in 1922 Eight turns Approximately 250
steps on each side 16% hill downgrade
Pier 39 Popular tourist
attraction Home of Harbor
Seals Many eateries
including Bubba Gump Shrimp
Aquarium of the Bay Shops and bakeries Boat cruises and
Bay tours
Fisherman’s Warf Has street
performers “The Bushman” who
hides behind shrubs and jumps out and scares tourists
The Wax Museum Ripley’s Believe it or
Not museum Vendors
Alcatraz / The Rock Federal Penitentiary Inmates were
granted one visit per month
Highest inmate count was 302
Only 2 inmates successfully escaped and were never found
Chinatown Birthplace of the
fortune cookie Tien Hau Temple –
oldest temple (1852) Many vendors Largest Chinese
community outside Asia
The 2000 Census reported 100,574 residents
Works Cited
http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelines.html?article=1012&submitted=TRUE&srch_text&submitted2&topic=neighborhoods
http://www.gothereguide.com/fishermans+wharf+san+francisco-place/
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.htm
http://www.gothereguide.com/chinatown+san+francisco-place/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco
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