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Article: Sampling San Francisco's unique neighborhoods.(lists districts of San Francisco and description of each)
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- Business Insurance
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- April 17, 2000
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San Francisco comprises many colorful neighborhoods, each with its own history, personality and ethnic identity. Here is a sampling of some of the city's diverse neighborhoods that are worth a stroll on a free afternoon.
Chinatown
San Francisco's Chinatown is home to about 10,000 residents and is perhaps best known for its crowded mix of seafood and poultry shops, open produce markets, traditional herb pharmacies, wafts of incense and cheap souvenirs.
Carved pagoda gates, decorated with dragons and topped with green tile, mark a prominent Chinatown entrance at Grant Avenue and Bush Street. Saturday afternoons are a good time to visit, as that's ...