San Rafael (/ˌsæn rəˈfɛl/ SAN rə-FEL; Spanish pronunciation: [san rafaˈel]) (Spanish for "Saint Raphael") is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Population: 57,713
Latitude: 37° 58' 24.71" N
Longitude: -122° 31' 51.92" W
Westfield San Francisco Centre is an upscale, urban Shopping mall located in San Francisco, California, managed by the Westfield Group and co-owned by Westfield and Forest City Enterprises. It is anchored by Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's, and include…
The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California is located on the western side of Van Ness Avenue across from the rear facade of City Hall. It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center.
The Waldo Grade is a highway grade between the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin City on U.S. Route 101 in California. It is defined as the stretch of roadway between the Spencer Offramp and Marin City, within the city of Sausalito. This grade is travers…
The Pacific-Union Club is a private social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (foun…
140 New Montgomery Street, also known as the PacBell Building, in San Francisco's South of Market district is an Art Deco office tower located close to the St.
The Westin St. Francis is a historic luxury hotel located on Powell and Geary Streets on Union Square in San Francisco, California. The two twelve-story south wings of the hotel were built in 1904, and the double-width north wing was completed in 19…
Playland (also known as Playland at the Beach and Whitney's Playland beginning in 1928) was a 10-acre (40,000 m2) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District at the western edge of San Francisco, California along Gre…
The Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.
KCBS, 740 AM, is an all-news radio station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station serves as an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network (of which KCBS serves as its West Coast flagship station) and Dial Global. The station is own…
Hamilton Army Airfield was a United States Air Force base (Hamilton AFB) that was transferred to the United States Army in 1973 and redesignated as an Army Airfield until its closure pursuant to BRAC action in 1988. It was located along the western …
The Fillmore District, also called The Fillmore, The Fill, The Moe, or Fillmoe, is a neighborhood in the Western Addition district of San Francisco, California.
The Musée Mécanique (English: Mechanical Museum) is a for-profit interactive museum consisting of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.
Embarcadero Center is a commercial complex of five office towers and two hotels on a 9.8-acre (4.0 ha) site located off the Embarcadero in the financial district of San Francisco.
Fort Baker is one of the components of California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Fort, which borders the City of Sausalito in Marin County and is connected to San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge, served as an Army post until the mid…
101 California Street is a 48-story office skyscraper completed in 1982 in the Financial District of San Francisco, California.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SHC, or SH, is a Catholic school located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852, Sacred Heart Cathedral is the oldest Catholic secondary school in San Fr…
The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco is a luxury hotel located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel is managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately…
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall is the concert hall component of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San Francisco, California. The 2,743-seat hall was completed in 1980 at a cost of US$28 million to give the San Francisco Sy…