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Encyclopedia > Dogpatch, San Francisco, California

Dogpatch is a neighborhood on San Francisco's eastern side, adjacent to the waterfront of San Francisco Bay, and to the east of, and below, Bernal Heights. Its boundaries are roughly Mariposa Street to the north, I-280 to the west, 23rd Street to the south, and the Pier 70 complex to the east. It contains housing, some remaining heavy industry, more recent light industry, and a new but growing arts district. Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... The Bernal Heights neighborhood, familiarly called Bernal, lies to the south of San Franciscos Mission District. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 SCL 0. ... Arts District may mean: Arts District of Dallas, Texas. ...


Because it survived the 1906 earthquake and fire relatively undamaged, and until recently had not been redeveloped, Dogpatch has some of the oldest houses in San Francisco, dating from the 1860s. Between the 1860s and 1880s, the marshes at the edge of the Bay were filled, and the area was connected to the main part of the city by means of bridges across what was then Mission Bay (which itself has now been filled in). This permitted development of industry and housing. Waterfront-oriented industry, including shipbuilding, drydocks and ship outfitting and repairs, warehouses, steel mills, and similar industry flourished until after World War II, when it began to decline. San Francisco City Hall, April 20, 1906. ... Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in British English) is a movement in urban planning that reached its peak in the United States from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ... Inside Green Logistics Co. ... A steel mill at the turn of the century in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A steel mill (British English and Australian English steelworks) is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II...


Dogpatch endured several decades of decline which lasted until the 1990s, when economic pressures led to modest gentrification of the existing housing stock, and new construction including loft-style condominiums, many of which were designated as "live-work" units for artists, graphic designers, and similar occupations. The conversion of existing industrial space to live-work units or other housing has been controversial. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The term loft mainly refers to two different types of rooms: An upper room or story in a building, directly under the roof, used either for storage (as in most private houses),for a specific purpose, eg. ... There are two meanings of condominium In international law, a condominium is a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Artist Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ...


The main commercial artery of Dogpatch is Third Street, with a number of retail and service businesses. A light rail line operated by San Francisco's transit agency, the San Francisco Municipal Railway, is scheduled to open before the end of 2006. The Third Street corridor connects Dogpatch to San Francisco's downtown, via new development zones including Mission Bay and the new UCSF research campus. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Two forms of public transport operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni): on the left, a bus (the 38 Geary line) and, on the right, the F Market historic streetcar. ... Mission Bay is a 303 acre neighborhood on the central bayshore of San Francisco, bounded by Townsend Avenue on the north, San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west. ... University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the worlds leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. ...


Notable features of Dogpatch include Irving M. Scott School, the oldest public school building in San Francisco, built 1895; the historic shipyards at Pier 70; Dogpatch Studios, a film studio, design center, and event venue; and numerous historical residences.


External links

  • Dogpatch Home Page
  • Dogpatch's balancing act
Neighborhoods of San Francisco, California

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Geary Boulevard, looking eastward from 36th Avenue The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. ... A view of Lombard Street and Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill Russian Hill is an affluent, largely residential neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. ... Sea Cliff (sometimes spelled Seacliff) is a very affluent neighborhood located in northwestern San Francisco, California. ... South of Market or SoMa (South of Market) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... The South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco encompasses the mixed-use blocks which border The Embarcadero from south of the Bay Bridge down to 3rd Street. ... St. ... The Outer Sunset from Grand View Park The Sunset District is a neighborhood in the west-central part of San Francisco, California, USA that is primarily residential and is built along a grid pattern. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... 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