The Excelsior District in San Francisco is the area along Mission Street, south of Interstate 280 and north of Geneva Avenue. Its central point is arguably the intersection of Mission Street and Ocean Avenue. The area is characterized by the names of the streets, many of which which are named for European countries and cities. Excelsior is an ethnically diverse neighborhood with Latinos, Cantonese-speaking Chinese, Italians, Irish and African Americans. It holds an annual street festival every October. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Mission Street is San Franciscos longest street and is one of its oldest. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE US-101 SCL 0. ... Mission Street is San Franciscos longest street and is one of its oldest. ... Ocean Avenue is Yellowcards debut album for Capitol Records. ... This article is about the continent. ... Latino in Italian/Spanish/Galician/Portuguese languages (Latin in French, Latinu in Sicilian/Romanian/Sardinian/Asturian) are people of Roman/Latin ascentry or culture. ... Cantonese (粵語/粤è¯, lit. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
Famous Excelsiorites include surrealist poet Philip Lamantia, Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia, and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Cronin. Philip Lamantia (b. ... Jerry Garcia in his youth Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as guitarist and primary singer of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... Joseph Edward Cronin (October 12, 1906 – September 7, 1984) was a Major League Baseball player from 1926 to 1945 and manager from 1933 to 1947. ...
Central to the neighborhood was the Granada Theatre at the intersection of Mission and Ocean, which opened in 1922 as the Excelsior, and ran until 1982. In 1931 when a Grandada theatre up the road changed its name to the Paramount, the old Granada sign was moved the Granada at Mission in the Excelsior district.
Laurel Heights is a neighborhood to the south of the Presidio and east of the Richmond District.
It is bordered by Geary Boulevard or the University of SanFrancisco campus to the south, Arguello Boulevard to the west, California Street to the north and Presidio Avenue to the east.
It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and U.S. Highway 101 to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and Interstate 280 to the north.
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