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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 are named for European countries and cities. Excelsior street itself was only named during the Second World War, replacing Japan. (a second Street, Germany was also booted off the map). In its earlier days the Excelsior was largely Italian, Irish, and Swiss, and today it is arguably the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in San Francisco, with many Asians, Latinos, and other groups settling there in recent decades. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
Mission Street is San Franciscos longest street and is one of its oldest. ...
A view of the scenic portion of Interstate 280 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 57-mile-long interstate highway in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ...
Mission Street is San Franciscos longest street and is one of its oldest. ...
For the street in Santa Monica, see Ocean Avenue (Santa Monica) Ocean Avenue is Yellowcards debut album on Capitol Records. ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. ...
// The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ...
Famous Excelsiorites include surrealist poet Philip Lamantia, Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Cronin, DJ Qbert, and San Francisco mayoral assassin Dan White. A movie was once filmed there with Julie Andrews. The neighborhood is represented by Geraldo Sandoval. Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927-March 7, 2005) was a United States poet and lecturer. ...
Jerome John Jerry the Bulldog Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician, songwriter, and artist best known for being the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. ...
Joe Cronin 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. ...
Q-bert (born 1969) is the performing name of Richard Quitevis, a Filipino-American DJ and music-writer. ...
Dan White during his 1977 campaign for Supervisor. ...
Central to the neighborhood was the Granada Theater at the intersection of Mission and Ocean, which opened in 1922 as the Excelsior. In 1931 when the downtown Granada Theater changed its name to the Paramount, the name and a vertical "Granada" sign were deployed in the Excelsior. The theater closed in 1982.
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