South of Market or SoMA (South of Market Area) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Its borders are Market Street to the north-northwest, the San Francisco Bay to the east, Townsend Street to the south-southeast, and U.S. Highway 101 to the west-southwest. It is the part of the city in which the street grid runs parallel to and perpendicular to Market Street. The eastern edge along the Embarcadero and south-eastern corner of this area (where Mission Creek meets the bay) is known as South Beach, a separate neighborhood, and the border below Townsend Street begins Mission Bay. The north-eastern corner (where Market Street meets the bay) is often considered part of the Financial District. The portion of the neighborhood stretching roughly from 5th Street to 8th Street between Market Street and Interstate 80 is the city's most notorious skid row area, even worse off than the Tenderloin, which it faces across Market Street. The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... Market Street in downtown San Francisco. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... U.S. Highway 101, or U.S. Route 101 (often just U.S. 101), is a north-south highway that is aligned along the Pacific West Coast of the United States. ... The South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco encompasses the Embarcadero, South Park, SBC Park and the newly constructed Muni Metro extension. ... 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. ... The Financial District is a neighborhood in San Franciscio, California. ... Interstate 80 as seen from an overpass in Davis, California Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... The American term skid row is used to refer to the rundown area of a city where alcoholics and vagrants congregate. ... The Tenderloin is an informal neighborhood in San Francisco, named for a part of the former Downtown/Tenderloin district 8a, Van Ness/Civic Center district 8f and South of Market district 9f labor districts. ...

Leather Etc on Folsom and 8th sells Fetish clothing.

South of Market was originally a warehouse district, with longer blocks than other parts of the city. Today, in addition to warehouses, there are a great many bars and nightclubs, restaurants, and residential lofts in the area. Since the 1950s, South of Market has been a center for the leather subculture of the gay community. At the end of each September the Folsom Street Fair is held on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets. The smaller and less commercialized but also leather subculture-oriented Up Your Alley Fair (commonly referred to as the Dore Alley Fair) is also held in the neighborhood, in late July on Folsom between 9th and 10th Streets and in Dore Alley between Folsom and Howard. During the late 1990s, South of Market was known for being a local center of the dot-com boom, due to its central location and relatively cheap office space. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1164 KB)Leather Etc is a fetish store in San Franciscos South of Market. ... Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1164 KB)Leather Etc is a fetish store in San Franciscos South of Market. ... Fetish clothing includes any type of clothing and clothing materials which is commonly fetishized. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Folsom Street Fair marks the end of Leather Pride Week in San Francisco, California Bondage demonstration at the 2003 Folsom Street Fair The annual Folsom Street Fair takes place at the end of September and is now the final event in San Franciscos Leather Pride Week. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ...

Because of its historic blue-collar nature, South of Market is also an area of settlement for new immigrants. Entire communities made their homes in the district--from Irish Americans and Italian Americans to Greek Americans. Presently the largest migrant group living in South of Market are Filipino Americans. Irish Americans are residents or citizens of the United States who claim Irish ancestry. ... An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... A Greek-American is a citizen of the United States who has significant Greek heritage. ... In 1998, Benjamin J. Cayetano became the first Filipino American (and second Asian American after Governor George R. Ariyoshi) to be elected state Governor of the United States. ...

The conference center, Moscone Center, occupies 3 blocks and hosts many major trade shows. Moscone South opened its doors in December 1981. Moscone North opened in May 1992, and most recently Moscone West in June 2003. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

With the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1995, the Yerba Buena Center region of the South of Market has become a hub for museums. Other museums in the area include the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Cartoon Art Museum, the children's Zeum, and the temporary home of the California Academy of Sciences. The planned sites for the Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Mexican Museum are also in the Yerba Buena area. The Center for the Arts, along with Yerba Buena Gardens and the Sony Metreon, is built on top of Moscone North. Across Howard Street, built on top of Moscone South, is a children's park featuring a large play area, an ice skating rink, a bowling alley, a restaurant, the Zeum, and the restored merry-go-round from Playland At the Beach. The children's park and Zeum are joined to Yerba Buena Gardens by a foot bridge over Howard Street. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a museum in San Francisco, California dedicated to modern art. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cartoon Art Museum (CAM) is an art museum in San Francisco, California, specializing in the art of comics and cartoons. ... Zeum is an interactive childrens art and technology museum located in San Francisco, California. ... The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world. ... Yerba Buena Gardens is the park between Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (www. ... The Metreon, an entertainment shopping center, launched on June 16, 1999 as the first in a proposed succession of Sony urban centers aggregating dining, gaming, music, exhibitions, shopping, and movies. ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ... Bowling ball and two pins Bowling can refer to two distinctly different types of game. ... This article is about the fairground ride. ...

A major transformation of the neighborhood is planned with the Transbay Terminal Replacement Project, which if funded, is planned to be open by 2012. San Francisco Transbay Terminal, or simply Transbay Terminal, is a transportation complex in San Francisco, California located roughly in the center of the rectangle bounded north-south by Mission Street and Howard Street, and east-west by Beale Street and Second Street. ... 2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Many people shorten the name to SOMA or SoMa, probably in reference to SoHo (South of Houston) in New York City, and, in turn, Soho in London. However, most San Franciscans prefer to refer to the neighborhood by its full name, South of Market. Soho is an area of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Soho is an area of Londons West End in the City of Westminster. ... St. ...

See also

• San Francisco
• Union Square

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External links

• Villa Soma
• Transbay Joint Powers Authority Official Site