Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The boundaries of it are not very well defined, but it is located in the area of the city between Van Ness Avenue on the east, the Richmond District on the west, the Pacific Heights to the north and the Haight-Ashbury and Haight-Fillmore to the south. Western Addition is not the name for that entire area, however, many smaller neighborhoods such as Japantown, The Fillmore, Hayes Valley, Lower Pacific Heights, North Panhandle and Anza Vista are located in that area. According to some, it might not even go as far as the Richmond District, possibly only as far as Divisadero Street or Presidio and Masonic Streets. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... San Francisco skyline. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Geary Boulevard, looking eastward from 36th Avenue The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. ... Pacific Heights may refer to: Pacific Heights, a neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... Categories: US geography stubs | San Francisco neighborhoods ... Haight-Fillmore, or the Lower Haight, is a neighbourhood in San Francisco, California. ... Japantown (also known as Nihonmachi (ja: 日本町), Little Osaka, and J Town) comprises about six square city blocks in the Western Addition in San Francisco. ... The Fillmore, also known as Fillmore Auditorium, is a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California. ... Hayes Valley is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. ... Anza Vista is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, located between The Presidio and the Golden Gate Park panhandle, and west of the Western Addition, Anza Vista has few features of note. ...

The Central Freeway used to run through the neighborhood to Turk Street, but that section of the freeway was closed immediately after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and later demolished. The Central Freeway is a freeway that was part of US Highway 101 in San Francisco (US 101 was resigned to use side streets around 2000). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area in California at 5:04 pm local time and measured 6. ...