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A compact walkable neighborhood that took its current shape after the Central Freeway through it was demolished in 1992, following 1989 quake damage. Patricia's Green at Hayes and Octavia rotates sculptural art installations (often from Burning Man). Hayes Street between Laguna and Gough is four blocks of boutiques in Victorian storefronts. Davies Symphony Hall and War Memorial Opera House sit on the eastern edge.

Office towers along Montgomery, California, Sansome, and Battery, the historic center of West Coast banking since the 19th century. The 1972 Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery is the most distinctive on the skyline (Salesforce Tower took the height title in 2018). Tadich Grill at 240 California claims 1849 as founding year. Every Muni Metro and BART line stops at Montgomery.

The residential grid west of Golden Gate Park, running from Stanyan out to the Pacific in pastel row houses. Inner Sunset gathers around 9th and Irving (Arizmendi Bakery, San Tung's dry-fried wings). Outer Sunset's spine is Noriega, and Thanh Long at 4101 Judah (opened 1971) is the original An family roasted-garlic-crab restaurant. Fog often holds through the day.

A working commercial fishing fleet still docks at Pier 45, going out before dawn for Dungeness crab (season mid-November through June), salmon, and sea bass. Sea lions first hauled out on Pier 39's K-Dock in January 1990. Hyde Street Pier holds the 1886 Balclutha and 1890 ferryboat Eureka. Powell-Hyde cable car ends at Beach and Hyde.