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The ridge between the Marina and the Western Addition with some of the highest property values in San Francisco. The Haas-Lilienthal House at 2007 Franklin, an 1886 Queen Anne Victorian, opens for public tours as one of the few large 19th-century residences accessible to visitors. Fillmore between Pacific and Bush is the commercial spine. California Street cable car runs the southern edge.

A south-facing slope between the Mission and the central waterfront, with a microclimate sunnier than the western neighborhoods because the hill blocks the prevailing fog. Vermont Street between 20th and 22nd has seven switchbacks (more than Lombard). Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) shot chase scenes on these streets. 18th between Connecticut and Missouri is the commercial spine.

The Spanish built Mission Dolores at 16th and Dolores in 1776, the original adobe walls still stand, making it the oldest intact building in San Francisco. Today the warmest neighborhood in the city (Dolores Park runs about 15 degrees warmer than Ocean Beach). 24th Street between Mission and Potrero is a designated Latino Cultural District. Mission Street working spine, Valencia restaurants, 24th Street culture. Take BART to 16th or 24th.

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.