Marina District
About Marina District
The Marina spreads along the northern waterfront. The land itself is mostly artificial. A cove was filled gradually from the late 1800s through the early 1910s, partly with rubble from the 1906 earthquake but mostly with sand and mud dredged from the bay. The large push happened around 1912 in preparation for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
The flat streets and Mediterranean-style architecture you see today went up after the expo wrapped because the neighborhood is built on liquefaction-prone fill, it took some of the worst structural damage in the city during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Many of the buildings you walk past today are rebuilt or seismically retrofitted since then.
Filmed in Marina District
All San Francisco films →41 productions filmed around Marina District, oldest first.
1952Sudden Fear
1958Vertigo
1968Bullitt
1968Petulia
1971Dirty Harry
1979Time After Time
1984The Woman In Red
1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1992Vegas in Space
1993Fearless
1994Forrest Gump
1995Jade
1995Copycat
1996The Rock1998Doctor Dolittle
1999The Other Sister
1999Edtv2004Red Diaper Baby
2010Hereafter
2012CSI: NY- episode 903+21more on recordEvery film shot in San Francisco →Where to Eat
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Things to Do
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Wave Organ
A sound installation built in May 1986 by Peter Richards of the Exploratorium with master mason George Gonzales, made of 25 PVC pipes and stone salvaged from the demolished Laurel Hill Cemetery. Free, open around the clock, on the jetty past the St. Francis Yacht Club. The sound is stronger at high tide; check NOAA tide tables before you go.
House of Air
An indoor trampoline park inside a 1921 armory building at Crissy Field that once housed the biplanes of the 91st Observation Squadron. The 42 foot double doors remain, with more than 8,000 square feet of trampolines and a second floor walkway.
Hopper’s Hands
Look below, there's paw prints for dogs to high five too!
Palace of Fine Arts
Free and open daily. Expect wedding photographers and picnickers on the lawn. Check the theater calendar for current shows.
Presidio Theater
The schedule changes weekly, so check the calendar before you go. The free PresidiGo shuttle stops out front, and there is free evening parking under the Main Post.
Fort Mason Center
Shop the Sunday morning farmers market, then picnic on the great lawn with views across the water toward Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge.
