North Beach, San Francisco
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| + | "The neighborhood, particularly on Broadway east of Columbus, was infamous until fairly recently as home to many of the city's [[striptease clubs]]. Many of the sex-related nightspots seen in Clint Eastwood's [[Dirty Harry]] movies, Paul Schrader's [[Hardcore (film)|Hardcore]] and TV's [[The Streets of San Francisco]] have been converted to other, more mainstream uses. | ||
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| + | An alleyway off of Columbus between Kearny and Broadway is named for Beat Generation writer [[Jack Kerouac]], who once lived there and frequented the famous [[City Lights Bookstore]] on the corner of Columbus and Broadway as well as the numerous nearby coffee shops." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | The neighborhood, particularly on Broadway east of Columbus, was infamous until fairly recently as home to many of the city's [[striptease clubs]]. Many of the sex-related nightspots seen in Clint Eastwood's [[Dirty Harry]] movies, Paul Schrader's [[Hardcore (film)|Hardcore]] and TV's [[The Streets of San Francisco]] have been converted to other, more mainstream uses. | + | |
| + | '''North Beach''' is a neighborhood in the northeast of [[San Francisco]] adjacent to [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]], and [[Russian Hill]]. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "[[Little Italy]]" and has historically been home to a large [[Italian American]] population. It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the [[beatnik]] [[subculture]] and has become one of San Francisco's main [[nightlife]] districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of [[young urban professional]]s, families, and Chinese immigrants. | ||
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"The neighborhood, particularly on Broadway east of Columbus, was infamous until fairly recently as home to many of the city's striptease clubs. Many of the sex-related nightspots seen in Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies, Paul Schrader's Hardcore and TV's The Streets of San Francisco have been converted to other, more mainstream uses. An alleyway off of Columbus between Kearny and Broadway is named for Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, who once lived there and frequented the famous City Lights Bookstore on the corner of Columbus and Broadway as well as the numerous nearby coffee shops." --Sholem Stein |
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North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population. It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco's main nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants.
