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From Telegraph Hill to North Beach, Jackson Square , Financial District - San Francisco, CA, USA

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From Telegraph Hill to North Beach, Jackson Square , Financial District - San Francisco, CA, USA

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

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Coit Tower Coit Tower, also known as the Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is a 64 m tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco; at her death in 1929 Coit left one-third of her estate to the city for civic beautification. The tower was proposed in 1931 as an appropriate use of Coit's gift. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2008  

North Beach, San Francisco, California

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North Beach, San Francisco North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's Little Italy, and has historically been home to a large Italian American population. It is still home to many Italian restaurants today, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture. Today, North Beach is one of San Francisco's main red light and nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families and Chinese immigrants connected to the adjacent Chinatown. The American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten 'Great Neighborhoods in America'.