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DCS Room 25 February 23 to 26, 2016

Day 1: February 23, 2016

Winchester & Diridon Stations�CalTrain Bullet Train SJ to SF�AT& T Park & McCovey Cove�South Beach Harbor & South Park�Moscone Convention Center�Yerba Buena Center & MLK Memorial�Union Square & Nob Hill�Huntington Park & Grace Cathedral�Cable Car Museum�China Town

Washington Park & St Peters Church�North Beach�Telegraph Hill & Coit Tower�Levi Plaza & Museum�Embarcadero Promenade�F-line Streetcar�Boudin Bakery�Maritime Building�Aquatic Cove & Pier�Fort Mason

Light Rail, CalTrain, BART, Metro

VTA Light Rail train �from Winchester Station�to San Jose Diridon.

Then CalTrain bullet to �San Francisco.

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Trains of all sizes.

BART trains run around the bay and through SF (underground).

SF Muni Metro Trains

The Bay Bridge

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. It’s a part of interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 240,000 vehicles a day on its two decks. It started being made in 1933 and was opened November 12 1936. (Six months before the Golden Gate Bridge). The bridge has two sections of roughly equal length; the older western section, officially known as the Willie L. Brown Jr. bridge, connects downtown San Francisco to Yerba Buena Island and the newer unnamed eastern section connects the island to Oakland. During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a section of the eastern span's upper deck collapsed onto the lower deck and the bridge was closed for a month. Reconstruction of the eastern section of the bridge as a causeway connected to a self-anchored suspension bridge began in 2002; the new bridge opened September 2, 2013 at a reported cost of over $6.5 billion.

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Name: Soren

Connecting SF and the East Bay

Check out time lapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDUIYZKlknk

Demo of old bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xhcTDLM4Ss

and this tech-news one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiRWA-qhScA

Rincon Hill

In the mid 1840s, San Francisco was a small, dump, with less than 200 residents.Rincon Hill was a remote shrub-covered mound, about 120 feet above now day market street. When the gold rush happened in 1849, San Francisco exploded in population. By 1850, it housed 25,000 residents. By 1853, San Francisco had 50,000 inhabitants, and the wealthy of them wanted a nice, classy place to live. Well, developer george gordon took this as an opportunity, and turned a warm, sunny place with a beautiful view of the bay named rincon hill, into an upscale neighborhood for the rich. It flourished for years, but when the shippers needed an easier route from the water to the city, they made a pathway through rincon hill. This resulted in uncomfortability for the residents, and the upscale neighborhood slowly fell.

Name: Dominick

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South Park

The South Park block was assembled in 1852 by English entrepreneur George Gordon. The park was originally constructed in 1855 as the center of an exclusive residential community. It was modeled after a square in London, England, as a housing development of seventeen mansions plus townhouses on a 550-foot oval around a private grassy park. It featured the first paved streets and sidewalks in San Francisco. A windmill in the center of the park pumped water for the houses.�South Park was also the center of one of large Japanese American communities. Sandwiched between the waterfront and the South Pacific Railroad terminus, the area featured Japanese owned and operated hostels, hotels, baths, and shops.�The neighborhood began to lose exclusivity after the construction of Second Street, which made the area accessible to less affluent residents. Rich residents moved to the newer Nob Hill neighborhood in the late 19th century,[5] and the city took over the park in 1897. It suffered further decline after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, when most of the homes around the Rincon Hill neighborhood were destroyed. The oval park, however, has remained unchanged and is still a central meeting place in the neighborhood. After the quake the neighborhood was rebuilt as warehouses, light manufacturing, nightclubs, and hotels. Immigrants from various countries came to the neighborhood, as well as longshoremen, drug addicts, and vagrants. The neighborhood began to attract artists and young professionals beginning in the 1970s.�The area flourished during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, due to flexible office space at initially low rent. It was sometimes described as "ground zero" of the dot com revolution, with many start-up Internet companies based in the area. By late 2001, however, many of these companies had closed their doors. Yet, as of 2006, in an era for the Internet that some have dubbed Web 2.0, South Park has once again become home to many small Web-related companies.

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Yerba Buena Garden

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Yerba Buena Gardens is the heart of the City’s downtown cultural district.

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Martin Luther King Jr. memorial:

• A large waterfall 20ft high 50 ft wide
• Behind the waterfall in 12 glass panels embedded in granite are poems of his work. For example “I believe that the day will come when all of god’s children, from bass black to treble white will be significant on the constitution.”-MLK Jr.

Yerba Buena was officially named part of San Francisco in January 1847. At that time it was barely developed and very few lived there and they were in tents and adobe huts. 1966 Yerba Buena became a urban renewal area. In 1981 Moscone Ctr opened and it had everything from galleries to housing. In 1993 Yerba Buena Gardens opened, covering 2 city blocks and giving a beautiful open public space.

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The creativity carousel was built in 1906 by Charles Looff. For over 50 years it was the main attraction at the San Francisco amusement park. It was bought in 1998 by the City of San Francisco, fully restored and re-opened at the Children's Creativity Museum.

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Union Square

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Urban Room in Downtown San Francisco

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The land for Union Square was originally donated in 1850 by Colonel John Geary who served in the Mexican War and became the first mayor of San Francisco. During the Gold Rush, the land was used as a campground, a dumping ground, and for sandlot baseball games. It was finally named “Union Square” during the Civil War because several rallies were held to celebrate Union victories over the South.

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The current design of the park was developed after the Spanish American War. The monument in the park honors Commander Dewey and the defeat of the Spanish Fleet. It’s a 79 foot tall granite shaft with a bronze figure on top. She is “Winged Victory” holding a trident in one hand and a laurel wreath in the other.

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Another public art display is the “Hearts of San Francisco”. Four heart sculptures are installed in the corners of the park. After a year, they are auctioned off to benefit the SF General Hospital and replaced with new heart sculptures by various artists.

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Grace Cathedral

• Located on Nob Hill, San Francisco
• First little chapel was built in 1849, Gold Rush
• Daughter of historic Grace Chapel
• The imposing third church was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake
• Crocker family gave their ruined property for a diocesan cathedral.
• Dean J. Wilmer began to work on the present structure in 1928
• Architectural Styles: Revival Gothic/French Gothic architecture
• The main doors, Gates of Paradise are replicas of the famous doors by the Florentine Renaissance master Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455).
• Has 2 labyrinths, one inside one outside, since 1990’s
• Stained glass has 68 named windows/window groups & covers 7,290 square ft.
• Largest stained glass window made of 3,765 pieces named “Canticle of the Sun,” inspired by a poem, a song to celebrating life and the glories of nature

Name: Marissa

Subtitle: Cathedral Church of the Episcopal Diocese of California

Cable Cars & Museum

The Cable Car Museum was established in 1974. It is operated by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum as a nonprofit educational facility. Located in the historic Washington/Mason cable car barn and powerhouse, the museum deck overlooks the huge engines and winding wheels that pull the cables. Downstairs is a viewing area of the large sheaves and cable line entering the building through the channel under the street. On display are various mechanical devices such as grips, track, cable, �brake mechanisms, tools, detailed models, �and a large collection of photographs. The museum houses three antique cable cars from the 1870s. �The Sutter Street Railway No. 46 grip car & No. 54 trailer and �the only surviving car from the first cable car company, �the Clay Street Hill Railroad no.8 grip car. The museum store offers a variety of cable car memorabilia, �books, clothing, cards and even genuine cable car bells! They put the cable cars where they are because it is convenient, they are put on slopes because they can connect to other cars going down, and they can pull the cars going up by connecting to each other. A gripman is the person who lets go and and attaches to the cable line, he can use bells to signal the conductor what he is going to do next.

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Chinatown

Chinatown has been around since the mid-1840’s. First settled in by poor Asians fleeing from the famine in Asia, Chinatown has become a bustling destination for all things Asian.The are markets, shops, and restaurants that are open to the public. Most foods sold in Chinatown are rice, vegetables, fresh fruit, and fish. These foods make up the healthy diet of your average Asian.

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The biggest Chinatown outside of Asia

North Beach & Washington Square

Name: Yassin

Subtitle: A one-line statement about the location

Coit Tower

Miranda

A white concrete column on top of Telegraph hill

The Embarcadero

Extends from the AT&T Ballpark (Third Street) to Pier 45 in Fisherman’s Wharf.

The Embarcadero Promenade: the continuous waterfront walkway

“Great spot for walking, running, skating, biking, shopping and eating!”

Name: Alyssa

Waterfront and roadway of the Port of San Francisco along San Francisco Bay

The Embarcadero Promenade

Day 2: February 24, 2016

Fort Mason buildings and battery�Exploratorium remote interactives�Ten Thousand Year Planetary Clock�SF Marina and Crissy Field�Palace of Fine Arts�Presidio’s Letterman District�Presidio Main Post & Museum�Presidio Chapel & Cemetery�

Golden Gate Bridge Pavilion�Golden Gate Park:� Rose Garden & Redwoods

Stow Lake & row/paddle boats� Japanese & Botanical Gardens� Koret Carousel & Playground

Haight-Ashbury District�Moscone Recreation Center

Fort Mason

• Fort mason was a former army post that served as a coastal defense site protecting from attackers
• Today it is part of the golden gate national recreation area and the site of cultural facilities
• The fort was named in 1882 after Richard Barnes Mason, a former military governor of California
• They had cannons and walls and heavy defenses to protect from the Russians and British, so they could safely transport gold away without getting attacked
• During World War II, the fort was used as headquarters for the San Francisco Port of Embarkation
• There are still old buildings standing on the grounds that used to be Army housing
• Now the buildings are used as hostels, but some are still used by the Army

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Name: Braedon

The former army post of San Francisco bay

Marina & Crissy Field

• Crissy Field, a former U.S. Army airfield, and is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, California, United States. Historically part of the Presidio of San Francisco, Crissy Field closed as an airfield after 1974. Under Army control, the site was affected by dumping of hazardous materials.The National Park Service took control of the area in 1994 and cleaned it up, and in 2001 the Crissy Field Center opened to the public. While most buildings have been preserved as they were in the 1920s, some have been transformed into offices, retail space, and residences.It also had 2 yacht harbors.
• The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the re emergence of the city. Aside from the Palace of Fine Arts (PAFA), all other buildings were demolished to make the current neighborhood.There are also estuarine animals such as snook, trout, mullet, jack, grouper, redfish, silver perch, spot, catfish, sheepshead, spiny lobster, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and clams.

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The Palace of Fine Arts

Located in the Marina District in San Francisco

Originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there.

It was one of ten palaces at the heart of the Panama-Pacific Exhibition.

During the Great Depression W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the decayed

murals on the ceiling of the rotunda(Rounded ceiling style).

During WWII it was requisitioned by the military for storage.

It is built around a small artificial lagoon, and is composed of a wide 1,100 ft pergola

(Garden feature) around a central rotunda situated by the water.

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Hosts art galleries, and has hosted a lot of weddings

Letterman District of the Presidio

The eastern end of the Presidio was the location of the Army’s biggest hospital during wars in the Philippines and World War 1 & 2. It was named after an innovative orthopedist, and it treated 73,000 patients in 1945 alone.

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Now, the area is part of the �Presidio Trust and is home to�non-profits & cultural businesses�such as LucasFilms. Movie items�can be seen in their office lobby.

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Subtitle: A public-run park over a former military hospital and base.

Tent camps were set in this area after the 1906 earthquake. Note that the Palace dome does not exist yet -- it was built 8 years after this photo was taken.

Presidio Officer’s Club

Native americans lived there for thousands of years. It then became a base for Spain's northernmost venture into the America's. In 1846 it became a US army base, and in 1994, the army departed. Now, the Presidio Officers club is a national park, offering a look into history and nature. The Presidios officers club was the last stop for outgoing ships and

Name: Graham

A view from the mouth of the bay - and into history.

National Cemetery @ Presidio

Shortly after the United States assumed control of the Presidio, the Army established a post cemetery on the current site of the National Cemetery. The first known American burial at this location occurred in 1854.

To be baired at this cemetery you would have to serve a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

There is 400,000 graves in the cemetery

Name: Montana

Anered War Veterans

Fort Point

Built sometime in 1794�Established as a national park in October 16,1970�Signed by Richard Nixon�Official Name is Castillo De San Joaquin�In 1882 was re-named to Fort Winfield Scott

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Name: Manpreet

A masonry seacoast fortification

Golden Gate Bridge

• The big cables were spun using big wheels while a machine sound the “dead wire”
• It’s 1.7 miles long
• The main architect and chief engineer: Joseph Strauss
• The construction began on January 5, 1933. The project was finished and opened on May 27, 1937

Name: Arin

The famous attraction of San Francisco

Upper Golden Gate Park

The Upper Golden Gate Park is everything to the left of Cross Over Drive. Popular locations are the De Young Museum, the Japanese tea garden, Stow Lake, the Conversatory of Flowers, the Academy of Sciences, and the Botanical Garden.

The Koret Children’s Quarters has an awesome playground, �a carousel, giant slides, and climbable sculptures.

�The Botanical Garden has plants from all over the world. �Some collections are: the California Native Garden, �Redwood Grove, Ancient Plants, and the Magnolia Garden.

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The Haight-Ashbury District

The streets were named after Henry and Monroe who were members of the San Francisco board of supervisors. The district was once old farms and isolated sand dunes, but soon became a popular part of town by the year 1887 because of it’s amusement park, and it was one of the last standing districts from the 1906 earthquake. Then it became the place of the free spirits. The hippies settled here as a place of drugs and music in 1966, known as the summer of love. And to top it all off the psychedelic shop was opened, where people could go for a little get away if you know what I mean, which drew the attention of many rock bands. The district was featured in time magazine as a cultural excitement and will forever go down in history, oh and those weird legs sticking out the window are pretty cool too.

Name: Olivia

Land of the hippies and drugs and cool retro threads

Day 3: February 25, 2016

Hyde Street Pier & Maritime Museum�Fisherman’s Wharf� -Harbor, boats, and economy� -Musee de Mechanique� -USS Pampanito submarine�The Dungeon�Pier 39�Alcatraz Island�AutoDesk & Public Pier 7�Lombard�Ghirardelli�

Hyde Street Pier

The pier is at the end of Hyde Street, between Aquatic Park & Fisherman’s Wharf�Held up by tar-coated pilings, which are poles embedded into the bay bottom.�Ships still docked there: Balclutha, Thayer, Eureka, Alma, Eppleton, Eureka, Ark

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Name: Chris H

Where cargo ships and ferries docked.

Fisherman’s Wharf

• Famous for it’s variety of seafood
• Especially Dungeness crab
• In the olden days, they used song to communicate
• The average fisherman made $2 or $3, and sometimes $5
• For a long time, the boats at the wharf

were leteen rigged sailboats called feluccas

• The boats used were mostly green

Grace & Joslyn

“The center of a marine-oriented industry beloved by native San Franciscans and visitors alike.​”

http://www.fishermanswharf.org/dungeness-crab.html

http://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/wharf-history/

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Alcatraz Island

Fun Facts

1. Alcatraz is named for seabirds
2. Military prisoners were Alcatraz’s first inmates
3. Al Capone played banjo in the inmate band
4. There were no confirmed prisoner escapes from Alcatraz
5. In spite of his nickname, the “Birdman of Alcatraz” had no birds in the prison
6. After the prison stood dormant for six years, Native American activists occupied Alcatraz
7. Alcatraz was home to the Pacific Coast’s first lighthouse
8. The country’s worst criminals were not automatically shipped to Alcatraz
9. It was possible to swim to shore
10. Inmates requested transfers to Alcatraz
11. was the first prison to have warm showers so

the inmates weren't used to cold water and wouldn’t

swim away

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Name: Gavin

The worst kind of time outs.

Day 4: February 26, 2016

Civic Center� -City Hall

-SF Library

-Opera House

United Nations Plaza

Market Street

Circuit Court Building

Old Mint Building

Wells Fargo History Museum

Transamerica Pyramid

Embarcadero Center

Ferry Building

SF Railway Museum

BART

Mission District� -Mission Dolores

-Dolores Park

-Clarion & Balmy Alleys

N-line Streetcar

CalTrain & VTA to Winchester

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Civic Center

Van Ness & Market Streets�Government and cultural buildings�United Nations Plaza

Amazing architecture

Contains many of the cities government institutions

Originally built in 1915

This is where the mayor’s office is and where the board of the city has meeting and the public is encouraged to attend these

City Hall,

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Market Street

between 2 street grids

has cable car lines but no cable cars

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The Financial District

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Graffiti in the Mission District

-Graffiti is an art form and a type of expression

-It’s everywhere and is constantly changing

Name: Arin & Chris R

Graffiti is a true form of art.

SF Muni (busses, trolleys, ferries)

go all around the city of San Francisco

ferries go throughout the bay

busses go all around the city

all cost money to ride

$1 for youth and $2.25 for adults

Streetcars run on tracks along �the Embarcadero and Market

Trolley’s come from all over the US

there are 6 antique streetcars and 4 are operational

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The local transportation of SF