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San Francisco

by Paula, Zoe, Johanna

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index

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Map

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General information

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History

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Sights

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Specials

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Climate

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Sources

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Quiz

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San Francsico

Washington D.C.

  • US/ California
  • Capital of California: Sacramento
  • Width-straight: 37,4° N
  • Length-straight: 122° W

Sacramento


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General Information

Location

  • north of California
  • distance to Sacramento: 139km (89mi)
  • on the spit of land between Golden Gate
  • on a hill peninsula

City

  • fourth largest city in California
  • area: 600,6 km²
  • districts
  • mostly narrow serpentine roads
  • two associated islands: Angl Island, Alcatraz

education/ people

  • residents: 873.965
  • 47% White, 28% Asian, 14% Latino, 10% Black, 0.4% Native American
  • seems like a European city
  • 4 universities
  • San Francisco has the most psychotherapists

  • Joseph Straus designed the plans
  • 4 ½ years of construction - dedicated on May 28, 1937
  • longest suspension bridge in the world - 2737 m long
  • supported by 2 227 m high piers

  • ♡ of the city
  • surrounded by theaters, shopping malls and hotels
  • Corinthian column honoring Admiral George Dewey's victory in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
  • Meeting place for demonstrations

  • most famous street
  • 21,3% gradient
  • most curvy street
  • it is the most photographed street

Golden Gate Bridge

Union Square

Lombard Street

  • floating high security track
  • after Spanish - American war as quarantine station
  • 1934 it was completely transformed into a civilian prison
  • not a normal prison --> solitary confinement
  • also called "Devil's Island
  • no prisoner managed to escape from the island
  • 1963 prison was closed by Robert F. Kennedy

Alcatraz

  • were developed to save horses heavy load of carts
  • are pulled up and down the streets by an underground cable
  • Crowd favorite
  • Andrew S. Hallidie built the first car in 1873 - ran on Clay Street
  • many use it daily to get to their work

Cable Cars

Specials

Climate

  • most varied climate in the USA.
  • Winds, ocean currents, hills make different weather in individual neighborhoods
  • very cool in skyscraper canyons, almost never sunshine
  • choppy Pacific Ocean
  • sudden fog banks coming from the sea
  • warm temperate zone
  • sunny, mostly foggy climate
  • best months to experience San Francisco: May and September
  • not recommended: January and February

18th century

  • 1776 beginning of the city development
  • initial name "Yerba Buena" (Spanish - "Wild Mint")
  • slow development

19th century

  • 1821-1847 San Francisco belonged to Mexico
  • 1846 American Captain John B. Montgomery claimed the area for United States
  • 1848 Gold rush - population grew rapidly

20th century

  • 1906 earthquake shook San Francisco
  • after ww 1 building boom - esp. Golden Gate Bridge, Oakland Bridge
  • ww 2 shipyards - construction, supply of soldiers, supply base

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Thank you for your attention

https://www.usa-info.net/staedte-usa/san-francisco/steckbrief-und-fakten/

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https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/97836

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