Western Addition
A mostly residential area of San Francisco, Western Addition stretches west from downtown's Civic Center area to Arguello Boulevard north of the Panhandle parkway.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Painted ladies
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.
San Francisco Mint
Heritage site
Photo: Frevi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint.
Localities in the Area
Civic Center-Tenderloin
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
As the name implies, the Civic Center is the primary center of government within San Francisco, housing many important civic institutions.
Haight
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Haight is a district of San Francisco running along Haight Street and the famous center of San Francisco's hippie community, with a multitude of eclectic stores, coffee shops, and art that reflects this fact.
Castro-Noe Valley
Photo: brian kusler, CC BY 2.0.
The colorful Castro is the famous gay center of San Francisco, a vibrant and historic neighborhood full of businesses geared towards the city's LGBT community.
Western Addition
- Type: Neighbourhood with 12,900 residents
- Description: neighbourhood of San Francisco, California
- Categories: neighbourhood in San Francisco and locality
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.77956° or 37° 46' 46" northLongitude
-122.42981° or 122° 25' 47" westPopulation
12,900Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)Open Location Code
849VQHHC+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 140982995OpenStreetMap Feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5408307Wikidata ID
Q7987437Western Addition Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Bulgarian: Уестерн Адишън
- Chinese: 西增区
- English: Western Addition, San Francisco
- Esperanto: Okcidenta Aldono
- French: Western Addition
- German: Western Addition
- Hebrew: וסטרן אדישן
- Japanese: ウエスタン・アディション
- Turkish: Western Addition, San Francisco
Other Places Named Western Addition
In the Area
Western Addition is situated close to the neighbourhoods Japantown and Hayes Valley.
- Western AdditionNeighbourhood
- Lower HaightNeighbourhood
- Lower Pacific HeightsNeighbourhood
- North of PanhandleNeighbourhood
- Civic CenterNeighbourhood
- Anza VistaNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Western Addition. Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.