Grant Avenue

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Grant Avenue is a historic thoroughfare in San Francisco best known as the main tourist and commercial street running through Chinatown.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial thoroughfare
street
tourist attraction
city San Francisco
country United States
hasBusinessType Chinese restaurants
herbal medicine shops
jewelry stores
souvenir shops
tea shops
hasCulturalSignificance center of Chinese-American culture in San Francisco
symbolic gateway to Chinatown for visitors
hasHistoricalRole historic commercial corridor for Chinese immigrants
one of the oldest streets in San Francisco Chinatown
hasNeighborhood Chinatown, San Francisco
North Beach, San Francisco
Union Square area, San Francisco
hasNotableFeature Dragon Gate at its southern entrance to Chinatown
bilingual Chinese-English signage
hanging lanterns and street decorations
historic storefronts
hasTransportationAccess San Francisco Municipal Railway bus lines
knownFor Chinese New Year decorations
Chinese-themed shops and restaurants
being the main tourist street of San Francisco Chinatown
historic architecture
languageOfSignage Chinese
English
locatedIn California
Chinatown, San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
namedAfter Ulysses S. Grant
near Portsmouth Square
Saints Peter and Paul Church, North Beach
Union Square
partOf San Francisco street network
passesThrough Chinatown, San Francisco
Financial District, San Francisco
North Beach, San Francisco
primaryUse dining
retail
tourism
state California
streetType north–south street
terminus Broadway, San Francisco
Market Street, San Francisco
touristPopularity high

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
California Street
crosses
North Beach
hasStreet
Dragon Gate (San Francisco)
locatedOn
Chinatown (San Francisco)
street

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