San Francisco street grid

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The San Francisco street grid is the planned network of intersecting streets and avenues that organizes much of the city into rectangular blocks, particularly on its western and northeastern sides.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf street grid
urban planning system
appliesToArea northeastern San Francisco
western San Francisco
constrains building orientation in much of San Francisco
traffic flow patterns in San Francisco
coversNeighborhood Chinatown, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Downtown San Francisco NERFINISHED
Financial District, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Mission District, San Francisco NERFINISHED
North Beach, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Richmond District, San Francisco NERFINISHED
SoMa NERFINISHED
Sunset District, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Tenderloin, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Western Addition, San Francisco NERFINISHED
doesNotFullyCoverArea Glen Canyon area
Golden Gate Park NERFINISHED
Presidio of San Francisco NERFINISHED
Twin Peaks area NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic irregular adaptation to hilly topography
multiple superimposed grids
non‑continuous alignments between neighborhoods
orthogonal street layout
planned network of intersecting streets and avenues
rectangular blocks
variable block sizes
hasNotableFeature frequent four‑way intersections
long continuous avenues on west side of city
steep graded streets on grid-aligned hills
hasStreetOrientation diagonal segments in some districts
east–west
north–south
historicallyExpandedWith post‑1906 earthquake reconstruction
westward urban expansion in late 19th century
influencedBy 19th‑century American grid planning practices
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
United States of America
surface form: United States
organizes rectangular city blocks in San Francisco
relatedTo San Francisco Municipal Railway bus routes
San Francisco streetcar network NERFINISHED
San Francisco zoning patterns
usedFor addressing system in San Francisco
land subdivision
property development
transportation circulation

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32nd Avenue partOf San Francisco street grid
subject surface form: 32nd Avenue (San Francisco)
Filbert Street (San Francisco) partOf San Francisco street grid
Sutter Street partOf San Francisco street grid