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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street grid
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urban planning system ⓘ |
| appliesToArea |
northeastern San Francisco
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western San Francisco ⓘ |
| constrains |
building orientation in much of San Francisco
ⓘ
traffic flow patterns in San Francisco ⓘ |
| coversNeighborhood |
Chinatown, San Francisco
NERFINISHED
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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
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Golden Gate Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidio of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Peaks area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
irregular adaptation to hilly topography
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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
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long continuous avenues on west side of city ⓘ steep graded streets on grid-aligned hills ⓘ |
| hasStreetOrientation |
diagonal segments in some districts
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east–west ⓘ north–south ⓘ |
| historicallyExpandedWith |
post‑1906 earthquake reconstruction
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westward urban expansion in late 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 19th‑century American grid planning practices ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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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
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San Francisco streetcar network NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco zoning patterns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
addressing system in San Francisco
ⓘ
land subdivision ⓘ property development ⓘ transportation circulation ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
32nd Avenue (San Francisco)