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Turk St.
Turk St.
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BART
Elm St.
Elm St.
Muni
Golden Gate Ave.
Golden Gate Ave.
Hiram W. Johnson
S tate Office Building
Hiram W. Johnson
State Office Building
Hiram W. Johnson
California
P ublic Utilities
California
Public Utilities
Commission
California
State Office Building
Redwood
Redwood
Alley
Redwood
Alley
Public Utilities
Commission
Commission
Alley
Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Building
Supreme Court
Building
Building
McAllister St.
McAllister St.
Veterans Building
(Herbst Theatre &
SF Arts Commission
Gallery)
Veterans Building
Veterans Building
(Herbst Theatre &
Asian Art
Asian Art
Museum
Asian Art
Museum
Federal
Building
Federal
Building
Federal
(Herbst Theatre &
SF Arts Commission
Museum
Building
SF Arts Commission
Gallery)
Civic
Center
Civic
Center
Plaza
Civic
Gallery)
United Nations
United Nations
Plaza
United Nations
Plaza
Center
Plaza
City Hall
City Hall
Fulton St.
Fulton St.
Plaza
Plaza
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War Memorial
War Memorial
Opera House
War Memorial
Opera House
SF Public
SF Public
Library
SF Public
Library
BART/Muni
BART/Muni
Civic Center
BART/Muni
Civic Center
Station
Opera House
Library
Civic Center
Station
Station
Gr ove St.
Gr ove St.
Bill Graham
Bill Graham
Civic
Bill Graham
Civic
Auditorium
Louise M. Davies
Louise M. Davies
Symphony Hall
Louise M. Davies
Symphony Hall
Civic
Auditorium
Symphony Hall
Auditorium
Hayes St.
Hayes St.
Fell St.
Fell St.
Muni
Muni
Van Ness
Muni
Van Ness
Station
Hickory St.
Hickory St.
Van Ness
Station
Station
Oak St.
Oak St.
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off; look for the diorama, built in 1939, for a clearer picture of how it was all laid
out. The back garden contains the graves of California's first governor and the
city's first mayor, as well as, shockingly, the bodies of at least 5,000 Indians who
died “helping” (read: slaving for) the mission. Sad to say, while few people know
about the mass extinction, the mission is famous for the one grave that isn't there:
The headstone of Carlotta Valdes, which Kim Novak visits in Vertigo (1958) was
a prop. Around the same time (1952), the compound was named a Basilica, an
honorary Church of the Pope, and in 1987, Pope John Paul II swung by for a
visit—naturally, the local Catholics are still buzzing about that. If you want to
enjoy services in the Old Mission, you have to get up early, because they're offered
Monday through Friday at 7am and 9:30am, outside of tourism hours, excepting
a single one (a Vigil) on Saturdays at 5pm. Otherwise, you'll be worshiping in the
generally ignored, modern Basilica (1918) out back.
San Francisco's Beaux Arts City Hall 55 (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place;
% 415/554 - 6139; www.sfgov.org; free admission; Mon-Fri 8am-5:30pm) was not
built to be just another city hall. No, it was created with a measure of chutzpah
that far outmeasured what the city was worth at the time. Having crumbled dur-
ing the '06 quake, residents wanted to show the world that San Francisco was still
an American powerhouse, so this current City Hall was designed (in 1915) to be
 
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