Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Building ceased to be the city's
main point of entry. Today, only
a few ferries cross the bay to
Larkspur and Sausalito in Marin
County
(see p163)
, and Alameda
and Oakland in the East Bay
(see pp166-9)
.
q
California
Historical Society
678 Mission St.
Map
6 D5.
Te l
357-1848.
@
9, 30, 45.
v
J,
K, L, M, N, T.
@
Montgomery.
Open
Library noon-5pm Wed-Fri.
Gallery noon-5pm Tue-Sun.
∑
californiahistoricalsociety.org
Rincon Annex mural depicting the Spanish discovery of San Francisco
w
Museum of the
African Diaspora
685 Mission St.
Map
5 C5.
Te l
358-
7200.
@
14, 30, 45.
v
J, K, L, M, N, T.
Open
11am-6pm Wed-Sat, noon-
5pm Sun.
Closed
major hols.
∑
moadsf.org
r
Contemporary
Jewish Museum
736 Mission St.
Map
5 C5.
Te l
655-
7800.
@
14, 30, 45.
v
J, K, L, M, N, T.
Open
11am-5pm Fri-Tue, 1-8pm
Thu.
Closed
major Jewish holidays,
Jan 1, Jul 4, Thanksgiving.
7
=
8
-
∑
thecjm.org
This museum partners with
national and international
cultural institutions to present
a variety of art, photography,
and installations celebrating
and exploring Judaism.
The society provides research
libraries, museum galleries,
and a bookstore. There is a
photographic collection,
more than 900 paintings and
watercolors by American artists,
a decorative arts exhibit, and a
unique costume collection.
This museum's central idea is that
we all share a common African
past. Exhibits cover African music,
culinary traditions, and explain
slave trade. There are interactive
lectures, exhibits, and workshops.
e
Rincon Center
Map
6 B4.
@
14.
See Shopping in San
Francisco p233.
This shopping center, with its
soaring atrium, was added on
to the old Rincon Annex Post
Office Building in 1989. The
Rincon Annex is known for
Anton Refregier's murals, show-
ing aspects of the city's history.
t
Yerba Buena
Gardens
See pp116-17.
y
Museum of
Modern Art
See pp120-23.
Fishing in the harbor
u
Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery St.
Map
5 C4.
Te l
512-1111.
@
7, 9, 21, 31, 45, 71.
v
J, K, L, M, N, T.
See Where to Stay p215.
The original Palace Hotel was
opened by William Ralston, one
of San Francisco's best-known
financiers, in 1875. It was the
most luxurious of San Francisco's
early hotels and was regularly
frequented by the rich and
famous. Among its patrons were
Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and
Rudyard Kipling. The celebrated
tenor Enrico Caruso was a guest
at the time of the earthquake
of 1906
(see pp28-9)
, when the
hotel caught fire. It was rebuilt
by the architect George Kelham,
and reopened in 1909.
The magnificent Garden Court at the Palace Hotel
