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matchsticks, a two-headed calf,
and an image of a man who
had two pupils in each eyeball.
Get lost in the Marvelous Mirror
Maze and sample some candy
from the factory. Some of
Ripley's famous cartoon strips
are on display too.
moved to the City Hall
(see p129)
,
where all the exhibits are now
on display. Among these is the
massive head of the statue that
capped City Hall before the
1906 earthquake
(see pp30-31)
.
The illuminated crown on the
head is an example of early
electric illumination. You can
also visit www.sfmuseum.org.
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The Cannery
2801 Leavenworth St.
Map
4 F1.
@
4, 18, 19, 24, 27, 30, 38, 47.
v
F.
Powell-Hyde.
See Shopping in San
Francisco p233
.
This 1909 fruit-canning plant
was refurbished in the 1960s
to incorporate footbridges,
sunny courtyards, and rambling
passages, with restaurants and
specialty shops selling clothes,
collector dolls, and American
Indian arts and crafts.
The Cannery also used to
house the Museum of the City
of San Francisco, but a fire
forced the premises to close.
However, the collection has
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Ghirardelli
Square
900 North Point St.
Map
4 F1.
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4,
18, 19, 24, 27, 30, 38, 47, 49.
v
F.
Powell-Hyde.
See Shopping in San
Francisco p232
.
Ghirardelli Square
Once a chocolate factory and
woollen mill, this is the most
attractive of San Francisco's
refurbished factories, a mix of
old red-brick buildings and
modern shops and restaurants.
The shopping center retains the
famous Ghirardelli trademark
clock tower and the original
electric roof sign. Ghirardelli
Chocolate Manufactory on the
plaza beneath the tower still
houses vintage chocolate-
making machinery and sells
the confection, although the
chocolate bars are now made
in San Leandro, across the bay.
Fountain Plaza is a colorful
outdoor attraction for shoppers
day and evening.
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San Francisco
Maritime National
Historical Park
Visitors' Center
900 Beach St.
Map
4 F1.
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4, 10, 18,
19, 24, 27, 30, 38, 47.
v
F.
Powell-
Hyde. Museum:
Tel
561-7100.
Open
main floor open 10am-5pm.
Hyde Street Pier:
Tel
561-7169.
Open
9:30am-5pm daily (Jun-Aug:
to 5:30pm).
Closed
Jan 1, Thanksg.,
Dec 25.
&
Pier only.
7
Pier and
museum only.
=
See Five Guided Walks
pp174-5
. Visitor's Center: 499 Jefferson
Street.
Tel
415-447-5000.
Open
9:30am-5pm daily.
∑
maritime.org
Built in 1939, this
building has housed
collections of old ships. Among
the most spectacular is the
CA
Thayer
, a three-masted schooner
built in 1895 and retired in 1950.
The
Thayer
carried lumber along
the North California coast, and
later was used in Alaskan
fishing. Also at the pier is the
2,560-ton side-wheel ferry-boat,
Eureka
, built in 1890 to ferry
trains between the Hyde Street
Pier and the counties north of
San Francisco Bay. It carried
2,300 passengers and 120 cars,
and was the largest passenger
ferry of its day.
Hyde Street Pier
the Maritime Museum from
1951. Visitors can still admire the
renovated Streamline Modern
building with its clean lines of
an ocean liner. Moored at
nearby Hyde Street Pier is
one of the world's largest
Balclutha
This ship is the star of Hyde
Street Pier. Launched in
1886, she sailed twice a
year between Britain
and California,
trading wheat
for coal.
Mainmast
Mizzenmast
Foremast
Quarterdeck
Bowsprit
