Rincon Hill
| Rincon Hill | |
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| Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
Rincon Hill neighborhood viewed from across the San Francisco Bay.
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 Rincon Hill
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| Coordinates: 37°47′08″N 122°23′31″W / 37.78556°N 122.39194°W | |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Jane Kim |
| • State Assembly | David Chiu (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.25 km2 (0.096 sq mi) |
| • Land | 0.25 km2 (0.096 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1,532 |
| • Density | 6,155/km2 (15,942/sq mi) |
| ZIP code | 94105 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
| Reference no. | 84 |
Coordinates: 37°47′08″N 122°23′31″W / 37.78556°N 122.39194°W
Rincon Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's 49 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills." The relatively compact neighborhood is bounded by Folsom Street to the north, the Embarcadero to the east, Bryant Street on the south, and Essex Street to the west. Rincon Hill is located just south of the Transbay development area, part of the greater South of Market area. The hill is about 100 feet (30 m) tall.
Following the California Gold Rush, Rincon Hill was built up as a fashionable and prestigious residential neighborhood. After it was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, the neighborhood was slow to rebuild and largely became an industrial area with small factories and warehouses. In 1985, and revised in 2005, the area was rezoned into a high-density residential neighborhood designed to house up to 10,000 new residents in close proximity to the city's Financial District.
The area comprising Rincon Hill was originally a sandy peninsula forming the southern shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove. The peninsula terminated at Rincon Point, near Harrison and Spear streets, from which Rincon Hill derives its name.Rincón is Spanish for "corner", and the point formed the southern corner of the cove. Prior to the Gold Rush of 1849, the Rincon Hill area was largely unsettled, as most early development was on the north side of the Cove, near Portsmouth Square.
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