Western Addition, San Francisco
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| Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. Most of the valley in the central part of this image is in the Western Addition neighborhood.
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| Coordinates: 37°46′57″N 122°25′42″W / 37.782472°N 122.428315°W | |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | London Breed |
| • State Assembly | David Chiu (D) and Phil Ting (D) |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.20 km2 (0.463 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.20 km2 (0.463 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 12,934 |
| • Density | 10,780/km2 (27,919/sq mi) |
| ZIP Code | 94102, 94109, 94115, 94117 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
Coordinates: 37°46′57.07″N 122°25′41.7″W / 37.7825194°N 122.428250°W
The Western Addition is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.
The Western Addition is located between Van Ness Avenue, the Richmond District, the Haight-Ashbury and Lower Haight neighborhoods, and Pacific Heights.
Historically, the Western Addition was first platted during the 1850s as a result of the Van Ness Ordinance. This large tract encompassed some 500 blocks running west from Larkin Street (the city's previous western boundary) to Divisadero Street (hence the name "Western Addition"). The area was initially used for small-scale farming, but following the invention of the cable car during the 1870s, the Western Addition developed as a Victorian streetcar suburb. It survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with its Victorian-style buildings largely intact.
Today, the term Western Addition is generally used in two ways: to denote the development's original geographic area, or to denote the eastern portion of the neighborhood (also called the Fillmore District) that was redeveloped in the 1950s.
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