San Francisco Chinatown 2

Chinatown streets are favorite places for tourists to visit and explore. There are many gift shops and restaurants here. There are lots of people on the streets during the weekends.

This is at Grant Avenue and Sacramento Street.

This is at Grant Avenue and Washington Street.

This is at Waverly Place. One of the alley streets in Chinatown.

There are many Colorful buildings along Waverly Place.

A Chinese school that local kids go to learn Chinese in the afternoon. Many of the local kids go to both English school during the day and go to one of the Chinese schools in the afternoon. They all speak both English and Chinese in Chinatown.


These pictures were taken with my Canon digital camera.

San Francisco view - Chinatown

San Francisco Chinatown is one of the oldest Chinatown and largest in the world outside of China. This is the most densely populated area of San Francisco. Many new and old Chinese immigrants reside here. It is the most culturally rich part of San Francisco. Tourists can see Oriental structures, authentic Chinese culture and taste many different Chinese foods here.

Through this Gateway will lead tourists from all over the world to the San Francisco Chinatown.

A pair of stone lions welcoming visitors to Chinatown. The lions are symbols of strength, good luck and prosperity. They will bring good luck and good fortune to those who pass through the gateway.


The unique golden dragon lamp posts can only be found in San Francisco's Chinatown.


One of the original old building of Chinatown still standing. Housing a modern gift shop.

In the heart of Chinatown, a bank with a Chinese design building.

These pictures were taken with my Konica Minota Digital Camera Dimage X31.

San Francisco view - Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco view of the Palace of Fine Arts.
Palace of Fine Arts is the only building still standing from the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. It is a magnificent structure built in that era. Many new couples come here for their wedding pictures. My wife and I had our wedding picture here too.

One of the inside corner roof of the Palace of Fine Arts.

The base of Palace of Fine Arts with Roman design statues.

Ducks and swans swim in the pond of Palace of Fine Arts.

Locals and Tourists come here to admire the awesome interior Roman dome of the Palace of Fine Arts.

San Francisco view - Tunnel

San Francisco view of the Stockton Street Tunnel.
The Stockton Street Tunnel cuts through the hill connecting downtown and Chinatown. This is the downtown side of the tunnel.
San Francisco Chinatown begins where the light at the end of the tunnel. It is about 4 city blocks long. Pedestrian walkways are on each side of the tunnel. It is a good 5 minutes walk. We use to run through the tunnel when we were kids.

San Francisco view - Downtown

San Francisco view of Downtown Market Street.

A street car with passengers running along Market Street. I still remember the days riding the jam packed San Francisco street car going to school in a cold and rainy day. But most of the time of the year the weather in San Francisco is very pleasant.

An old fountain on Market Street was originally presented to the citizens of San Francisco by Lotta in 1875, a famous entertainer of the time.

A closeup view of the fountain.

San Francisco view of Downtown Market Street scene of sidewalk and building.
An ornament on the side of one of the San Francisco skyscrapers.

San Francisco view - Embarcadero Center

San Francisco view of the Embarcadero Center

Justin Herman Plaza.

An outdoor ice skating rink.

Every Christmas an ice skating rink is set up outdoors at Embarcadero Center.


Office workers come here for lunch to get away from their cubicals in the skyscrapers.


One of the staircases on the overpasses connecting the 4 buildings of the Embarcadero Center.


One of the 4 skyscrapers of Embarcadero Center Buildings.

San Francisco view - The Embarcadero

San Francisco waterfront.

The Embarcadero is the new waterfront, redeveloped from the old waterfront after the1989 Earthquake. (For those who may remember there was the a freeway here)
It brings together a lots of tourists and locals here to enjoy the view of the San Francisco Bay in the open.

A new park with a giant bow and arrow sculpture.


The old Ferry Building has transformed into a indoor market place of fresh produce and fancy restaurants and offices within. On each Saturday there is an outdoor farmers market .



The entrance to the Embarcadero Center for shopping, restaurants and cinema.

San Francisco view - Cable car

San Francisco cable cars.
A Cable car on California Street of San Francisco.


This Cable car will go up the hill on California Street and end at Van Ness Avenue.
Along the way it will pass across Chinatown and tourists will see a great view of San Francisco at the top of the hill.

San Francisco view - Christmas in San Francisco

San Francisco in Christmas time.

The annual Christmas tree display at Union Square in San Francisco downtown.

Busy shopping in downtown.

Christmas lights everywhere.


Christmas decorations in shopping mall.



Christmas gifts in window display.

San Francisco view - Marina Green 2

San Francisco St Francis yacht harbor at Marina Green.

St Francis Yacht club house.

A walk way by the water.

Looking back towards Marina Green with Downtown Skyline in the back.

A small sandy beach.

San Francisco view - The Bay.

San Francisco Bay.

Golden Gate Bridge.

A pier extending out to the Bay.

Alcatraze Island is in the middle of the San Francisco Bay.

Looking across the Bay is the city of Sausalito.