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3 unusual facts about San Francisco Ferry Building


A Trip Down Market Street

The film begins at 8th Street and continues eastward to the cable car turntable, at The Embarcadero, in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building.

San Francisco Ferry Building

The terminal is also served by Vallejo Baylink buses (operated by SolTrans) and Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach.

Stanford Axe

As he reached the Ferry Building, he noticed the police inspecting the pockets of every boarding male passenger.


Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District

Unlike the piers south of the Ferry Building that were designed in the Mission and Gothic Revival styles, the piers north of the Ferry Building were built in the Beaux-Arts architecture style, similar to New York City's Chelsea Piers.

Oakland Ferry Terminal

For these reasons a service was established between a new Alameda Ferry Terminal and Oakland with continuing commuter service to the San Francisco Ferry Building and also Fisherman's Wharf at Pier 41.

Virginia-Highland commercial districts

It is to include a nationally significant gourmet food hall, which Jamestown compares to Chelsea Market in New York City, which Jamestown developed, or also to Seattle's Pike Place Market and San Francisco's Ferry Building.


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