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SAN FRANCISCO

FRANE BITUNJAC. SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco is also known as:. Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west. Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west. Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west. The golden city Fog city City by the day. The golden city Fog city City by the day.

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SAN FRANCISCO

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  1. FRANE BITUNJAC SAN FRANCISCO

  2. San Francisco is also known as: Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west Baghdad by the day Frisco Paris of the west The golden city Fog city City by the day The golden city Fog city City by the day The golden city Fog city City by the day

  3. Population:845.559 Founded: June 30, 1776 Area •  600,70 square miles

  4. FUN FACTS • The Chinese fortune cookie was invented by a Japanese resident of San Francisco. • San Francisco was part of Mexico until the Mexican-American War in 1848. • the Beatles gave their last full concert at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966. • in 1906, three quarters of the city was destroyed by an earthquake and fire. • Did you know that San Francisco is one of the richest cities in the world?

  5. CHINATOWN The Chinatown, centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia AREA: 3.5 square miles POPULATION:100,574

  6. TRANSIMETRICA PYRAMID The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. HEIGHT:853 ft

  7. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE The Golden Gate Bridge is a bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean length:8,981 ft Height:746 ft Width:90 ft

  8. “San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth.” THE END

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