Only spotted by Spanish scouts in 1769 and settled in 1808
Renamed from Yerba Beuna to San Francisco after California was claimed for US (July 7, 1846)
Then the gold rush of 1849, population exploded with the arrival of the forty-niners
Then the city was destroyed when the San Andreas Fault slipped and caused an earthquake in April 18, 1906
The city stood through the 1929 stock market crash as it continued to undertake the Golden Gate and SF Bay Bridges
The weather pattern for SF is unique due to the bay and ocean
Wet fog will roll in off the ocean
Generates cold wind in the summer months
Winter is warm and sunny
Oldest building is Mission Delores Church
Mission district
US acquired the land after winning the Mexican-American War
Business that catered to the gold rush miners were the ones that became rich and successful
Levi, Wells Fargo, Ghiradeli
The first planner in charge of designing the city neglected SF's topography and used a cardinal system (Columbus Street was the only street that made sense)
The second planner designed SoMa and Market Street
Market Street was wide as possible because the streets doesn't match up between these two areas
The topography is hilly and sandy
The invention of cable car (invented here) allowed further development of SF
Esp the Westward such as Western Addition
Turned Sand Dunes (which was called Outsideland) into Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake significantly changed the city
Ferry building survived
Rebuilding of downtown
Richmond District was built quickly to house the refuge
Expensive due to the zoning constraints
Along with Sunset, they are referred to as the Avenues because the avenue numbering of N-S streets and Spanish explorer names' in alphabetical order of E-W streets
The streets of Potrero Hill is also numerical
The Bay Bridge that connects SF to Oakland
Completed in 1936
The Golden Gate Bridge connects SF to the north
Completed in 1937
During WWII, the port was used to discharge gay soldiers