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Nob Hill

hill, California, United States

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landscape of San Francisco

  • San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge
    In San Francisco: City site

    The best known are Nob Hill, where the wealthy “nobs” (nabobs) built extravagant mansions in the 1870s, and Telegraph Hill, which once looked down on the Barbary Coast, a neighbourhood formerly alive with gaudy wickedness. As a result of the pioneer planners’ prejudice in favour of a squared-off grid,…

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