Thursday, January 17, 2019

San Francisco {Famous Sights Post}

by P. Niki, 8th grade

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge

I’m gonna tell you some interesting facts about San Francisco. The first one that amazed me was that this city has the largest and oldest Japantown. Its other name is "Nihonmachi," and Japanese immigrants came here during the 20th century. Many people are surprised to hear this, but the city is actually built on 50 hills. It includes: Russian Hill, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, Twin Peaks, etc. If you think that there’s nothing interesting about SF besides the sights, you’re very wrong. The first electric TV was invented in 1927 by Philio Farnsworth. His working lab was at 202 Green Street which is in San Francisco. The Bay area constantly has natural disasters., but the hundreds of earthquakes each year are so small, people don’t even feel them anymore. Probably the most interesting fact about San Francisco is that its famous Golden Gate Bridge was built in only four years. However, restoration process took way longer on the Oakland side, 11 years to be exact.

Mid-day picture of the streets of Chinatown

Wonder how the city of San Francisco was built? It was the famous Chinatown that started it. Technically, the heart of Chinatown, a house, was built around 1822 by an English sailor in the Portsmouth Square. The first Chinese arrived in San Francisco in 1848, a man and two women. Two years later there were already 20 thousand people in that area. Chinatown is now home to 15 thousand Chinese, and the majority do not speak English. Tourists find this place amazing not only because of the architecture, but the whole culture itself. About 2 million people visit Chinatown each year. The New Year Parade is one of the coolest festivals out there, with the Community Street Fair, Chinatown Pageant and much more. 500,000 people visit this festival along with 3 million TV viewers. If you’re hungry and happen to visit Chinatown, you came to the right place. There are many food places here. If you want to eat in an aesthetically pleasing place and also enjoy your meal, you probably want to visit China Live. They have traditional Chinese dishes, that are made to be luxurious. China Live is actually a complex, so you can not only eat there, but you can get coffee and buy cooking utensils. If you want to go out with your friends on the weekend, you can go to the Li Po Cocktail Lounge. It’s a 90’s/2000’s themed bar with amazing old school cocktails. Overall, I chose to talk about San Francisco’s Chinatown because it’s a great place to hang out, and you can experience the life of a very different culture in the comfort of your own hometown.

Li Po Cocktail Lounge


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