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Summer 2012.  “The Crookedest Street”  Constructed in 1922  Eight turns  Approximately 250 steps on each side  16% hill downgrade.

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3  “The Crookedest Street”  Constructed in 1922  Eight turns  Approximately 250 steps on each side  16% hill downgrade

4  Popular tourist attraction  Home of Harbor Seals  Many eateries including Bubba Gump Shrimp  Aquarium of the Bay  Shops and bakeries  Boat cruises and Bay tours

5  Has street performers  “The Bushman” who hides behind shrubs and jumps out and scares tourists  The Wax Museum  Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum  Vendors

6  Federal Penitentiary  Inmates were granted one visit per month  Highest inmate count was 302  Only 2 inmates successfully escaped and were never found

7  Birthplace of the fortune cookie  Tien Hau Temple – oldest temple (1852)  Many vendors  Largest Chinese community outside Asia  The 2000 Census reported 100,574 residents

8  http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelin es.html?article=1012&submitted=TRUE&sr ch_text&submitted2&topic=neighborhoods http://www.sfcityguides.org/public_guidelin es.html?article=1012&submitted=TRUE&sr ch_text&submitted2&topic=neighborhoods  http://www.gothereguide.com/fishermans+ wharf+san+francisco-place/ http://www.gothereguide.com/fishermans+ wharf+san+francisco-place/  http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.ht m http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/factsnfig.ht m  http://www.gothereguide.com/chinatown+s an+francisco-place/ http://www.gothereguide.com/chinatown+s an+francisco-place/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Sa n_Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Sa n_Francisco

9 I forgot to add my chart (which has nothing to do with my vacation, but I included it anyway).


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