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ABOUT FISHERMAN'S WHARF SAN FRANCISCOWelcome to Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco's most popular destination. Known for its historic waterfront, delicious seafood, spectacular sights and unique shopping, Fisherman's Wharf offers a wide array of things to do for everyone. Our fabulous location in the 'City by the Bay', puts you within minutes of the Maritime Museum, Alcatraz, Coit Tower and everyone's favorite, the world famous San Francisco Cable Car lines. Fisherman's Wharf offers some of the most incredible views of the San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and the cityscape. You'll find our climate equally as interesting as our geography with periodic blankets of fog and the most breathtaking sunsets in the world. Summer temperatures range in the high 60's to the mid 80's; winter temperatures average 10-20 degrees cooler. Fisherman's Wharf, which has been the home of San Francisco's colorful fishing fleet for nearly a century and a quarter, is world famous for its wide variety of ocean fish. Much of this fame is due to the annual harvest of that most delectable of all crustaceans, the Dungeness crab of San Francisco. The opening of crab season in November is a festive occasion. It is the day when the cauldrons along Fisherman's Wharf are lighted, ready to receive the boxes piled high with Dungeness crab hoisted from the decks of the first boats that come chuffing back into port. It is a time for gourmet feasting that will last through the weeks and months to follow. Traditionally, the opening of the crab season is preceded with a religious procession and a priestly blessing of the fleet. The boat decks are piled high with crab traps. The first day's harvest is anxiously awaited as an indication of what the season will bring the "crabbers" as a reward for their work. San Francisco's cable cars are an accepted mode of daily transportation for San Franciscans, and an eagerly sought adventure for every visitor. This year marks the cable car's 125th anniversary, an event already recognized in a commemorative U.S. stamp. And since 1964, the cable car has been designated by the National Park Service as a "national landmark". The inventor of the cable car was Andrew Hallidie, a Scottish engineer and wire rope manufacturer. The inspiration for it is said to have come from an incident observed by Hallidie in 1869. He reportedly came upon a team of four horses struggling to haul a public conveyance up a steep San Francisco street. One horse slipped on the fog-slick cobblestones, causing the car to roll backward dragging all four horses with it. He promised himself he would put an end to this unintentional cruelty to animals. As an engineer, it did not take Hallidie long to design the cable railway, by which an engaged cable in a slot would carry a car uphill or down at the same speed. Financing the project was more difficult, but faith and confidence prevailed and construction began in May, 1872. Many labeled it "Hallidie's Folly". Laboring against a franchise deadline granted by skeptical city fathers, Hallidie and his crew worked through the night on the final day of grace. On August 2, 1873 at five a.m., Hallidie took the grip man's position in the original cable car and triumphantly made the first run from the top of Nob Hill, safely down steep Clay Street to the wonderment of the doubting spectators. Today the cable cars still run from Hallidie Plaza at Market Street, up Powell Street, past the hotels on Nob Hill, and down to Fisherman's Wharf beside the Golden Gate, providing the scenic ride which is the preferred mode of transportation for most of the millions of people who visit Fisherman's Wharf annually. The City San Francisco is a peninsula surrounded on three sides by water. It is said to be the crossroads to everywhere, with 16 million visitors every year. San Francisco's strength lies in its neighbourhoods which give the city its uniqueness. Union Square is in the heart of the city and the hub of the shopping district. North Beach is known for its Italian heritage, bakeries, and restaurants. The Marina District has some of the most elegant homes in San Francisco and the Waterfront where shopping and dinning are at their best. The Haight, famous for the intersection of Haight & Ashbury Streets, is the location of former homes of Counterculture icons like the Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead. Unique shops, music and bookstores and cafés line many of the Haight's streets. Alamo Square is best known for the beautiful turn-of-the century Victorian homes called the "Painted Ladies". SoMa (South of Market) includes unique nightclubs, restaurants and museums. The Castro District has the most highly concentrated gay/lesbian population of any city in America. Steep streets and brightly painted Victorian houses, imaginative boutiques and bars, and the largest Gay Pride Parade identify this area. Yerba Buena Gardens, is the cultural heart of the city, where community, entertainment, arts and pop culture come together San Francisco's climate is influenced by the cool currents of the Pacific Ocean. |
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