San Francisco Map − EXPLAINED 

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities and learning more about it as I made this made me wanna go back ASAP. Let me know if/how this video helps you on a visit to SF!

He kept saying "Golden State Park." But it's Golden Gate Park, all the rest I really enjoyed. I live in Lisbon now but I was born and raised in San Francisco. Makes me miss home.

Great video. So many people trash SF because of its problems, ignoring its unique beauty. Great to see a video that celebrates the positives of the city.

Native San Franciscan here. Earliest ancestor was born in The City in 1851. Good job!

One thing I learned after going to school in Russian Hill: the walking routes can be deceiving when I comes to difficulty. What appears to be a couple blocks could actually take you 20 minutes because it’s all up hill! On the bright side, your calves will be really strong!

i grew up in sf but im on the other side of the country for college now, all these people in the comments appreciating the city is making me emotional. theres something so wonderful about being in love with a city and sharing that with so many people.

San Francisco is a lovely and enchanting little big city (it's small, yet it feels BIG). As someone who has lived (I currently live in Houston) and travelled throughout various places in the US (and a few [not many] other countries), I've noticed the recent trend of people putting down San Francisco - but let me tell you - with all its faults, it is one of the best places in this country (and in my personal top 3). Obviously, every region of the world can be improved upon, no place is perfect or the best; but sometimes I think people don't realize how great San Francisco is, and how much subjectively better it is than the majority of American cities.

Even though I've lived here my whole life, I learned something new here--thank you for the great video!

FINALLY!! Someone spreading LOVE onto San Francisco!! Thank you for this. I lived in San Fran from 2005 to 2013. 8 wonderful years in a beautiful city. Came back to Texas because my father had cancer. What was supposed to be a few months turned into a few years. After watching this video I’m REALLY giving thought to moving back to SF. The thing I love most is that you don’t need a car. I had 3 bikes when I lived there & let me tell you something, it was the best workout ever. And most days it’s chilly especially when the fog rolls in. Thank you for this excellent, short, informative video. Oh. And greetings from San Antonio, Texas. 🌈💕💕💕💕💕

I'm up in Vancouver, Canada and I finally had a chance for the 1st time in my life to drive down to California in September. And of course the 1st major stop was San Francisco and I knew nothing about it. Other than what you know about it from TV and movies. But although I only had 3 days to spend there I can honestly say I loved it! Yes it's got a lot of the same poverty/drug use problems as we have up in Vancouver, but it's such a fascinating and beautiful landscape. So much to do and see but not so sprawling and impersonal like its big southern neighbor! It oozes character and I'll definitely be back. I never even knew about the Golden Gate park!? But the rented bike ride from fisherman's wharf to the GG bridge into beautiful Sausalito was lovely! On another note this was an excellent presentation that you've done. Kudos from Canada!

I work in SF, and. YEAH! I love this city. I reccommend going to see the Presidio Wall and I also want to note that Golden Gate Park has a bunch of awesome museums! Including a park (called Koret or Children's Playground) that is possibly the first public playground for children in the whole nation. Plus it's super close to the California Academy of Sciences! AAAAAANYWAY San Francisco

I loved my visit to SF a few years ago. And it was surprisingly walkable - even with the hills it was not hard to walk all the way from Market St to Fisherman's Wharf in just one morning. It really is not as big as many other US cities. An the Muni is great if you get tired of walking. The rest of the Bay Area, on the other hand, is a lot more spread out.

As a native San Franciscan with a fascination for my city's history, I had no idea that The Castro was founded by discharged soldiers from WWII-- wow! Your explanation is clear and concise and I'll keep in my ind how you explain it when I tr yo do so myself with others. Thanks!

Great summary. A few more things: Chinatown really changed over time and wasn’t all where it is now. The French arrived largely during the gold rush and downtown used to be the French quarter. So after the 1906 earthquake many residents there left and Chinatown was expanded from its original location over parts of what used to be the French quarter. Bush St then became the Southern border of Chinatown. Remnants of the French Quarter can still be seen there for the observant fellow. French cafés and restaurants can be found off of Bush St, Notre Dame des Victoires church and school are still bilingual, and the French consulate is nearby. Some businesses built by French settler and still exist today (Guittard Chocolate, etc) and some streets in the historical area still have French last names (Lombard, Filbert, etc). Another thing to mention about San Francisco is the Irish population that came around the time the outside lands became more urbanized (turned into the Richmond and Laurel Heights district). Many of the first settlers who built this area between 1880 and 1995 were Irish or first generation Irish American blue collar workers. A few German and Dutch joined in at the time but in largely smaller proportions.

As a California historian and native San Franciscan, I want to commend you on an excellent video. Since no matter how perfect we are, we can always be better, though, I'll note three minor points you might want to consider if you update the video at some point.. One, be sure to differentiate between CABLE CARS and other types of public transportation; like trolley cars. This has long been a sore point with SF natives. Two, Treasure Island was actually built as a location for the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition and eventual San Francisco airport, although construction of the island did coincide with the completion of the GG and SF Bay bridges. Finally, I'm not sure if I was hearing you correctly, but it sounds as if you are saying "Golden State Park." If so, it is "Golden Gate Park." Again, thanks for a succinct and informative guide to Baghdad by the Bay.

SF Native and resident here! VERY good history and intro to "The City." Thanks for covering my home town! Cheers!

I’m born and raised in the Mission, love this video !

The highway restrictions saved this city, few others were as lucky in the US.

I love San Fran♥️ been there already two times and never gets tired to walk around the city.

Thank you. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and I learned things about the history of our development that I didn't know. All of my family members, eventually moved up the "The Wine Country," to the north. And, many school friends migrated to surrounding counties. They all want me to follow. No Chance! I'm a city-mouse, and this is the city I love.

Excellent video!! I've lived in and near San Francisco for over thirty years, and this is one of the best and clearest descriptions of San Francisco, its growth and its history that I have seen. Thank you so much!

I'm 35 years old and immigrated from honduras in 89 I love this city 😎

Very interesting. I was born in SF at Mary's Help. My parents moved into San Mateo County to Burlingame and San Mateo itself. Most of my family lived around the Bay Area from San Carlos to Santa Clara, San Jose and Morgan Hill... I grew up in a foster home in Brisbane the majority of my tween and teen years. I used to love to visit San Francisco frequently but was glad I didn't really live there. Its definitely a beautiful city with so much to do and see. I live in Georgia now and rarely get out to visit anymore, if at all....

San Francisco native and tour guide here! Excellent video! Very well researched, great job!!!

I’ll be visiting SF in May 2023 & this is so helpful as well as being interesting. Thank you.

Great video! Love all this history behind it, I was born in SF! Ohlone is pronounced 'oh-low-nee' FYI.. If you are curious to learn more about the tribe I would suggest researching about their shellmounds.

Well done. I live in SF since 1980 and you did a great job of presenting this basic history.

This was FANTASTIC!! This should be a series alone. Ive lived in Los Angeles my whole life and now I know more about SF history than la. Please make this a series!!!

Thanks so much for this video. Very informative

My favourite city in the whole wide world. I truly left my heart in San Francisco.

Lived in SF for most of my life but still learned some history from and really enjoyed this video, thanks!

The map at 6:32 is crazy. I can't imagine what it would have been like had that come to fruition :) Great vid!

This is my first year living in San Francisco and this video taught me so much about the city I’ve grown to love. Thank you for this presentation.

I loved the walkability of the city when I was there.

I moved to SF 2 years ago from flori DUH. I LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY! No regrets. I absolutely adore my new city. Thank you for this video, Sir.

I live near SF, and it is such a nice city to take the train, or BART(a subway that goes around the Bay Area ) to, and just walk around and explore the city. The walk up to Coit Tower from the north end up a staircase, is a very nice walk through a forested area with tons of flowers in the summer.

Dude did his research and produced an excellent video. Need to go ASAP.

Amazing video. Well structured. Next time though call it Golden 'Gate' Park please

Well done this is perfect for travel prep!

What a real treat! I really miss living there, its one of most magnificent & mystifying cities in America! Thanx Daniel for tour down memory lane!

A few corrections. San Francisco bay isnt a shipping port. And San Francisco does not have a shipping port. Oakland does and it’s not one of the top. It’s actually ranked number 10 just above Baltimore. Fisherman’s wharf itself is a tourist attraction but Literally all around it is a huge residential neighborhood of North Beach. Including nice Italian neighborhood with tons of good restaurants , Parks and tons of things to see. Yerba Buena Has been consumed by soma. It’s not really a standalone neighborhood. It’s considered more of a cultural district. Even the official San Francisco and google map has incorporated it into soma. And of course when you say Yerba Buena to anyone they instantly think of the island or the park. Certainly not a neighborhood No one Calls Columbus Avenue Columbus Ave. And it does not go between Russian Hill and telegraph Hill. It goes perpendicular from them between the financial district and fisherman’s wharf. Only When you’re standing at Greenwich Street are you between Russian Hill and telegraph Hill. There was no gold rush in San Francisco per se. The miners came and camps and towns sprouted up and down the Sierra Nevada’s, places like Placerville. And yes a few merchants made a lot of money that were based out of San Francisco like Levi Strauss and Brannon But not quite as many as you make it seem. The wealthiest and most prolific people of the time That had the most influence have neighborhoods and streets named after them (like brannon) And made their fortunes with things like telegram service, railroad, banking That yes also played into the miners but considering they weren’t making gold anymore by the time the city took off 3 years later they played more to the general population that were coming to California for other things besides gold. Most people were coming for a new life and prosperity by any means and sf took off Simply because the only transcontinental railway in the country had a terminus in San Francisco. If you want to go west you had to go to San Francisco (Well, Oakland But that did not takeoff until the second gold rush). Then when they got here they were usually broke and there was nowhere else to go. The ferry terminal is not “still where the ferrys dock today” Of course yes most of them do but there are also fairy terminals at the pier 1 1/2, pier 52, Pier 33 for Alcatraz, And Pier 41 You explain Nob Hill was named for the rich people that live on it but you don’t explain that it was derived from hindu slang. A nabob /ˈneɪbɒb/ is a conspicuously wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company. You state that naming neighborhoods after Hills is very common in San Francisco but there’s only 4 out of the 36 does not seem very common at all. Nob Hill was not named from the hill just as you explained. Its named after the people that lived on it. Also quite contrarily all seven hills of the original settlement already had pre-existing names. Land grant Holders in most situations renamed the hill based on the neighborhood for marketing purposes. For instance: Nob hill was called “California hill” Russian Hill was named after Russian Hill cemetery (and reads not Russian Hill, more like “Hill cemetery”with Russians) Potrero Hill was actually called Potrero Nuevo (which means new pastures) And was not named for the hill but renamed to remove the nature aspect to for better marketing to sell lots. Telegraph Hill was also called High Hill before the neighborhood was built. And renamed because it had a telegraph tower on it so people would know when ships arrived, likewise Twin peaks is the best, it should’ve kept its name. Basically translates to the “breasts of the maiden”. so in total there are 48 named hills in San Francisco of which Only 5 Happen to have the same name as the hill. Mount Davidson, And Mount Sutro are not neighborhoods. Again it doesn’t seem very popular. The Richmond district was already developing and flourishing in the late 1800s before the earthquake. The streets and smaller lots had already been determined before the earthquake not because of the earthquake. There were refugee tent camps in Golden Gate Park And only a few streets of Richmond district had earthquake cottages that were temporary and not built on lot lines but in open space. it didn’t develop strictly because of the earthquake. In fact by 1908 the shack encampments were dismantled and moved elsewhere. It is also not “incredibly expensive” , It’s one of the more affordable neighborhoods in San Francisco. Yes perhaps along the north edge it’s pretty expensive but compared to places like Pacific Heights, Marina district, it’s a bargain. Also I would have to say yes San Francisco naval bases are pretty important during World War II but no where near as critical as it was Developing bases in Asia and the Pacific Islands. And a lot of those operations came through the Panama Canal from the East Coast. Also something you didn’t mention about San Francisco being a gay Mecca, when I was reading about the gold rush, I found an interesting article that talked about men who became ladies at night for entertainment and pleasure. And there was even an ad looking for male workers To help with installing telegraph lines and it said no boys in dresses. It shows you how prevalent homosexuality was for some reason. The wild west, no rules, far from anybody who would judge you. Port cities in general are usually flexible and tolerant.

Damn Daniel. I want to go back to SF now ! Thanks for the video mate, and please keep going with these.

7:30 Thank you, “Sentimental Street (In the Avenues)” written by Night Ranger when the lead singer was driving through them. I never knew how much it meant until I too was luck enough to live there. 10:10 Yes! The stairwells are a great walking tour with so many unique vantage points. A whole different look at San Francisco. A very excellent video.

Map Breakdowns are my favorite type of Bright Trip videos. Love it.

As a native, I found this a very interesting overview with some wonderful historical tidbits that I wasn’t aware of. The visual editing is outstanding - some clips are amazing and I haven’t seen them before. Not to slam you as I know others have, but you need to run your script past a native in each place you go. About 10 times I was jarred by mostly little factual errors, mispronunciations, and wrong phrasing used. But no big deal for non-natives and a great effort overall-and I’m sure each one gets better :-) ty

looooooove these maps videos! as someone who hasn't been in the US, (or any western country for that matter), i sooo appreciate these! more!

"Built in celebration of completing the bridges" Really needs an asterisk... I used to live on Treasure Island. TI was a byproduct of the bridges, not necessarily a celebration. They needed somewhere to put the dirt they dug up, and city planners at the time didn't want to add more onto the mainland city because it would mean more land, but less profits for existing landowners. So, instead, the military took the dirt and some rocks and built the island. To justify this new land, they hosted the worlds fair a few years later. So, celebration is a loose word here. More like army needed a base in the middle of the bay, and they happened to celebrate the bridges on the new island a few years later. Coast Guard still exists on Yerba Buena.

Thank you! My son and I are going on Friday. It’s been a dream of mine for many years.

Was just walking on Presidio promenade last night and appreciating the majesty of GGB! In 85 F weather I may add...

I would love to hear the Bay Area Map explained !

This video is beautifully edited and concise. My new PBS.

Awesome! Do Chicago

It's a beautiful city, even though it has it's problems. This video has made me homesick.

We hope to visit in 2023 - for the the first time (and possibly only time - I'm 69!). I was looking forward to it a lot already, but now I'm really looking forward to our visit! Many thanks.

Thank you! This was so informative. I’ve visited San Francisco numerous times so far, and each time spent all day for days walking the streets and exploring this, in my opinion the most beautiful city in the U.S., so I thought I knew it pretty good. However, your video gave me some very insightful background information that I’m so happy to know now.

More map breakdown videos are needed!

No lie, I’m from San Francisco and am hella taken aback by how much I learned from this video. I had no idea that’s how the Castro started, damn! Thank you

Wow, what a fantastic video! Perfectly entertaining and informative.

This is great. So cool to see how a city comes to be!

I lived in San Francisco in the 70s. Back then, the cable cars were actually part of the MUNI transit system and were ridden by everyone. I used to take it when I worked at Fishermans Wharf after transferring from the Market St streetcar at Powell. It was a different city then, full of fun and easy going. And not expensive!! Long gone.

Great video. This is the first time I learned a lot of SF history and design.

great content! much appreciated!

This was so well made!!

As a Bay Arean, this is pretty good advice!

This was such a great video!!!

Enjoyable and informative!

i grew up in the city and even i learned from this video

Dude!! Video looks awesome, nice work! 💪🏼

Great video! Very informative and helpful!

wow loved this video!! subscribed!

nice content Bright Trip. I smashed the thumbs up on your video. Maintain up the very good work.

Love this! Great video. I feel like a similar video about New Orleans would be fascinating. I once tried understanding the neighborhoods there, it is a task

Excellent information thanks for taking the time to create this vid.

Love this video, very informative!

I hate cities but I always find myself going back to San Francisco! Sooo beautiful and unique! Love it even more now after this video :)

Moving to SF in a few weeks after years of planning! This really adds to the excitement

Great video . thanks for sharing

This was amazing!

Great video, and history/map based is how my brain likes to understand most cities. I would love to see similar videos for many more locations

Thumbs up for the THPS reference. Thought the same.

I loved this video! Keep them coming

Nice video! Really enjoyed it!

"San Francisco is 49-square-miles surrounded by reality." -- _Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner_

I don't even plan to travel there, but as a map lover, I highly enjoyed this

Well done, Sir! Loved this! Thank you! ❤️

So interesting and useful video, thanks!

For someone who grew up in the area and consistently travelled the city, it's great to know that there's some in depth explanation behind some of the places. Chinatown is an experience in itself, but it has historically been occupied by the people from the Peral River Delta region (Think Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Macau). Japantown got left out, though it's relegated to being a small tourist area these days with a few Japanese shops and is one of a handful that are still in the US. Another Japantown is in San Jose, another city in the San Francisco Bay Area. There's a zoo, an aquatic park, and a science museum (The Exploratorium) for those with specific interests. Finally, there are some small shops and local places that should be checked out. In-N-Out is on Pier 39 as an icon unto itself. And if you don't like soggy or soft fries, then have them "Well done" (If you're feeling extra, get the well done animal fries). Check out some places that make sourdough bread, and if you're in luck, fine a clam chowder bread bowl.

Nice video. Found myself watching the whole thing even though I've lived in the city my whole life 😂

Great video!

delightfully explained thanks

Golden Gate park is 20%+ larger than Central Park. Not really what I would "comparable"

Golden Gate Park is not “comparable” in size to Central Park. Golden Gate Park is larger than Central Park.

lovely explanation , thanks

Interesting information. Thank you for the video

Excellent video. i would have liked to have seen you do some of the less glamorous neighborhoods. Excelsior, Bayview, Visitation Valley -- all parts of the city tourist may not visit, but important to SF.

I come from Philippines, and I spent a week in 2013 and then a month in 2014 when I was in San Francisco! It's still without a doubt one of the most beautiful cities I have ever been to, as well as one of the most LGBT friendly cities as well! Too bad it's crazy expensive now to live there, but I hope to be back to visit someday because I miss all of my friends and family there!

Well done! I really enjoyed your video.

Great video. Thanks

I feel so empowered to travel to SF now!

This is really nice! Learned so much about the SF and its history. Could you make a video about Seattle? Thank you.