Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)

The Transamerica Pyramid rising fom the foot of Columbus Avenue

Columbus Avenue is a street that runs diagonally through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf. This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, City Lights Bookstore, Vesuvio Cafe, and Bimbo's 365 Club.

The street's original name was Montgomery Avenue, and was built in the 1870s.^[1]^[2] It was renamed Columbus Avenue in 1909.^[3]

References

↑ San Francisco Chronicle, December 8, 2011. Columbus Avenue: Colorful path, distinct flavors (Retrieved August 24, 2013)
↑ SFGeneology. Re: Columbus Avenue (Retrieved August 24, 2013)
↑ Encyclopedia of San Francisco. Street Naming Controversy - 1909. (Retrieved August 24, 2013)

Streets in San Francisco

Numbered streets	Third Street 16th Street 19th Avenue 22nd Street 24th Street 49-Mile Scenic Drive

North–south streets	Castro Street Clay Street Fillmore Street Grant Avenue Great Highway Junipero Serra Boulevard Kearny Street Mission Street Montgomery Street Octavia Boulevard Polk Street Skyline Boulevard Stockton Street Stanyan Street Van Ness Avenue Vermont Street

East–west streets	Broadway California Street Filbert Street Geary Boulevard Haight Street Lincoln Way Lombard Street Union Street

Diagonal streets	Alemany Boulevard The Embarcadero Market Street Columbus Avenue New Montgomery Street

Alleyways	Balmy Alley Belden Place Clarion Alley Jack Kerouac Alley Macondray Lane Maiden Lane

San Francisco place names etymologies

Coordinates: 37°48′04″N 122°24′41″W / 37.80107°N 122.41137°W / 37.80107; -122.41137

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