San Francisco

<BODY> <h2>San Francisco</h2><br> <B>Associated Article</B>: <I>San Francisco: Cafe Society</I> -Smithsonian Magazine<BR> Over 16 million tourists a year come to San Francisco to gaze at the <B>Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island</B>, and Victorian houses; also to ride on cable cars, to have crab on sourdough bread, to enjoy <B>Golden Gate Park</B>, the world's largest city park, and to roam San Fran's famous neighborhoods, such as <B>Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury, Castro</B>, and <B>North Beach</B>. The birthplace of the American Gold Rush, San Francisco has always stood for tolerance and open minds; its population is multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, colorful and diverse. It also stands for new social and cultural movements, for it was here that Levi jeans were created, Beat Generation poets (<B>Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti</B>) met; the hippie movement was born; gay and lesbian communities were freely accepted and grew, and innumerable technologies businesses have been started. To put it simply, it is a city where all are free to be whoever they are and free to make their dreams come true. 07DR<BR> <B>Level 1</B> - JSCA 30 min.<br> <B>Level 2</B> - CA 52 min.<BR> <B>Associated Programs:</B> <a href= "../ttlmnp1456-.cfm"target="MAINBODY"><I>USA: San Francisco - City by the Bay</I></a> and <a href= "../ttlmnp3366-.cfm"target="MAINBODY"><I>Mal Sharpe's San Francisco 1 & 2</I></a> <A HREF="index.htm" target=_top>Home</a><br> </BODY>