San Francisco : Downtown and Union Square

San Francisco's densely populated downtown is squashed into the hilly north-eastern corner of the peninsula. The dramatic cityscape came about because the streets were laid out using a grid pattern, the grid simply dropped onto the steeply undulating terrain with the result that streets often climb steeply or drop at dizzying gradients. It makes parking a car an almost hazardous experience and has provided the scene for hundreds of hours of car chase film footage.’Bullitt’ features one of the most famous car chase scenes ever filmed, it stared Steve Mc Queen. ‘The Streets of San Francisco’ is another major hit that you might recognise.
Union square is San Francisco's downtown tourist centre. It's a hodgepodge of glitzy shops and hotels, flower vendors and drifters. Cable cars rumble down the west side of the square or down California St from Nob Hill. If you're in Nob Hill, you can ride the elevator to the Top of the Mark, the famous view bar at the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. SoMa ('South of Market St') is a combination of tall office buildings spilling over from the Financial District, fancy condominiums along the Embarcadero, a touristy gallery and museum precinct around Yerba Buena Gardens and the late night entertainment scene along Folsom and 11th Streets.

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