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| Favorite place to grab a bite or a drink | Address |
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| The Sweet House | 3512 Balboa Street |
| Mr Banh Mi | 3605 Balboa Street |
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| Balboa Produce | 3635 Balboa Street |
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| The photo mural, on 38th Ave between Balboa and Anza--it is on a defunct building that looks like it used to be a theater. | VA hospital grounds, picnic tables which overlook Land's End and have the best view in town. |
| Lands End Trail | 680 Point Lobos Avenue |
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| Sunday Gather | 4100 3rd St |
| Laughing Monk Brewery | 1439 Egbert Ave |
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| Flowercraft | 550 Bayshore Blvd |
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| Sundial @ Hilltop Park | La Salle & Whitney Young Circle |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Martha's | 745 Cortland Ave |
| Progressive Grounds | 400 Cortland Ave |
| United Dumplings | 525 Cortland Ave |
| Black Jet Baking Co. | 833 Cortland Ave |
| Nute's Noodle | 903 Cortland Ave |
| Bernal Star | 410 Cortland Ave |
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| Good Life Grocery | 448 Cortland Ave |
| Succulence | 402 Cortland Ave |
| 12 Small Things | 513 Cortland Ave |
| The New Wheel | 420 Cortland Ave |
| The Epicurean Trader | 401 Cortland Ave |
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| Holly Park | Holly park Circle at Bocana |
| Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema | Folsom St at Precita Ave |
| Hard to beat taking a walk on Bernal Hill! Especially on a clear day. | Folsom St and Ripley St |
| 360 degree view from Bernal Hill (explore the walking labyrinth; share time with a coyote, hawk, or two) | Bernal Heights Boulevard (wraps around the hill) |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Gallery Cafe | 1200 Mason St |
| Sweetheart Cafe | 909 Grant Ave |
| Enter the Cafe | 1401 Powell St |
| Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea | 870 Washington St |
| Kam Po Kitchen | 801 Broadway |
| Home Coffee | 455 Grant Ave |
| Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea | 870 Washington St |
| V & J Cafe | 670 Broadway |
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Little Swan Bakery Café |
1249 Stockton St |
| The Coffee Movement | 1030 Washington St |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Canton Bazaar | 616 Grant Ave |
| Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory | 56 Ross Alley |
| Little Paradise Juices•Candies•Gifts | 1101 Stockton St |
| Abacus Row | 1256 Mason St |
| Dai Lee Food Inc | 876 Washington St |
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| Portsmouth Square | Clay St and Kearny St |
| Dragon's Gate | Grant Ave @ Bush St |
| Visiting streets & alleys | Grant Ave, Hang Ah Street, Waverly Place, Spofford Alley |
| Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory | Dragon Gate Chinatown SF, Grant Ave and Bush St |
| Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground | 830 Sacramento St |
| St. Mary's Square | California St and Grant |
| Coit Tower | 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd |
| Cable Car Museum |
View of Bay & Bay Bridge from Jackson and Mason Sts and view of the Bay, Alcatraz, & Tiburon from Powell & Sacramento Sts. Pro tip: catch a cable car right on the corner by Chinatown Branch to zip back to Market St |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Orphan Andy's, Rossi's Deli | |
| Marcello's Pizza | 420 Castro St |
| Starbelly | 3583 16th St |
| Santeria | 2251 Market St |
| Taco Boys | 2312 Market St |
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| Cliff's Variety Store | 479 Castro St |
| Giddy Candy Store | 2299 Market Street |
| Jeffrey's Natural Pet Foods | 284 Noe |
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| Duboce Park | Castro and Market St |
| Eureka Valley Branch patio area | 1 Jose Sarria Ct/behind the Library |
| Randall Museum & Corona Heights Park | Roosevelt Way & Museum Way |
| Castro Street | Castro St between Market and 18th St |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Cumaica | 4726 Mission St |
| Mexico Tipico | 4581 Mission St |
| Superstar | 4919 Mission St |
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| McLaren Park | 100 John F Shelley Dr |
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| Destination Baking | 598 Chenery St |
| Higher Grounds | 691 Chenery St |
| Cheese Boutique | 660 CHenery St. |
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| Bird & Beckett | 653 Chenery St |
| Pono SF | 2860 Diamond St |
| Perch | 654 Chenery St |
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| Glen Canyon Park | Elk St and Chenery St |
| Glen Park Canyon | Bosworth and O'Shaughnessy |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Blue Fog Market | Green & Gough |
| Flores | 2030 Union S |
| Gio Gelato | 1998 Union St |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Anomie | 2149 Union St |
| Shoes-n-Feet | 2398 Lombard St |
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| Allyne Park | Gough and Green |
| The walk from Golden Gate Valley Library to Lafayette Park by way of Octavia St. | Octavia St |
| Union Street shopping and restaurants | |
| The Octagon House | 2645 Gough St |
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| Favorite spot to grab a bite or drink | Address |
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| Pakwan | 1140 Ocean Ave |
| Ocean Ale House | 1314 Ocean Ave |
| Favorite shop | Address |
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| Win Long Ocean Hardware | 1556 Ocean Ave |
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| Hayes Valley Bakeworks | 550 Gough St |
| Arsicault Bakery | 87 McAllister St |
| Golden Era Vegan Restaurant | 395 Golden Gate Ave |
| La Cocina Municipal Marketplace | 101 Hyde St |
| Jin Mi | 366 Golden Gate Ave |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Orange Bird | 564 Hayes St |
| Books Inc. | 601 Van Ness Ave |
| Heart of the City Farmers' Market | 1 United Nations Plaza |
| Friends of the Library Step Sale | Larkin Street Steps, Main Library |
| Littlejohn's Candies | 1422 Market St |
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| Memorial Court across from City Hall | Fulton St and Franklin St |
| San Francisco City Hall, daytime for weddings; evening for the lights | 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl |
| Patricia's Green in Hayes Valley | Fell Street and Octavia Blvd. |
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| Delarosa | 2175 Chestnut St |
| Starbucks | 2132 Chestnut St |
| Pacific Catch | 2027 Chestnut St |
| Peets Coffee | 2080 Chestnut St |
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| SusieCakes | 2109 Chestnut St |
| Walgreens | 2141 Chestnut St |
| GAP | 2159 Chestnut St |
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| Scenery from 101/Presidio Parkway | |
| Marina Theatre | 2149 Chestnut St |
| Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco | 3601 Lyon St |
| Crissy Field | |
| Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture | 2 Marina Blvd |
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| Ambrosia Bakery Lakeside Village | 2605 Ocean Ave @ 19th Ave |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Stonestown Galleria | 3251 20th Ave |
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| Urbano Sundial | Entrada Court @ Borica Street |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| The Soapbox Cafe | 1800 Hyde St |
| Yucatasia | 2164 Mission St |
| Lolo | 974 Valencia St |
| El Rio Bar | 3158 Mission St |
| Tacolicious | 741 Valencia St |
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| Alley Cat | 3036 24th St |
| Luz de Luna | 3182 24th St |
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| Dolores Park | 18th St and Dolores St |
| Clarion Alley | 17th St and Valencia St |
| Juri Commons | 1379 Guerrero St |
| Balmy Alley murals | Between 24th and 25th St and Harrison St and Treat St |
| Precita Park | Folsom St |
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| Spark Social Food Trucks | 4th Stand Mission Bay Blvd North |
| Death By Taco | 301 King St |
| Blue Bottle Coffee | 1385 4th St |
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| Gus's Market | 1104 4th St |
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| Mission Creek | Runs between Berry and Channel Sts, under 3rd St |
| Oracle Park | 24 Willie Mays Plaza |
| Mission Bay Kids Park | Long Bridge St & China Basin St (west of Fourth St) |
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| Noe Valley Bakery | 4073 24th St |
| Philz Coffee | 4298 24th St |
| Lovejoy's Tea Room | 1351 Church St |
| Saru Sushi Bar | 3856 24th St |
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| Chocolate Covered | 4069 24th St |
| Wink SF | 4107 24th S |
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| Noe Valley Farmers Market | 3861 24th St |
| Noe Valley Courts | 24th and Douglass Sts |
| Terra Mia Ceramic Studio | 1314 Castro St |
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| Italian Homemade | 1919 Union St |
| Tony's Pizza Napoletana Restaurant | 1570 Stockton St |
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| Trader Joe's | 401 Bay St |
| City Lights Bookstore |
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| Joe DiMaggio Playground | 651 Lombard St |
| Coit Tower | Leavenworth St. and Lombard St. |
| The Beat Museum | 540 Broadway |
| Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill | |
| Vallejo St Stairway | |
| Lyle Tuttle Tattoo Museum | 841 Columbus Ave |
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| Blue House Cafe | 302 Randolph St |
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| H Mart | 3995 Alemany Blvd |
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| The sunflowers at Sisterhood Gardens | Brotherhood Blvd |
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| Gus's Community Market | 3701 Noriega St |
| Eggettes | 3136 Noriega St |
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| Mollusk | 4500 Irving St |
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| Outer Sunset Farmer's Market & Mercantile | Ortega & 39th Sts |
| Moraga steps | 16th and Moraga Sts |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| DragonEats | 1671 Haight St |
| Street Taco | 1607 Haight St |
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| Pure Land | 1465 Haight St |
| San Francisco Mercantile | 1698 Haight St |
| The Booksmith | 1727 Haight St |
| Amoeba | 1855 Haight St |
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| Buena Vista Park | Buena Vista and Haight St |
| East entrance to Golden Gate Park | Stanyan and Haight Sts |
| Golden Gate Park |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Kingdom of Dumpling | 1713 Taraval St |
| El Cafe | 1400 Taraval St |
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| Guerra's Quality Meats | 490 Taraval St |
| Parkside Farmers Market | 555 Taraval St |
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| The long walk down Taraval that goes straight to the beach where you can walk toward the sunset. | Taraval St |
| Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park | 19th Ave between Wawona & Sloat |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| Hey Neighbor Cafe | 2 Burrows St |
| Banh Mi House | 2701 San Bruno Ave |
| Fancy Wheatfield Bakery | 2684 San Bruno Ave |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | 2499 San Bruno Ave |
| Jim Georgie's Donuts | 2462 San Bruno Ave |
| Ramen House | 2623 San Bruno Ave |
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| San Bruno Market | 2480 San Bruno Ave |
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| Burrows Pocket Park | Burrows St and San Bruno Ave |
| Stillman Garden | Stillman and San Bruno Ave |
| Louis Sutter Playground and McNab Lake | Wayland and University St |
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| Favorite Spot to Grab a Bite or Drink | Address |
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| The Connecticut Yankee | 100 Connecticut St |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Christopher's Books | 1400 18th St |
| Scenic Spot | Address |
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| Vermont Street -- the true Crookedest Street in the world | Between 20th and 22nd |
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| Bell Tower | 1900 Polk St |
| b. Patisserie | 2821 California St |
| Smokin' Warehouse Barbecue | 3336 Sacramento St |
| Underdogs Tres | 1224 9th Ave |
| La Boulange | 2325 Pine St |
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| Sue Fisher King | 3067 Sacramento St |
| Amoeba Music | 1855 Haight St |
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| Browsers Books | Corner of Buchanan & Washington |
| Lyon Street Steps | Lyon St and Broadway |
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| Boudin Bakery | 10th Ave and Geary |
| Good Luck Dim Sum | 736 Clement St |
| Rooster and Rice | 1 Stanyan St |
| Hard Knox Cafe | 2448 Clement St |
| Taqueria Los Mayas | 331 Clement St |
| Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery Store | 5540 Geary Blvd |
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| Toy Boat Ice Cream Shop | 401 Clement St |
| Walgreens | 745 Clement St |
| Genki Crepes & Mini Market | 330 Clement St |
| Green Apple Books | 506 Clement St |
| May Wai Supermarket | 707 Clement St |
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| Children's playground at the 10th Ave Mini Park; Mountain Lake park playground | 1 12th Ave at Lake Street |
| Food scene | Geary and Clement Streets |
| Legion of Honor | Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue |
| Golden Gate Park | Fulton |
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| B & B - Banh Mi and Boba | 1634 Irving St |
| Kevin's Noodle House | 1833 Irving St |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Ave |
| Scenic Spot | Address |
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| Golden Gate Park |
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| Mersea | 699 Avenue of the Palms |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| Island Cove Market | Navy Base Exchange Building 201, 800 Avenue H |
| Scenic Spot | Address |
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| The view of the City, Marin Headlands, Mount Tam, the whole Bay | Avenue of the Palms between 9th Street and California Ave |
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| Mission Blue | 144 Leland Ave |
| Frisco's Deli | 28 Leland Ave |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| The Good Chocolate | 25 Leland Ave |
| Scenic Spot | Address |
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| Visitacion Valley Greenway | |
| Crocker Amazon Park | 799 Moscow St |
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| Franco's Latin Table | 24 W Portal Ave |
| Underdogs Tres | 1224 9th Ave |
| Bursa | 60 W Portal Ave |
| Ballast Coffee | 329 W Portal Ave |
| Favorite Shop | Address |
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| The Music Store | 66 W Portal Ave |
| BookShop West Portal | 80 W Portal Ave |
| Papenhausen Hardware | 32 W Portal Ave |
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| Shakespeare Garden and surroundings at Golden Gate Park | Martin Luther King Jr. Dr and Nancy Pelosi Dr |
| Stairway on Magellan Ave and Pacheco Street | Magellan Ave and Pacheco St |
| West Portal Playground | 800 Ulloa St |
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| Sheba Piano Lounge | 1419 Fillmore St |
| Nijiya Market | 1737 Post St |
| Opa Cafe | 2401 Post St |
| Miyako Old Fashioned Ice Cream | 1470 Fillmore St |
| Spark SF | 4th and Mission Bay |
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| Kohshi Master of Scents | Japan Center, West Mall Building 1737 Post Street |
| Maido | 1581 Webster St |
| Rare Device | 600 Divisadero St |
| Sharaku | 1726 Post St |
| Scotch & Soda | 2031 Fillmore St |
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| Fillmore Street Jazz Festival | Sacramento St to Turk St on Fillmore |
| View down to the bay heading down the hill | Jackson and Scott |
| The Fillmore Auditorium | 1805 Geary Boulevard |
| Nihonmachi Street Fair | Post St from Webster to Laguna |
| Public art and green space | Geary St and Scott St |
| SF Botanical Gardens | 9th Ave and Lincoln |
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