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The 10 best Bay Area beaches to visit

From sandy shores to tide pools, these spots provide the perfect escape.

by Brock Keeling
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The 36 best design and furniture stores in San Francisco

Looking to add some color and flare to your abode? Look no further.

by Brock Keeling and Mary Jo Bowling
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Mapping the architectural ornamentation of the Financial District

Above the fray sits some of the city’s best sculptures.

by Lauren Conklin and Brock Keeling
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The best San Francisco parks for BBQs and picnics

The unofficial beginning of summer is here, so it’s time to get grilling.

by Brock Keeling
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Mapping 16 Eichlers for sale in the Bay Area

A sweet 16 pack from everyone’s favorite 20th century developer.

by Adam Brinklow
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20 small Bay Area towns you need to visit right now

When the city grid starts to feel like too much or too little, we San Franciscans are lucky to have our choice of getaways.

by Lauren Conklin and Brock Keeling
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10 San Francisco Bay Area hikes with scenic endings

Warm weather lies ahead, folks. Nw would be the perfect time to prepare for a nice weekend trek.

by Alex Bevk and Brock Keeling
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SF's most beautiful places to get married

Summer looms on the horizon, which can mean only one thing—wedding season is coming.

by Brock Keeling
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Free Comic Book Day 2017: SF comic stores worth hunting down

Pow! Biff! Zap!

by Brock Keeling
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Mapping 20 high-rises under construction in SF

20 new reasons to keep looking up this year and well beyond, as San Francisco's all-important skyline continues its growing pains, with almost all of the activity concentrated in a decidedly south of Market orientation.

by Adam Brinklow
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San Francisco’s best landmark trees

Here are the trees San Francisco considers the very best.

by Adam Brinklow
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Spots for 4/20: San Francisco's 13 best

Don't drive between them.

by Brock Keeling
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Map: A tour of the great SF earthquake of 1906

On the anniversary of the Great Quake of 1906, take a moment to look at what was happening around town on that fateful day, and at how resilient our forebears were in the face of total devastation.

by Adam Brinklow
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San Francisco Giants Parking Guide 2017

While AT&T Park provides plenty of parking in adjacent lots A, B, C, D, and E, those spaces fill up fast. Check out our map for the 10 best other parking lots that, while costing more than a few pennies, are ideal alternatives.

by Brock Keeling
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19 places to visit in SF this spring

In this 49-square-mile patch of land we call San Francisco, there's more to do on a warm spring day than get day drunk at Dolores Park.

by Brock Keeling
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Mapping what to do before and after a game around AT&T Park

From dining to volleyball and bowling to houseboat watching, this area deserves a few pitstops before and after the game.

by Brock Keeling
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'Zodiac:' Movie location map of David Fincher's serial killer masterpiece

Chronicling the 1970s killing spree of the person christened the Zodiac Killer, based on the cryptogram letters sent to local media, "Zodiac" features several key Bay Area locales.

by Sally Kuchar and Brock Keeling
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Mapping 10 crucial street redesigns around the Hub

With up to 9,000 new homes incoming around Van Ness and Market the city must redraw some old lines in a tricky spot where bus lanes, bike lanes, and car-jostled pedestrian paths criss-cross at already messy intersections.

by Adam Brinklow
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6 notable SF buildings and spaces designed by female architects

San Francisco has a myriad of notable projects designed by women, including the Heart Building facade and the new Asian Art Museum

by Brock Keeling
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California storm floods: Mapping the impact across Northern California

The storms that have pummeled California since January are part of an atmospheric river event that has brought major flooding and damage to parts of Northern California. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for much of the Bay Area.

by Brock Keeling
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San Francisco's top 10 places for crying in public, mapped

Should you find yourself on the verge of salty tears, don't worry. There are many places in the city to sit and let out a good, long, healthy cry.

by Brock Keeling
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The overlooked and forgotten murals of SF

Think you've seen every great work of art in town? We bet you've missed at least one in some of the more out of the way neighborhoods, or the insides of buildings most of us never think to stick our heads inside.

by Adam Brinklow
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SF's 10 most expensive homes sold in 2016

2016 saw the market slow down, but you wouldn't know it from the way some people have been throwing money at some of San Francisco's most exclusive, most elusive, most stunning, and in some cases most bewildering homes.

by Adam Brinklow
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Mapping the architectural ornamentation of the Financial District

We root for the preservation of buildings out of reverence for history, and because historic gems and their ornamentation add much needed texture to the modern skyscrapers of downtown. So, next time you find yourself in the FiDi, look up and pay attention to the details right above your head.

by Lauren Conklin
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The 32 best design and furniture stores in SF

Looking to add some pomp and flare to your dwelling? Yearning for a unique piece to tie the room together? Look no further. At each one, peruse or window shop one-of-a-kind furnishings, vintage pieces, and home goods with a distinctly SF flair.

by Lauren Conklin and Mary Jo Bowling
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16 places in San Francisco to take your out-of-town relatives

The holidays are upon us, which for many means distant relatives, old friends, and new in-laws will be dropping in for a visit.

by Adam Brinklow
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10 free things to do in San Francisco on Black Friday

The joy of Thanksgiving, a holiday meant to evoke gratitude and starch-heavy side dishes, has given way to one of our country's ugliest past times: Black Friday. Here are 10 great ways to do it without spending a dime.

by Brock Keeling
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11 San Francisco military monuments and memorials

SF has much to offer for those who want to pay their respects to the U.S. military. From monuments to memorials, check out this map with 11 choice options to remember those who severed.

by Brock Keeling
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Mapping San Francisco's biggest construction projects

A look at San Francisco's skyline these days provokes an inevitable question: Are we really using all of those cranes? The answer, of course, is not only yes, it's a resounding, "Yes, and," as smaller but no less ambitious new buildings and are coming together below skyline level too.

by Adam Brinklow
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Small beginnings: Where the Bay Area's tech behemoths got their start

We published this map during Micro Week, but let's take a trip back down memory lane and the hallowed halls of Silicon Valley history for the greatest micro tradition of them all: The humble origins of the Bay Area startup.

by Adam Brinklow
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Map of SF's ugliest buildings, according to Curbed readers

While SF is home to some of the cutest darn architecture in the country—e.g., Vics galore, cottage row in Pacific Heights, the "Four Seasons" in the Haight—we also have a few worrisome, downright unsightly structures. Here are some of your picks.

by Brock Keeling
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Mapping every building that was once San Francisco's tallest

All good things must come to an end, and for the first time since its completion in 1972, the Transamerica Pyramid is not the tallest building in San Francisco. But such milestones are the way of the world, as 13 previous record breakers.

by Adam Brinklow
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A mapped introduction to San Francisco's varieties of Victorians

Ask anyone to describe what makes San Francisco so special and Victorian architecture would be right up at the top of the list, Family-Feud style. Here now is a crash course in Victorian buildings found around the city.

by Alex Bevk
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The 20 best privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) in SF

From lush rooftops and sunny indoor atriums to redwood mini-forests, this list of 20 publicly accessible, privately maintained oases are ideal for lunch, meeting a date, or just relaxing within the frenzied confines of the FiDi.

by Dylan Pilaar
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Map of insanely overpriced Palo Alto homes

In a short amount of time, the former suburb known as Palo Alto has gone from a sleepy Peninsula town that bred the likes of Teri Hatcher and James Franco to giving birth to some of the world’s most noteworthy tech outfits. Just to name two, Google and Facebook (then known as TheFacebook) got their starts here.

by Brock Keeling
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Map: 14 houses under $700K in San Francisco

Cast your eyes south for the largest volume of homes priced at less than half of the city's median home price these days.

by Adam Brinklow
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Iconic Oakland: then and now

From New York's Flatiron Building's cousin, affectionately known as "the Wedding Cake," to the country's first themed amusement park, predating both Disneyland and Six Flags, here are some of the top structural spots in Oakland.

by Brock Keeling
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Map: 10 SF high-rises that actually have vacancies

The city's office buildings are nearly bursting at the seams, and the highest premiums are being paid on the spaces that aren't even finished yet. But if you look hard enough, there's still room in some of the city's most storied structures.

by Adam Brinklow
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Where to watch Bay Area July 4th fireworks

Get ready to celebrate the Declaration of Independence's approval by the Continental Congress, as we do every year, by grilling meats and watching things explode in spectacular fashion. Here are the top spots in SF and the Bay Area to catch it all.

by Curbed
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