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Columbus Avenue

The Transamerica Pyramid rising from the foot of Columbus Avenue
Maintained by	San Francisco DPW
Location	San Francisco
Coordinates	37°48′04″N 122°24′41″W / 37.80107°N 122.41137°W / 37.80107; -122.41137
Southeast end	Washington and Montgomery Streets
Northwest end	Beach Street

Columbus Avenue is one of the major streets of San Francisco 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, Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe (in an alley off Columbus), and Bimbo's 365 Club.

The street's original name was Montgomery Avenue, and was built in the 1870s. It was renamed Columbus Avenue in 1909.

References

1. "Columbus Avenue: Colorful path, distinct flavors". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
2. "Re: Columbus Avenue". SFGeneology. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
3. "Street Naming Controversy - 1909". Encyclopedia of San Francisco. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved August 24, 2013.

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Numbered streets	Third Street 19th Avenue 22nd Street 49-Mile Scenic Drive
North–south streets	Castro Street Divisadero Street Fillmore Street Folsom Street Grant Avenue Great Highway Hyde Street Junipero Serra Boulevard Kearny Street Mission Street Montgomery Street Octavia Boulevard Park Presidio Boulevard Polk Street Powell Street Skyline Boulevard Rescue Row Stockton Street Stanyan Street Valencia Street Van Ness Avenue Vermont Street
East–west streets	Broadway California Street Cesar Chavez Street Commercial Street Filbert Street Fulton Street Geary Boulevard Haight Street Jackson Street Lincoln Way Lombard Street Union Street
Diagonal streets	Alemany Boulevard The Embarcadero Howard Street Market Street Columbus Avenue New Montgomery Street
Alleyways	Balmy Alley Belden Place Clarion Alley Jack Kerouac Alley Macondray Lane Maiden Lane Ross Alley
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