56-626: San Francisco 4th and King Street station (previously 4th & Townsend ), also known as the Caltrain Depot , is a train station in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California . It is presently the northern terminus of the Caltrain commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley . It is also the eastern terminus of the N Judah and E Embarcadero , as well as
112-709: A 2010 Census illustrated the Filipino population to reach 36,347 Filipino in the city which 5,106 live in South of Market District. Within the SOMA Pilipinas' official borders—Market to the north, Brannan to the south, 2nd the east, and 11th to the west—are several streets named after Filipino historical figures, including Rizal, Lapu-Lapu, and Mabini, and are located between Folsom and Harrison Streets. A former Filipino district existed near North Beach, prior to its gentrification, called Manilatown . N Judah#Operation The N Judah
168-506: A comparatively large district of the city as well as a much smaller neighborhood. While many San Franciscans refer to the neighborhood by its full name, South of Market, there is a trend to shorten the name to SOMA or SoMa, probably in reference to SoHo (South of Houston) in New York City , and, in turn, Soho in London . Before being called South of Market this area was called "South of
224-415: A hill and contains no underground stations. From the western end of the tunnel, the route goes along Carl Street, past UCSF-Parnassus Campus , on Irving Street, until it turns onto 9th Avenue for one block and reaches Judah Street, which the N runs on for the rest of its route. On Judah between 9th Avenue and 19th Avenue the N runs on a right-of-way that is slightly raised above the surrounding street. There
280-623: A newer project entitled 50 First Street, to be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). In addition, the Cesar Pelli and Hines Group have also proposed another 1,070-foot (366 m), 61-story office tower. The Salesforce Tower , formerly named the Transbay Tower, was completed May 2018. The neighborhood consists of warehouses, auto repair shops, nightclubs, residential hotels, art spaces, loft apartments, furniture showrooms, condominiums and technology companies. A major children's park
336-508: A number of Muni bus lines, the E Embarcadero historic streetcar line, the Muni Metro N Judah light rail line runs to Market St downtown, and the Metro’s T Third Street service runs to Chinatown via Muni's Central Subway . The N Judah station platform is located on the median of King Street immediately southwest of the 4th and King intersection, while the T Third Street station platform
392-574: A sizable population of transients, seamen, other working men living in hotels, and a working-class residential population in old Victorian buildings on smaller side streets and alleyways giving it a "skid row" reputation. "South of Market in the land of ruin You get all manner of action Tinsel tigers in The Metal Room Stalking satisfaction. They got 'em packaged up for love and money Tattooed tots and chrome spike bunnies Check my conscience at
448-544: A station built in 1914 at 3rd and Townsend , one block away to the east. 4th & King is one block from Oracle Park , the home ballpark of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball . Caltrain runs extra trains on game days to shuttle fans to and from the ballpark. The Muni light-rail extension to the station was opened in 1998. The Portal project (formerly the Downtown Rail Extension) to
504-665: A stop along the T Third Street of the Muni network. The station is additionally the projected terminus for the first phase of the California High-Speed Rail project and a station once Phase 2 is completed. The station is in the Mission Bay / China Basin area, bordered on the north by Townsend Street, east by 4th Street, and south by King Street. All 13 tracks approaching from the west presently terminate here, just short of 4th Street. The facility opened on June 21, 1975, replacing
560-401: A temporary shuttle service, the E Embarcadero, which ran between Embarcadero station and 4th and King/Caltrain. On August 22, 1998, the E Embarcadero line was eliminated and the N Judah line was extended in its place. A variety of service changes took place with the introduction of full service on the T Third Street line on April 7, 2007. The N Judah was cut back to Embarcadero station;
616-635: Is a hybrid light rail / streetcar line of the Muni Metro system in San Francisco , California. The line is named after Judah Street that it runs along for much of its length, named after railroad engineer Theodore Judah . It links downtown San Francisco to the Cole Valley and Sunset neighborhoods. The line provides rail access to Golden Gate Park . It is the busiest line in the Muni Metro system, serving an average of 41,439 weekday passengers in 2013. It
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#1732851373214672-408: Is a loop in the intersection at Judah, La Playa and Great Highway that the N uses to turn around. As with all Muni lines, service begins around 5 a.m. on weekdays, 6 a.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. on Sundays and holidays. Daytime headways are 10 minutes on weekdays and 12 minutes on weekends. The line largely uses two-car (150-foot (46 m)) trains. Service is provided by overnight Owl buses on
728-403: Is a service that connects callers with services and programs: including basic needs, physical and mental health, employment assistance, and seniors support. The local Academy of Art University owns several buildings in the neighborhood, primarily for academic and administrative purposes. SOMA is home to many of San Francisco's museums, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) ,
784-600: Is also home to the few big-box stores within San Francisco. The South of Market Health Center ensured health care access to comprehensive care by providing mental and physical health problem services to close the gap on health disparities. It provides agencies with programs including finances, health care, food assistance or job training. In terms of sexual health, the district's San Francisco City Clinic offers sexually transmitted disease (STD) tests and treatment, in addition to counseling and condoms. 211 United Way Bay Area
840-478: Is home to many of the city's museums, to the headquarters of several major software and Internet companies, and to the Moscone Conference Center . The area's boundaries are Market Street to the northwest, San Francisco Bay to the northeast, Mission Creek to the southeast, and Division Street, 13th Street and U.S. Route 101 ( Central Freeway ) to the southwest. It is the part of the city in which
896-595: Is located on the median of 4th Street immediately southeast of the intersection. The nearest BART access is the Powell Street station , a 1-mile (1.6 km) walk up 4th Street then left on Market Street, or a nine minute T ride and a five minute walk from Union Square/Market Street station . The station is also served by Muni bus routes 10 , 30 , 31 , 45 , and 47 , along with special express routes 81X , 82X and 83X which provide service to or from business areas near Market Street during peak periods. Additionally,
952-509: The COVID-19 pandemic . Light-rail service returned in August 2020, with the routes reconfigured to improve reliability in the subway. N Judah service was not substantially changed, except for stops at 5th Avenue / 6th Avenue replacing former stops at 4th Avenue and 7th Avenue. Light-rail service was re-replaced with buses on August 25 due to issues with malfunctioning overhead wire splices and
1008-544: The Caldron and the Slot , it was the sexual center of San Francisco during this period. This community had been active in resisting the city's ambitious redevelopment program for the area throughout the 1970s. But as the AIDS epidemic unfolded in the 1980s, the ability of this community to stand up to downtown and City Hall was dramatically weakened. The crisis became an opportunity for
1064-703: The Great Highway in the Sunset District. From the Caltrain depot at Fourth and King Streets, it runs along King Street and the Embarcadero , passing by Oracle Park . It then enters the Market Street subway , which it shares with the five other Muni Metro lines. It exits the tunnel at Church Street and, after a brief stretch along Duboce Avenue to Duboce Park , enters the older Sunset Tunnel . This tunnel serves to avoid
1120-611: The Metreon , is built on top of Moscone North. SOMArts, one of four cultural center facilities owned by the City and County of San Francisco, is located on Brannan Street between 8th and 9th streets. Many small theater companies and venues are situated in the SOMA, including the Lamplighters , The Garage, Theatre Rhinoceros , Boxcar Theater, Crowded Fire Theater, and FoolsFURY Theater . Due to
1176-549: The N Bus , N Owl , T Bus and 91 Owl bus routes provide service along the N Judah and T Third Street lines during the early morning and late night hours when trains do not operate. [REDACTED] Media related to San Francisco 4th and King Street station at Wikimedia Commons South of Market, San Francisco South of Market ( SoMa ) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California , situated just south of Market Street . It contains several sub-neighborhoods including South Beach , Yerba Buena, and Rincon Hill . SoMa
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#17328513732141232-473: The N Owl route during the hours that rail service is not running. On weekends, the N Judah Bus service runs from 5 am until the start of rail service. The bus lines largely follow the rail line, but use surface streets to parallel sections where the rail line has dedicated rights-of-way. On January 10, 1998, Muni opened the Muni Metro Extension to 4th and King/Caltrain . It was originally served by
1288-938: The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts , the Museum of the African Diaspora , the American Bookbinders Museum , the California Historical Society , the Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum . The Old Mint , which served as the San Francisco Mint from 1874 to 1937, was restored over an eight-year period and reopened to the public in 2012. The Center for the Arts, along with Yerba Buena Gardens and
1344-473: The 1950s pushed a new population into this area in the 1960s, the incipient gay community , and the leather community in particular. The Tool Box at 399 Forth Street was the first leather bar in South of Market, opening in 1962. From 1962 until 1982, the gay leather community grew and thrived throughout South of Market, most visibly along Folsom Street, since it was a warehouse area that was largely deserted at night. Site of various sex clubs and bars, such as
1400-499: The 1980s and 1990s, some of the warehouses there served as the home to the city's budding underground rave , punk , and independent music scene . However, in recent decades, and mostly due to gentrification and rising rents, these establishments have begun to cater to an upscale and mainstream clientele that subsequently pushed out the underground musicians and their scene. Beginning in the 1990s, older housing stock has been joined by loft-style condominiums. Many of these were built under
1456-529: The Asian Art Museum in October and Pistahan Parade and Festival in August. Undiscovered SF, held monthly, promotes economic activity and awareness of SoMa Pilipinas. It supports retail concepts, restaurants, and businesses by giving skill-set building workshops and professional services like accounting and crowdfunding to prepare businesses for growth and sustainability. The Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District
1512-464: The DMZ And roll on in, gonna roll in it, honey But I get a feelin like when big things collide Like the crack before the thunder, like I really ought to hide And here comes Metal Angel, she looks ready to ride; & What's that she's tryin' to show me..? What's that you're tryin' to show me..?" Grateful Dead , Picasso Moon (1989) The waterfront redevelopment of the Embarcadero in
1568-564: The N Judah was cut to Embarcadero on weekends as part of widespread service reductions. Weekend service was re-extended on October 15, 2011. After concerns from riders of constant overcrowding of the trains on the N Judah line, Muni debuted an express bus route called the NX Judah Express on June 13, 2011. Starting off as a pilot program, the NX (stylized as N ) was intended to relieve overcrowding during rush hours every ten minutes. It follows
1624-811: The SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District. The relationship between SOMA Pilipinas and the Philippines is established in the resolution: "Whereas, Filipino immigration patterns to San Francisco are rooted in the conquest and subsequent colonization of the Philippines by the United States in 1898, the American colonial regime in the Philippines from 1899-1946, and ongoing, often unequal and imperialist US-Philippines relations from 1946 to present." The City of San Francisco certified Tagalog as its third official language in 2014, and
1680-542: The Slot", a reference to the cable cars that ran up and down Market along the slots through which they gripped cables. While the cable cars have long since disappeared from Market Street, some "old timers" still refer to this area as "South of the Slot". Since 1847 , the official name of the South of Market area has been the "100 Vara Survey" (alternately "100 Vara District") or simply "100 Vara" for short (with "100" sometimes spelled out). The "100 Vara Survey" derived its name from
1736-411: The South of Market area is officially known as 100 Vara. During the mid-19th century, SOMA became a burgeoning pioneer community, consisting largely of low-density residential buildings, except for a business district that developed along 2nd and 3rd streets, and emerging industrial areas near the waterfront. Rincon Hill became an enclave for the wealthy, while nearby South Park became an enclave for
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1792-535: The South of Market area was served by several streetcar lines owned by the Market Street Railway Company , including the No. 14 Mission Street electric railway line, the No. 27 Bryant Street line, the 28 Harrison, 35 Howard, 36 Folsom, 41 Second and Market, and the No. 42 First and Fifth Street line. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, South of Market was home not only to warehousing and light industry, but also to
1848-608: The South of Market has become a hub for museums and performances spaces. Intersection for the Arts is also based in the neighborhood, a non-profit which supports local Bay Area artists. The San Francisco institution was founded in 1965 in the Tenderloin, but has moved within the city to its current location in SoMa. Intersection supports the arts by offering local artists resources, fiscal sponsorship, and exhibition and performance spaces. The area has long been home to bars and nightclubs. During
1904-698: The area's gay rights history, the Folsom Street Fair is held on Folsom St between 7th and 12th Streets (now between 8th and 13th Streets). The smaller and less-commercialized leather subculture-oriented Up Your Alley Fair (commonly referred to as the Dore Alley Fair) is held in late July on and around Folsom St. Also home to the annual How Weird Street Faire featuring dancing and costumes, held in early May along seven city blocks including Howard and Second streets. Several Filipino cultural events are held such as Filipino American History Month Celebration at
1960-462: The area, and many of the quake's fatalities occurred there. Following the quake, the area was rebuilt with wider than usual streets, as the focus was on the development of light to heavy industry. The construction of the Bay Bridge and U.S. Route 101 during the 1930s saw large swaths of the area demolished, including most of the original Rincon Hill. From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century,
2016-546: The authority cited. From 1848 until the construction of the Central Freeway in the 1950s, 9th Street (formerly known as Johnston Street) was the official (and generally recognized) boundary between SoMa and the Mission District. Since the 1950s, the boundary has been either 10th Street, 11th Street, or the Central Freeway. Similarly, the entire Mission Bay neighborhood may or may not be counted as part of SoMa, Excluding
2072-423: The boundaries of the pueblo in a southerly direction by creating a new subdivision. At the time, the streets of San Francisco were aligned approximately with the compass points, running north to south, or east to west. Each block was divided into six lots 50 varas on a side. (A vara is about 33 inches (84 cm).) O'Farrell decided that the streets in the new subdivision should run parallel with or perpendicular to
2128-414: The city (in the name of public health ) to close bathhouses and regulate bars - businesses that had been the cornerstone of the community's efforts to maintain a gay space in the South of Market neighborhood. In 1984, as these spaces for the gay community were rapidly closing, a coalition of housing activists and community organizers started the Folsom Street Fair , in order to enhance the visibility of
2184-520: The community at a time when people in City Hall and elsewhere were apt to think it had gone away. The fair also provided a means for much-needed fundraising, and created opportunities for members of the leather community to connect to services and vital information (e.g., regarding safer sex ) which bathhouses and bars might otherwise have been ideally situated to distribute. Redevelopment plans were first outlined in 1953. These plans began to be realized in
2240-410: The cover of "live-work" development ostensibly meant to maintain a studio arts community in San Francisco. During the late 1990s, the occupant of the "live-work" loft was more likely to be a "dot-commie", as South of Market became a local center of the dot-com boom , due to its central location, space for infill housing development, and spaces readily converted into offices. A major transformation of
2296-508: The entire Mission Bay neighborhood puts the southeastern boundary at Townsend. Redevelopment agencies, social service agencies, and community activists frequently exclude the more prosperous areas between the waterfront and 3rd Street. Some social service agencies and nonprofits count the economically distressed area around 6th, 7th, and 8th streets as part of the Mid-Market Corridor. The terms "South of Market" and "SoMa" refer to both
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2352-659: The late 1970s and in the early 1980s with the construction of the conference center, Moscone Center , which occupies three blocks and hosts many major trade shows. Moscone South opened its doors in December 1981. Moscone North opened in May 1992, and most recently Moscone West in June 2003. With the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1995, the Mission and Howard Street area of
2408-557: The neighborhood was conceived during the 2000s with the Transbay Terminal Replacement Project, which broke ground in August 2010 and opened in August 2018. In addition, new high rise residential projects like One Rincon Hill , 300 Spear Street , and Millennium Tower are transforming the San Francisco skyline . In 2005, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority proposed to raise height limits around
2464-516: The new Transbay Terminal. This led to proposals for more supertall buildings, such as Renzo Piano 's proposal for a group of towers that includes two 1,200-foot. (366 m) towers, two 900-foot (274 m) towers, and a 600-foot (183 m) tower. The 1,200-foot (366 m) towers would have been the tallest buildings in the United States outside of New York City and Chicago . Renzo Piano 's complex has since been canceled, and replaced by
2520-514: The only existing road in the area, Mission Road (later Mission Street), and thus be aligned with the half-points of the compass, i.e., northeast to southwest, and northwest to southeast. He also decided to make the new blocks twice as long and twice as wide, with each lot 100 varas on a side. Finally, O'Farrell created "a grand promenade" linking the old pueblo with the new subdivision, Market Street. Since then, downtown San Francisco north of Lower Market Street has been officially known as 50 Vara, while
2576-465: The opening of the Portal project, California High-Speed Rail service will be extended to the new Transbay Terminal, though most trains are intended to stop at the underground 4th and Townsend as an additional, secondary stop for San Francisco. Dreamstar Lines intends to launch an overnight passenger train service from 4th and King Street Station to Los Angeles - Union Station in 2025. 4th and King hosts
2632-458: The rebuilt Salesforce Transit Center includes the construction of an underground 4th and King station. The underground portion will be adjacent to the current station on the Townsend Street side, but Caltrain will continue using the surface platforms. Until that time, California High-Speed Rail trains are planned to utilize the existing station with modifications for that service. Following
2688-460: The shuttles had increased capacity on the inner part of the line by 18% and reduced the number of passengers unable to board overcrowded trains by 63%. In March 2018, the SFMTA board voted to shorten rush-hour headways from 7 minutes to 4 minutes, but to only use one-car trains on weekends. The changes were to take effect in the summer. On March 30, 2020, Muni Metro service was replaced with buses due to
2744-570: The street grid runs parallel and perpendicular to Market Street. The neighborhood includes many smaller sub-neighborhoods such as: South Park , Yerba Buena , South Beach , and Financial District South (part of the Financial District ), and overlaps with several others, notably Mission Bay , and the Mission District . As with many neighborhoods, the precise boundaries of the South of Market area are fuzzy and can vary widely depending on
2800-517: The surface area of the single lots which comprised 100 by 100 varas (275 square feet). According to city documents from 1945, the "100 Vara District" goes from the south side of Market Street to the Ferry. The name is found mainly in history books, legal documents, title deeds, and civil engineering reports. In 1847 Washington A. Bartlett , alcalde (magistrate) of the pueblo (village) of San Francisco, commissioned surveyor Jasper O'Farrell to extend
2856-527: The surface section on the Embarcadero was served only by the T Third Street line, plus the J Church line at peak hours. The changes were unpopular with the public; they caused severe delays in the Market Street subway and forced N Judah riders to transfer to reach the Caltrain station when they previously did not. On June 30, 2007, Muni reversed several of the changes; the J Church and N Judah were restored to their previous configuration. On December 5, 2009,
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#17328513732142912-453: The upper middle class. By the early 20th century, heavy industrial development due to its proximity to the docks of San Francisco Bay , coupled with the advent of cable cars , had driven the wealthy over to Nob Hill and points west. The neighborhood became a largely working-class and lower-middle-class community of recent European immigrants, sweatshops , power stations, flophouses, and factories. The 1906 earthquake completely destroyed
2968-464: The western end of the N Judah route from Ocean Beach to 19th Avenue, then operates nonstop from there to the Financial District where it stops at Bush and Montgomery Streets. In September 2016, Muni began running a pair of one-car shuttles between Embarcadero station and Carl and Hillway during morning rush hour to reduce crowding on the inner section of the line. A study after one month showed
3024-863: Was also built for the area on top of Moscone South. The park features a large play area, an ice skating rink, a bowling alley, a restaurant, the Children's Creativity Museum and the restored carousel from Playland-At-the-Beach . The children's park and Children's Creativity Museum are joined to the Yerba Buena Gardens by a footbridge . Many major software and technology companies have headquarters and offices here, including Ustream , Planet Labs, Foursquare , Cloudflare , Wikia , Wired , GitHub , Pinterest , CBS Interactive , LinkedIn , Trulia , Dropbox , IGN , Salesforce , BitTorrent Inc. , Yelp , Zynga , Airbnb , Uber , Advent Software , Pac-12 Networks , Okta , and Yeti . The area
3080-551: Was created in SoMa in 2018. The area is bounded approximately by Howard St. on the northwest, 7th St. on the northeast, I-80 on the east and US 101 on the south. There is also an exclave between 5th and 6th streets, Harrison and Bryant. It includes the San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley , which opened in 2017. In April 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution that established
3136-487: Was one of San Francisco's streetcar lines, beginning operation in 1928, and was partially converted to modern light-rail operation with the opening of the Muni Metro system in 1980. While many streetcar lines were converted to bus lines after World War II , the N Judah remained a streetcar line due to its use of the Sunset Tunnel . The line runs from the Caltrain depot in the Mission Bay district to Ocean Beach and
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