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Polk Street, the Glossary

Polk Street (also sometimes referred to by its German name, Polkstrasse) is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street to Beach Street and is one of the main thoroughfares of the Polk Gulch neighborhood traversing through the Tenderloin, Nob Hill, and Russian Hill neighborhoods.^[1]

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Arcadia Publishing

Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of neighborhood, local, and regional history of the United States in pictorial form.

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Cable car (railway)

A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California Hall (San Francisco, California)

California Hall, originally named Das Deutsche Haus (English: The German House, sometimes also referred to in incorrect German as Das Deutsches Haus), is a historic commercial building and event venue built in 1912, located in the Polk Gulch/Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Polk Street and California Hall (San Francisco, California) are LGBT history in San Francisco.

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Castro District, San Francisco

The Castro District, commonly referred to as the Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco.

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Council on Religion and the Homosexual

The Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH) was a San Francisco, California, United States-based organization founded in 1964 for the purpose of joining homosexual activists and religious leaders. Polk Street and Council on Religion and the Homosexual are LGBT history in San Francisco.

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Erich von Stroheim

Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era.

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Eureka Valley, San Francisco

Eureka Valley is a neighborhood in San Francisco, primarily a quiet residential neighborhood but boasting one of the most visited sub-neighborhoods in the city, The Castro.

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Frank Norris

Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre.

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Gay

Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.

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Gay bar

A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBTQ+ communities.

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Gay village

A gay village, also known as a gayborhood, is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries that is inhabited or frequented by many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBT) people.

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Geary Boulevard

Geary Boulevard (designated as Geary Street east of Van Ness Avenue) is a major east–west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, United States, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Kearny Street, and running westbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western Addition, and running for most of its length through the predominantly residential Richmond District. Polk Street and Geary Boulevard are streets in San Francisco.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.

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Greed (1924 film)

Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague.

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Halloween in the Castro

Halloween in the Castro was an annual Halloween celebration held in The Castro district of San Francisco, first held in the 1940s as a neighborhood costume contest.

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James K. Polk

James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.

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LGBT

is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".

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Marina District, San Francisco

The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California.

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Market Street (San Francisco)

Market Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. Polk Street and Market Street (San Francisco) are history of San Francisco and streets in San Francisco.

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McTeague

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, otherwise known as simply McTeague, is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it.

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Neoplan

Neoplan Bus GmbH is a German automotive company that manufactures buses, trolleybuses and coaches.

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Nob Hill, San Francisco

Nob Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States that is known for its numerous luxury hotels and historic mansions.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Russian Hill, San Francisco

Russian Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

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San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863. Polk Street and San Francisco Examiner are history of San Francisco.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni), is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco Police Department

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the City and County of San Francisco, as well as the San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County. Polk Street and San Francisco Police Department are history of San Francisco.

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San Francisco Pride

The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Celebration (formerly "International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day", "Gay Freedom Day", and "Christopher Street West"), usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a pride parade and festival held at the end of June most years in San Francisco, California, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polk_Street

Also known as Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Polk Gulch, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California, Polk Strasse, Polk Street, San Francisco, California, Polkstrasse.

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See also

Entertainment districts in California

Streets in San Francisco

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