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Unlike other cities of its caliber, San Francisco isn’t arranged in a grid-like format, nor is it easily divided into sections. Areas are constantly being renamed and new ones popping up – like Cow Hollow, the Dog Patch, and Tender Nob (where the Tenderloin and Nob Hill meet). In essence, … more it’s easier to go by address than neighborhood, as even San Franciscans have trouble discerning boundaries between the various districts. Nonetheless, a few areas have defied the transformations of time, among them alternative, bohemian Haight where the “Summer of Love” is still very much alive, Haight’s edgy neighbor, the Castro, the epicenter of the city’s gay and lesbian scene, and the artsy Mission, home to unassuming eateries and street murals galore.
