Richmond District

The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California. Lying directly north of Golden Gate Park, "the Richmond" is bounded roughly by Fulton Street to the south, Arguello Boulevard and Laurel Heights to the east, The Presidio and Lincoln Park to the north, and Ocean Beach and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Park Presidio Boulevard, a major thoroughfare, divides the Richmond into the western "Outer Richmond" and the eastern portion, called the "Inner Richmond." Geary Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare that runs through the Richmond and to downtown. Originally an expanse of rolling sand dunes, the Richmond District was developed initially in the late-19th century. After the 1906 earthquake, development increased with the need to provide replacement housing. In the 1950s and most especially after the re-structuring of US immigration law in 1965, Chinese Americans began to replace the ethnic Jewish and Irish Americans who had dominated the district before World War II. The bustling commercial strip of restaurants and shops along Clement Street between Arguello and Park Presidio is referred to by some as "New Chinatown." The Richmond District also features a prominent Russian community with many Geary Boulevard stores catering to a high concentration of Eastern European immigrants. Source wikipedia

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