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One Embarcadero Center is an class-A office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The building is part of the Embarcadero Center complex of six interconnected buildings and one off-site extension. The skyscraper, completed in 1971, stands 569 ft tall with 45... stories without its flagpole. One Embarcadero Center is the second tallest building out of the entire complex, standing at slightly shorter than Four Embarcadero Center, which is the tallest in the complex.
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Union Square is a plaza of 2.6 acres bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in San Francisco, California. "Union Square" also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district that surrounds the plaza for several blocks. The area got its name because it was once used for... rallies and support for the Union Army during the Civil War. Today, this one-block plaza and nearby area is one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, tourist trinket shops, art galleries, and salons in the United States, which continue to make Union Square a major tourist draw, a vital, cosmopolitan place in downtown San Francisco, and one of the world's premier shopping districts. Grand hotels and small inns, as well as repertory, off-Broadway, and single-act theaters also contribute to the area's dynamic, 24-hour character. Union Square was built and dedicated by San Francisco's first American mayor John Geary in 1850 and is so named for the pro-Union rallies that happened there before and during the United States Civil War.
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Cathedral Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Its northern border is Post Street, the eastern border is Van Ness Avenue, the southern border is Eddy Street and the western border is Laguna Street. The neighborhood is centered around St. Mary's Cathedral on the corner of Geary... Street and Gough Street. It is home to large condominium and apartment towers with numerous churches built atop the hill; St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, The First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, and Hamilton Baptist Church. Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep is inside the neighborhood.
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