Neighbourhood
Alamo Square, San Francisco, United States
Alamo Square is a park that’s been in the making for over 100 years. Mayor James Van Ness first marked the land to become a park in 1855, though it remained little more than a forest of rocks until decades later. With its proximity to a variety of parks, as well as to livelier neighborhoods like Haight-Ashbury and Hayes Valley, Alamo Square is a perfect home for those who want a quiet place to retreat to after an eventful night. Alamo Square has witnessed 150 years of San Francisco’s turbulent history — going from dangerous land inhabited by killer ‘Dutch Charlie Duane’, to becoming one of the city’s premier neighborhoods, and turning into a refugee camp during the earthquake of 1906, Alamo Square has seen it all.