The Duboce Triangle is a neighborhood of

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, located below

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and between the neighborhoods of the Castro/Eureka Valley, the

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, and the

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. According to the 2010 neighborhoods map of the San Francisco Association of Realtors (SFAR), Duboce Triangle is bordered by

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on its southeastern side, by Castro Street to the West and by Duboce Avenue to the North. A 2006 definition by the city mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services puts the neighborhood's northern boundary further north at Waller Street (thereby including

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), while still excluding the

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building near Market Street. The Duboce Triangle is served by

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and buses. Because of its location east of

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and

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, the area sees less fog than many places in San Francisco.. A Victorian apartment building at the Northern side of Duboce Avenue which survived the 1906 earthquake has been described as the country's largest wooden structure to the West of the Mississippi.

References

External links

Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association
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