Howard Street is a street in
San Francisco
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's
South of Market District (SoMa). It begins after branching off from
Van Ness Avenue
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The main part of Van Ness Avenue runs fro ...
near the Mission District, and then runs parallel to and between of
Mission Street
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(to the North) and
Folsom Street
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(to the South) towards
The Embarcadero. Howard Street has the
Moscone Center
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,
Rincon Plaza,
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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, and
The University of San Francisco
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along its corridor.
Namesake
It was named after William D. M. Howard, Leading Merchant of Yerba Buena, a native of Boston who came to California in 1839 as a cabin boy on the sailing ship California. For several years he was supercargo on Boston ships trading up and down the Pacific coast, and as such agent in charge of the collection of hides and tallow. In 1845 he and Henry Mellus formed the firm of Mellus & Howard. This firm had the most active commercial business in San Francisco in the years when the settlement was known as Yerba Buena, and in 1846 bought the property of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Howard was one of the town’s most public spirited and prosperous men and was known as the first citizen of San Francisco in the years just before the gold rush.
See also
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How Weird Street Faire
The How Weird Street Faire is an outdoor street fair held each year in San Francisco, occupying several blocks of Howard Street and the surrounding area, in the SoMa neighborhood. The event has been held yearly since 2000, and is currently centere ...
(annual electronic music festival on Howard Street, whose name alludes to it)
References
{{Streets in San Francisco
Streets in San Francisco
U.S. Route 101