Sea Cliff (sometimes spelled Seacliff) is an affluent neighborhood located on the

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. Known for its large houses and ocean views, Sea Cliff is one of nine master–planned residence parks in San Francisco; its master plan was developed by landscape architect

Mark Daniels Mark Roy Daniels (1881 – January 14, 1952) was an architect, landscape architect, civil engineer, and city planner active in California. He was known for creating plans that incorporated existing natural features in order to preserve a sense ...

."Mark Daniels: Landscape Architect of Forest Hill, Sea Cliff and More"
Western Neighborhoods Project, Outsidelands.org, April 2, 2003. Sea Cliff has become one of San Francisco's most elite residential areas.

Location

Sea Cliff is adjacent to the

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and

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, southwest of the

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, and east of

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Characteristics

Houses in the Sea Cliff neighborhood are large and many offer views of the Pacific Ocean, the

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, and the

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. A small public beach named

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is located in the neighborhood, as well as the head of a trail to

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, a park within the

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. There are several buildings in Sea Cliff by notable architects: * 9, 25 and 45 Scenic Way, built in 1914; architect,

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(1867–1924) * The Hanson House at 126 27th Avenue, built in 1907; architect, John Charles Flugger (1865–1930) * 50 Scenic Way, built in 1921 for Maude Strowbridge; architect,

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(1872–1957) * 60 McLaren Avenue and 455 Sea Cliff Avenue; architect,

Albert L. Farr Albert Lincoln Farr (October 8, 1871July 12, 1947) was an American architect, who was known for his designed residences in the Craftsman and Georgian styles. He was active in the San Francisco Bay Area. Farr was part of the firm Farr & Ward. Ea ...

(1871–1947) * 8 Sea Cliff Avenue; architect, Edward G. Bowles (1871–1939).

Residents

Sea Cliff contains the residences for the consuls general of Switzerland, South Korea, and The Netherlands. Some of the neighborhood's more famous current and past residents include: *

Ansel Adams Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his Monochrome photography, black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association ...

, photographer *

Larry Baer Laurence Monroe Baer is an American businessman. He is best known as the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Bill Neukom on January 1, 2012. Early life and education Born to a ...

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CEO *

Luke Brugnara Luke Dominic Brugnara (born ) is an American commercial real estate investor and developer. Brugnara became known for purchasing real estate in downtown San Francisco during the 1990s. He was convicted of tax evasion in 2010; in 2015, he was ...

, real estate tycoon *

Jack Dorsey Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American businessperson, who is a co-founder of Twitter, Inc. and its CEO during 2007–2008 and 2015–2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairman of Block, Inc. (deve ...

, founder of

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and Square, Inc. *

Donald Fisher Donald George Fisher (September 3, 1928 – September 27, 2009) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded the Gap Inc. clothing stores with his wife Doris F. Fisher. Early life and education Fisher was born i ...

, Gap founder *

Kevin Gausman Kevin John Gausman (born January 6, 1991), nicknamed "Gaus", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, ...

, former San Francisco Giants pitcher *

Eileen Gu Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing ( zh, s=谷爱凌, labels=no), is a freestyle skier. Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 20 ...

, freestyle skier *

Kirk Hammett Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed the thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett, along ...

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guitarist *

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture of ...

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guitarist *

Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. Known for portraying flustered and unconventional figures, Levy has won multiple accolades throughout his career including four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and ...

, actor *

Cheech Marin Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dom ...

, actor * Clinton Reilly, real estate mogul *

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...

, singer *

Walter Shorenstein Walter H. Shorenstein (February 15, 1915 – June 24, 2010)Dennis McLellan (June 26, 2010) ''Los Angeles Times''. was an American billionaire real estate developer and investor. His company, Shorenstein Properties, owned 130 buildings totali ...

, real estate investor *

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, hedge fund investor *

Tom Steyer Thomas Fahr Steyer (; born June 27, 1957) is an American climate investor, businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, political candidate and liberal activist. Steyer is the founder and former co-senior-managing-partner ...

, hedge fund manager and 2020 presidential candidate *

Sharon Stone Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress and film producer. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the ...

, actress *

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedie ...

, comic actor

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