Portsmouth Square

Location

50 Walter U Lum Place
San Francisco, CA 94108
50 Walter U Lum Place San Francisco, CA 94108
37.79471501330091
-122.4053665798706
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Photo by Brett McFadden

A Chinatown community gathering place for tai chi, gambling and people watching.

I take my little picnic to Portsmouth Square, a sunny spot near the triangular shadow of the Transamerica building.

from Everything's Jake in Chinatown by Nicole Grant

Portsmouth Square Backstories

Everything's Jake in Chinatown
Nicole Grant
Upon visiting San Francisco for the first time in 1882, Oscar Wilde described it as “utterly, inexpressively hideous,” but Chinatown ...

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