This weekend San Francisco had a perfect storm of public social activity. The San Francisco Giants and the Forty-Niners. Columbus Day parade. Castro Street Fair. America's Cup series racing. Fleet week with air show. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. There were over a dozen big public events in town. Plus all if the normal things that bring people to this city: temperate weather, nice tree-lined streets to walk along, coherent urbanism, interesting architecture, and dramatic hills topped with neighborhood parks. And the cultural stuff, like art museums, theatre and performing arts, mural-covered alleys, Coit Tower, Union Square.
From the Presidio to China Basin, the city's necklace of waterfront parks and promenades became an appropriated front yard for all of the activity. It's estimated that this city of 800,000 hosted an additional 1,000,000 visitors. They're calling it the busiest weekend in San Francisco history!
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