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Powell Street
Powell St
Namesake	Dr. William J. Powell
Location	San Francisco
Nearest metro station	Powell Street station
South end	Market Street
North end	The Embarcadero and Jefferson Street at Fisherman's Wharf

Powell Street is a street in San Francisco, California that connects from Market Street through Union Square, North Beach, Nob Hill, Russian Hill and ends at Fisherman's Wharf.

The intersection of Powell Street with Market Street is the starting point of the Powell-Hyde Street terminal line of the San Francisco Cable Car, which ends on Hyde Street at the Aquatic Park Historic District.

The street was named for Dr. William J. Powell, surgeon of the U.S. sloop of war Warren, which was active during the conquest of California.^[1]

Notes

^ Carlisle, Henry C. (1954) Early San Francisco History from Street Names: Street Names N-Z. Virtual Museum of San Francisco. (Retrieved 4-25-13).

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business

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Streets and alleys	Broadway California Columbus Commercial Grant Jack Kerouac Alley Jackson Kearny Montgomery Powell Ross Alley Stockton

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v t e Nob Hill, San Francisco
Buildings and businesses	450 Sutter Street Bently Nob Hill Fairmont San Francisco Huntington Hotel Mark Hopkins Hotel SF Masonic Auditorium Stanford Court Hotel Tonga Room Top of the Mark White Swan Inn, San Francisco
Culture	Alliance Française de San Francisco James C. Flood Mansion San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Geography	California Street Huntington Park Polk Street Powell Street
Education	Cathedral School for Boys
Religion	Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Transportation	Stockton Street Tunnel
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Businesses

Active	Caffe Trieste Cobb's Comedy Club Liguria Bakery Mama's Molinari's Original Joe's Punch Line San Francisco The Saloon The Stinking Rose
Defunct	The Anxious Asp Basin Street West The Beige Room Big Al's Dino and Carlo's Finocchio's Club Hungry I Jazz Workshop Keystone Korner Lusty Lady Mabuhay Gardens Miss Smith's Tea Room Mona's 440 Club Pagoda Palace Paper Doll Club The Purple Onion Rose Pistola Sugar Hill Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place Washington Square Bar and Grill

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Religion

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v t e Streets in San Francisco
Numbered streets	Third Street 19th Avenue 22nd Street 49-Mile Scenic Drive
North–south streets	Castro Street Divisadero Street Fillmore Street Folsom Street Grant Avenue Great Highway Hyde Street Junipero Serra Boulevard Kearny Street Mission Street Montgomery Street Octavia Boulevard Park Presidio Boulevard Polk Street Powell Street Skyline Boulevard Rescue Row Stockton Street Stanyan Street Valencia Street Van Ness Avenue Vermont Street
East–west streets	Broadway California Street Cesar Chavez Street Commercial Street Filbert Street Fulton Street Geary Boulevard Haight Street Jackson Street Lincoln Way Lombard Street Union Street
Diagonal streets	Alemany Boulevard The Embarcadero Howard Street Market Street Columbus Avenue New Montgomery Street
Alleyways	Balmy Alley Belden Place Clarion Alley Jack Kerouac Alley Macondray Lane Maiden Lane Ross Alley
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