Dreaming in the Pacific Heights & Hayes Valley

SFWanderlust Team October 15, 2018

What’s up ?

Welcome back everybody. This is going to be a short and sweet post covering San Francisco’s Pacific Heights and Hayes Valley neighborhoods. We decided to combine these two together because the primary attraction here are rather intangible. This means appreciation of architecture and views.

The Pacific Heights consists of both Pacific Heights and Lower Pacific Heights, both are home to some of San Francisco’s most expensive real estates. As such, there aren’t necessarily any public entertainment events as you’ll mostly see large Victorian style houses. Have a walk on Broadway St., Pacific Ave, or Jackson St. and you’ll realize how having big money comes in handy ;)

What should you look for ?

am a big fan of architecture and I believe this area offers world-class housing aesthetics. Start your walk at the intersection of Broadway and Lyon, and you’ll be greeted with a stunning Pacific Ocean and Palace of Fine Arts view. As you walk east, you’ll be surrounded by $20 million and above houses. Whhhaaaatt?

Some of these homes belong to famous movie stars and Silicon Valley executives – don’t know who they are but it’s interesting to know. Here’s what you’ll find. These are some long streets to walk so if you’re on a time crunch, just get a car or rent a bike and slowly cruise through. If you have time and enjoy walking, however, walk all the way toward the east side and you’ll arrive at Chinatown.

But, what else ?

After you’ve explored these areas and if you’re someone like me, have started dreaming about your future homes, I am not going to make it easier for you as we’re now going to take a look at Hayes Valley, which is home to San Francisco’s famous Alamo Square. If that doesn’t sound familiar to you, Alamo square faces the wildly popular and beautiful Painted Ladies. These are a series of Victorian houses in different color. They are well known for their high ceiling and rigid structure. These buildings have withstood San Francisco’s two major earthquakes in 1906 and 1989.

Maybe I’ve wetted your appetite?

Don’t forget to catch your cable car

Gotta love these Victorian style houses

To be or not to be ?

Behind the Painted Ladies you’ll see San Francisco’s modern skyscrapers and if you happen to be here on New Year’s Eve, you’re in for some fireworks treat. Every time I pass by these houses, I think wow, I must work hard to own one of these. At the same time though, you see people photographing them every second meaning you’re always on the radar of other people haha. Nevertheless, that’s the last thing on my mind.

Hope you’ve found this post entertaining and please stay tuned because in the next post, we’ll do something different.

Next up ?

We’re going to cover food, yay. Thank god. Finally.

I personally think one easy way to explore different cultures is through food and good news is San Francisco is one of, if not the most diverse city in the world when it comes to food. You’ll find just about any kind of food here from any culture, but let’s keep that spoiler alert off :)

Lastly, for coverage of other San Francisco neighborhoods, please see our other posts.

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