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[[Image:Palisades2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Palisades]] district]] | [[Image:Palisades2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Palisades]] district]] | ||
Because San Fierro is meant to emulate San Francisco, many of its districts are re-imaginings of real neighborhoods in San Francisco: | Because San Fierro is meant to emulate San Francisco, many of its districts are re-imaginings of real neighborhoods in San Francisco: | ||
* [[Battery Point]] - Fort Point | |||
* [[Juniper Hollow]] - Cow Hollow | |||
* [[Paradiso]] - The Presidio | |||
* [[Esplanade North]] - Fisherman's Wharf | |||
* [[Esplanade East]] - Embarcadero | |||
* [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]]/[[Financial]] - Financial District | |||
* [[Calton Heights]] - Pacific Heights | |||
* [[Chinatown, San Fierro|Chinatown]] - Chinatown | |||
* [[Juniper Hill]] - Russian Hill | |||
* [[Palisades]] - Presidio Heights | |||
* [[Santa Flora]] - Twin Peaks | |||
* [[San Fierro City Hall|City Hall]] - City Hall/Civic Center | |||
* [[Queens]] - The Castro | |||
* [[King's]] - Noe Valley (and Pierre Valley) | |||
* [[Easter Basin]] - China Basin/Hunters Point | |||
* [[Doherty]] - Dogpatch | |||
* [[Garcia]] - The Mission | |||
* [[Hashbury]] - Haight-Ashbury | |||
* [[Ocean Flats]] - Ocean Beach | |||
* [[Avispa Country Club]] - Cliff House | |||
* [[Missionary Hill]] - Mount Sutro | |||
* [[Foster Valley]] - Foster City/Peninsula | |||
* [[Easter Bay International Airport]] - San Francisco International Airport | |||
==Landmarks== | |||
[[Image:BigPointyBuilding.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Big Pointy Building]]]] | [[Image:BigPointyBuilding.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Big Pointy Building]]]] | ||
[[Image:WindyWindyWindyWindyStreet.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]]]] | |||
[[Image:SanFierroBay.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[San Fierro Bay]]]] | [[Image:SanFierroBay.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[San Fierro Bay]]]] | ||
As with every other city in San Andreas, there are emulated landmarks. In San Fierro, these include: | |||
* [[wp:Golden Gate Bridge|Golden Gate Bridge]] | * The [[wp:Transamerica Pyramid|Transamerica Pyramid]] is re-created as the [[Big Pointy Building]]. One can travel to the top for a bird's eye view of San Fierro. One [[Parachute|parachute]] (and only one, so exercise caution) is provided, in case players have the urge to jump off. | ||
* The [[wp:Golden Gate Bridge|Golden Gate Bridge]] makes an appearance as the [[Gant Bridge]]. This bridge links San Fierro and the town of Bayside. The bridge appears to have functioning [[Tollbooths|tollbooths]], as evidenced by the fact that cars heading into San Fierro stop at the toll plaza. However, the player is apparently immune to the toll. Gant Bridge extends over [[San Fierro Bay]], which is a re-creation of [[wp:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay]], and physically separates San Fierro from [[Bayside]] and [[Tierra Robada]]. | |||
* The [[wp:San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge|San Francisco Bay Bridge]] makes an appearance as the [[Garver Bridge]]. This bridge links San Fierro and [[Tierra Robada]] near [[Las Venturas]]. Alongside the Garver Bridge is the [[Kincaid Bridge]], which is modeled after the Forth Rail Bridge, which itself sits beside the Forth Road Bridge outside Edinburgh, Scotland. This may also be a reference to the home of ''Rockstar North'', where the original bridges are located. The Forth Road Bridge and the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge look remarkably similar. | |||
* [[wp: | * [[wp:Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]], known as the "crookedest street", appears as [[Windy Windy Windy Windy Street]] in San Fierro's [[Calton Heights]]. | ||
* [[wp:Fort Point, San Francisco|Fort Point]] makes an appearance as [[Battery Point]] in the game, which sits underneath [[Gant Bridge]]. However, the fort has been taken over by the pimp [[Jizzy B]], and is known as [[Jizzy's Pleasure Domes]]. | |||
* The [[wp:Castro District, San Francisco|Castro district]] is emulated as "[[Queens]]", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the neighborhood as being the heart of San Francisco's gay community. | |||
[[ | * [[San Fierro City Hall]], based on the Beaux-Arts styled [[wp:San Francisco City Hall|San Francisco City Hall]], is located at the west end of [[Queens]]. | ||
* A replica of Mount Sutro's radio antenna ([[wp:Sutro Tower|Sutro Tower]]) is located atop [[Missionary Hill]], at the south end of San Fierro. An observation area is located nearby, offering a pristine view of the city's southern side. | |||
[[ | * [[Foster Valley]], located between [[Missionary Hill]] and [[Easter Bay Airport]], may be inspired from planned cities such as Foster City (which may explain the origin of the name as well). The contemporary buildings in the area, as well as a row of identical cylindrical buildings along an artificial lake, mildly resemble Oracle Corporation's World Headquarters at Redwood Shores, Redwood City, which is, coincidentally, also located near Foster City. | ||
* [[wp:Lombard Street (San Francisco)|Lombard Street]] | |||
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* [[San Fierro City Hall]] | |||
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* [[ | ===Other Landmarks=== | ||
*[[wp:Forth Railway Bridge|Forth Bridge]] | |||
*[[wp:Ferry Building|Ferry Building]] | |||
*[[wp:Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]] | |||
*[[wp:Golden Gate Park|Golden Gate Park]] | |||
*[[wp:Fort Mason|Fort Mason]] | |||
*[[wp:Presidio of San Francisco|Presidio of San Francisco]] | |||
*[[wp:Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption|Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption]] | |||
*[[wp:San Francisco Opera|San Francisco Opera]] | |||
*[[wp:San Francisco cable car system|San Francisco cable car system]] | |||
*[[wp:Great Highway|Great Highway]] | |||
==Getting around== | ==Getting around== | ||