- Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
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The Transamerica Pyramid rising fom the foot of Columbus Avenue
Columbus Avenue is a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf.Avenue This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, and the City Lights Bookstore.
It was originally known as Montgomery Avenue.
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Streets in San Francisco Numbered streets 
North-south streets Castro Street · Fillmore Street · Grant Avenue · Great Highway · Junipero Serra Boulevard · Kearny Street · Mission Street · Montgomery Street · Octavia Boulevard · Polk Street · Skyline Boulevard · Stockton Street · Van Ness Avenue · Vermont Street
East-west streets Diagonal streets The Embarcadero · Market Street · Columbus Avenue
Alleyways Belden Place · Jack Kerouac Alley · Macondray Lane · Maiden Lane · Balmy Alley
see also: San Francisco street toponymy Coordinates: 37°48′04″N 122°24′41″W / 37.80107°N 122.41137°W
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- Streets in San Francisco, California
- Red-light districts in the United States
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