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San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute was a private college of contemporary art in , California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the .
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  • Type: University
  • Description: private university in California, U.S.
  • Also known as: “California School of Fine Arts”, “Mark Hopkins Art Institute”, “Mark Hopkins Institute”, “Mark Hopkins Institute of Art”, “S.F.A.I.”, and “SFAI”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lombard Street and Transamerica Pyramid.

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is an east–west street in , California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from east to The Embarcadero. is situated 750 feet southwest of San Francisco Art Institute.

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The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 1 mile southeast of San Francisco Art Institute.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a 210-foot tower in the neighborhood of , California, overlooking the city and . The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco. is situated 3,300 feet east of San Francisco Art Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Russian Hill and Fisherman’s Wharf.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills".

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's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city. Its historic waterfront, once the hub of the city's fishing fleet, is still famous for the depth and variety of its harvest and for having some of the best seafood restaurants in the city, with scenic vistas over San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.

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Atop the hills overlooking the bay and bustling downtown are two adjacent neighborhoods famed for their wealth, panoramic views, and the historic cable cars which still climb the steep streets of the area.

San Francisco Art Institute

Latitude
37.80377° or 37° 48′ 14″ north
Longitude
-122.41717° or 122° 25′ 2″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
849VRH3M+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 301554764
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­university
Geo­Names ID
5391960
Wiki­data ID
Q586735
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“San Francisco Art Institute” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معهد الفنون في سان فرانسيسكو”
  • Armenian: “Սան Ֆրանցիսկոյի արվեստի ինստիտուտ”
  • Armenian: “Սան Ֆրանցիսկոյի գեղարվեստի ինստիտուտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Fransisko İncəsənət İnstitutu”
  • Belarusian: “Мастацкі інстытут Сан-Францыска”
  • Catalan: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Chinese: “圣弗朗西斯科艺术学院”
  • Chinese: “旧金山艺术学院”
  • Chinese: “聖弗朗西斯科藝術學院”
  • Chinese: “舊金山藝術學院”
  • Dutch: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معهد الفنون فى سان فرانسيسكو”
  • Esperanto: “San-Franciska Arta Instituto”
  • Esperanto: “SFAI”
  • Finnish: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • French: “California School of Fine Arts”
  • French: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • French: “SFAI”
  • Galician: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • German: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Greek: “Ιστιτούτο τέχνης του Σαν Φρανσίσκο”
  • Hebrew: “מכון האמנות של סן פרנסיסקו”
  • Hungarian: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Irish: “Institiúid Ealaíne San Francisco”
  • Italian: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Japanese: “カリフォルニア美術専門学校”
  • Japanese: “サンフランシスコ・アート・インスティチュート”
  • Japanese: “サンフランシスコ・アート・インスティテュート”
  • Japanese: “サンフランシスコ美術大学”
  • Japanese: “サンフランシスコ芸術大学”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Portuguese: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Romanian: “Institutul de Artă din San Francisco”
  • Russian: “Институт искусств Сан-Франциско”
  • Swedish: “California School of Fine Arts”
  • Swedish: “San Francisco Art Institute”
  • Ukrainian: “Художній інститут Сан-Франциско”
  • Urdu: “سان فرانسسکو آرٹ انسٹی ٹیوٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện nghệ thuật San Francisco”
  • Welsh: “Sefydliad Gelf San Francisco”
  • Yoruba: “San Francisco Art Institute”

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