Financial District vs. SoMa
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Financial District
San Francisco's formal downtown office core: vertical, transit-centered, client-facing, and more concentrated than the mixed-use districts south of Market Street.
Approximate reference location
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- Financial District →
- Mission Bay →
- SoMa →
- Union Square →
- Jackson Square →
- Hayes Valley →
- Dogpatch →
- Showplace Square →
- Mission →
- Presidio →
- Richmond District →
- Sunset District →
- Bayview →
- South Park →
- Chestnut Street →
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- Union Street / Cow Hollow →
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- Valencia Street →
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- Marina District →
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- Civic Center →
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- Mission District →
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- Potrero Hill →
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- South Beach →
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- Bayview Industrial →
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- Central Waterfront →
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- Chinatown →
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- Fillmore Street →
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- North Beach →
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- Sacramento Street →
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- Upper Market / Castro →
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Map sources and coverage
Road geometry: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, checked 17 October 2026. Census open data. Location context: existing Rofo district records. These are reference locations, not surveyed edges or complete city coverage. Unshaded places may be unreviewed; the map does not establish overlaps or zoning.
Property address positions use exact U.S. Census address matches, calculated along a street address range. Existing Phoenix points retain Maricopa County GIS address evidence. A dot does not identify a parcel, suite or entrance. Location evidence says nothing about availability or permitted use.
Geographic source records and review gaps →Not plotted: geographic review needed
- Chestnut Street — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Union Street / Cow Hollow — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Valencia Street — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Marina District — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Civic Center — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Mission District — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Potrero Hill — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- South Beach — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Bayview Industrial — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Central Waterfront — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Chinatown — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Fillmore Street — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- North Beach — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Sacramento Street — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
- Upper Market / Castro — No geographic coordinate in the published district record
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