{"id":1783,"date":"2014-11-10T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T12:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2025-04-17T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:32:21","slug":"berkeleysan-francisco-a-city-of-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/2014\/11\/berkeleysan-francisco-a-city-of-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley\/San Francisco:  A City of Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many tourists might flock to some of the San Francisco Bay Area\u2019s more famous attractions like Alcatraz Island, Pier 39, or the Golden Gate Bridge; LSI students know that the real gems of this region are its many multicultural neighborhoods with great <a href=\"https:\/\/amberstudent.com\/places\/search\/san-francisco-1811261246298?utm_source=lsi&amp;utm_campaign=partner&amp;utm_medium=comms\">student housing in San Francisco<\/a>, and the great food to find in each of them!<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/MissionNeighborhood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1784\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/MissionNeighborhood.jpg\" alt=\"MissionNeighborhood\" width=\"215\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>THE MISSION DISTRICT<\/strong><br \/>\nThis historically Latino neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco has been home to many waves of immigrants from Latin America. Its vibrant murals and famous burritos have made it a favorite haunt of LSI students, and the city\u2019s young high-tech workforce.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chinatown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1787\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chinatown.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown\" width=\"215\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>CHINATOWN<\/strong><br \/>\nSan Francisco is home to North America\u2019s oldest Chinatown, where Chinese immigrants first settled in the 1850\u2019s. This enclave retains many parts of Chinese culture, and is widely known for bringing Chinese cuisine to the United States. The Dim Sum is simply to die for!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GourmetGhetto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1788\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/GourmetGhetto.jpg\" alt=\"GourmetGhetto\" width=\"215\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>THE GOURMET GHETTO<\/strong><br \/>\nLocated just North of LSI in Berkeley, the Gourmet Ghetto is widely hailed as being the birthplace of California Cuisine as well as the now world famous Farm-to-Table movement. With incredible restaurants like Chez Panisse, the Gourmet Ghetto has been setting trends in healthy green cooking since the 1970\u2019s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Castro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1789\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Castro.jpg\" alt=\"Castro\" width=\"215\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>THE CASTRO<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Castro neighborhood is the longtime home to San Francisco\u2019s vibrant LGBTQ culture. This vibrant neighborhood, centered around the historic Castro Theater, is at the epicenter of LGBTQ politics and culture in the United States. It\u2019s also got some of the best night life and caf\u00e9s around! The famous Twin Peaks caf\u00e9 is a favorite.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RockRidge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1790\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/RockRidge.jpg\" alt=\"RockRidge\" width=\"215\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>ROCKRIDGE<\/strong><br \/>\nThis neighborhood, located on Oakland\u2019s north end, is frequently rated one of the best places to live in the Bay Area. At the heart of Rockridge, you\u2019ll find College Ave, teeming with restaurants and caf\u00e9s, this favorite of local artists and writers can be the perfect place to study, or for a night of fine dining with friends!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For information about Berkeley and studying at LSI , contact us at <a href=\"mailto:ber@lsi.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSI Berkeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many tourists might flock to some of the San Francisco Bay Area\u2019s more famous attractions like Alcatraz Island, Pier&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lsi-news","tag-lsi-berkeley","post-item clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4463,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions\/4463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}