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Around Civic Center

The famous “Painted Ladies of San Francisco”, otherwise known

as “Postcard Row” or the “Seven Sisters”, are a row of colorful Vic-

torian houses located at 710–720 Steiner Street, across from Ala-

mo Square in the neighborhood of Haight Ashbury. These Queen

Anne-style homes are one of the thousands built in San Francis-

co during its booming growth at the end of the 19th-century. Their

brightly colored edifices have become a pop culture staple, and are

one of the most well-recognized examples of California Victorian

architecture. Best photographed from Alamo Square.

This block appears frequently in media and mass-market photo-

graphs of the city, and have appeared in over 70 movies, TV pro-

grams and ads, including most notably in the opening credits of the

television series Full House.