 Looking south down Montgomery Street from Telegraph Hill through the Financial District | |
| Namesake | John B. Montgomery |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.0 mi (1.6 km) |
| Location | San Francisco |
| Coordinates | 37°47′43″N 122°24′11″W / 37.79528°N 122.40306°W |
| North end | Telegraph Hill |
| South end | Market Street |
Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States.
It runs about 16 blocks from the Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, terminating at Market Street. South of Columbus Avenue, Montgomery Street runs through the heart of San Francisco's Financial District and contains one of the highest concentrations of financial activity, investment business, and venture capital in the United States and the world. For this reason, it is known as "the Wall Street of the West".[1][2] South of Market Street, the street continues as New Montgomery Street for two more blocks to terminate at Howard Street in the SOMA district.
- ^ "F-Market & Wharves Streetcar Line – Market Street Railway". Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ Prentice, Carol S. (2006). "Walk 3:Montgomery Street to Jackson Square". 1906 San Francisco earthquake centennial field guides. Geological Society of America. p. 17. ISBN 9780813700076. Retrieved July 31, 2010.