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Welcome to the Amateur Traveler Video Edition

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I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

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This building that you are looking at

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is the Ferry Building part of the Embarcadero, in San Francisco.

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This building was modeled after the famous Geralda Tower

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in the Cathedral in Sevilla, in Spain.

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At the beginning of the 1900's,

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this area was busy with traffic,

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one of the busiest places in the world,

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but ten years ago it was pretty much a ghost town.

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As you can see it has come back to life, 

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in part because of the earthquake, the Loma Prieta earthquake

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which destroyed a highway which cut it off

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from the rest of the city.

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And so now, on 2 days a week, there is a farmers' market outside of the Embarcadero Center.

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And everyday within the Embarcadero Center you will find

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a lot of gourmet food shops.

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And so this is your real foody paradise if you are somewhere near the San Francisco Area.

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It's a little ironic, this was originally the barbary coast area of San Francisco

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and non later was the farmers' market.

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And that's all come back now.

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The Ferry Building was built in the late 1800's and did survive the 1906 earthquake.

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The Ferry Building is very near to the base of the Bay Bridge,

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the Oakland-San Francisco Bridge,

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and it was the Bay Bridge that caused it to fall into pretty much disuse for so many years,

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because it took all of the traffic that had been ferry traffic

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and turn it into automobile traffic across the bridge.

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Currently the farmers' market runs twice a week

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on Tuesdays from 10 to 2 p.m.

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and on Saturdays from 8 to 2 p.m.

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and when the Farmers' Market is going on at the Ferry Building

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ouside on the plaza in front

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there are arts and crafts and the party.

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You will find the Ferry Building in San Francisco

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where Market Street, having gone through the Financial District,

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finally comes to the San Francisco Bay.

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It is San Francisco, so dress is casual.

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And so if you find yourself in San Francisco

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on a beautiful day like this and you are looking for a place,

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Embarcadero Center, the plaza outside of Embarcadero

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and again, lots of food in the area

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make it a great place to have lunch or to pick up something for a picnic lunch.

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