Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)

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Columbus Avenue is a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf.^[1] This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack Kerouac Alley, named for poet Jack Kerouac, and the City Lights Bookstore.

It was originally known as Montgomery Avenue.

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