Coordinates: 37°47′50.3″N 122°24′13.6″W / 37.797306°N 122.403778°W / 37.797306; -122.403778
The International Settlement was a red-light district in San Francisco, California, USA. Contrary to its name, it was neither international nor a settlement; rather, it served as a place of prostitution and drinking in the 1940s. It disappeared around the 50s and today the only traces that remains are the pillars that held the sign above Pacific Avenue at Montgomery Street (see photo, linked below). Today the neighborhood is populated with interior design firms, law offices and other legitimate businesses. The area is also included on the historical Barbary Coast Trail in San Francisco.
Famous quotes containing the word settlement:
“Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present may be hailed as the epoch in our history the most favorable for the settlement of those principles in our domestic policy which shall be best calculated to give stability to our Republic and secure the blessings of freedom to our citizens.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)