centro stampa ( Western Addition This area, too, was once sandy waste, but after World War II the district became

A friendly, gay boutique hotel with the best views of the annual centro stampa gay pride march on Market Street. Built in 1909, it was restored to its turn-of-the-20thcentury charm in 2001. It has a bar, lounge, and caf. d 45 McAllister St

( Western Addition This area, too, was once sandy waste, but after World War II the district became populated by Southern African-Americans centro stampa who came west for work. For a short time, it was famous for jazz and blues clubs, as embodied, until his death in 2001, by John Lee Hooker and his Boom Boom Room. Today, it is still largely African-American in character and rather rundown, centro stampa although it does comprise architecturally odd St Mary s Cathedral (see p44) and photogenic Alamo Square (see p49). d Map E3