We are in a friendly residential street in the Balboa Hollow neighborhood, in the Richmond District right next to Golden Gate Park, the City's great green space, larger than Central Park. Within a couple of blocks you will find several restaurants, cafes, bakeries and groceries. Clement Street is also a walk with dozens of reasonable priced restaurants, one of the Bay Area's best bookstores (Green Apple) and many interesting small stores. Close by in the Park, two of the leading museums in the city - the Renzo Piano-designed California Academy of Sciences (natural history) and the de Young Museum (one of the two leading fine arts museums - designed by Hertzog and de Meuron) are located in a historical campus. Also in easy walking distance are the 19th century Conservatory of Flowers, the San Francisco Botanical Gardens and the Japanese Tea Gardens. You can stroll, run or bike in the park - there are lakes for paddling, tennis courts, a polo field and much more. In the other direction, we are close to The Presidio, one of America's younger National Parks, with great walks and views accross The Bay to the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and beyond. The Pacific Ocean is about 4 miles (6.4km) for sunset-gazers.