The Rise and Fall of America’s Wickedest Neighborhood: The Barbary Coast, San Francisco
Paul McAllister and Johnny Desert Jun 28, 2026 San Francisco’s Barbary Coast ran for nearly seventy years on a three-block stretch of Pacific Street — longer than any red-light district in American history. It began in the chaos of the 1849 Gold Rush, when the city’s population exploded from under… Continue reading
