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Official name: Alamo Square
Also known as: The Painted Ladies
Also known as: The Seven Sisters
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Type: Residential
Location: A square bounded by Steiner, Fulton, Hayes and Scott streets
City: San Francisco
State: California
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his is perhaps the most photographed vista in the city. It was made famous initially on postcards sent around the world, then to mass audiences by the television show Too Close for Comfort which had its fictional home in these row houses. It is the contrast of skyscrapers with Victorian buildings that is so engaging. And for the city, it illustrates its ability to embrace what is new and modern without turning its back on its cherished (though brief) history. This is an easy place to take photographs because of the park across the street.
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 **The second house from the left was at one time the home of Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple.
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