These San Francisco streets were named after prostitutes
<p>Everyone knows the shortest alley in San Francisco is Balance Place, and of course Vermont Street is the crookedest. The steepest grade? <a href="https://thebolditalic.com/the-essential-guide-to-san-franciscos-steepest-streets-21ee8fdb5ee4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bradford Street</a>.</p>
<p>But what about that old tale you might’ve heard from a drunk companion late one night that some San Francisco streets were actually named after Barbary Coast-era prostitutes? I’m sure we’ve all heard someone’s version of this and wondered about its veracity, as apocryphal stories about The City’s <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/s-f-s-barbary-coast-vice-vulgarity-reigned-17885534.php" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">red-light district</a> and lascivious past abound.</p>
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