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"Portsmouth Square. Concrete plaza, a parking garage underneath, probably someone playing chess over there. If you're facing the park, the Financial District is behind you to the east, Chinatown is to your left. In eighteen forty-seven, this was the center of a town of four hundred and ninety-two people. Four hundred and ninety-two. That's a large wedding."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Hear the full story at Portsmouth Square
This is just one of 9 stops on the The Barbary Coast tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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