Mid-Market, San Francisco

Mid-Market (also Central Market, and Market Street Theatre and Loft District) is a neighborhood, historic district and development area in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood is bounded by Market Street to the north, 5th Street to the east, Mission Street to the south, and Van Ness Avenue to the west. There are many theaters in the district, most of which began as vaudeville theaters, include the Warfield and Golden Gate. In 1906, Mid-Market was decimated by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and over the next century, Mid-Market would rebuild itself. In the 21st century, Mid-Market has served as a major economic area for San Francisco. Mid-Market has contained the headquarters for Twitter, Block, Reddit, Zendesk, Uber, and Dolby, as well as historic buildings, such as the Old San Francisco Mint, the James R. Browning United States Courthouse, and the San Francisco Federal Building. Mid-Market is part of California's 11th congressional district, as of 2021. The "Market Street Theatre and Loft District" was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 10, 1986, for the architecture, and its events and commerce history; and is listed as a California Historical Landmark since 1986. It has twenty contributing buildings and covers 13.1 acres (5.3 ha).