Following its reconstruction after the 1906 earthquake , a large number of Italian immigrants created the Italian character of the neighborhood that still exists . Prominent Italian Americans that came from the neighborhood include baseball legend Joe DiMaggio who grew up in the neighborhood and briefly returned to live there with his wife Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s , as well as former San Francisco mayor and politician Joseph Alioto plus others from the prominent Alioto family
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
North Beach, San Francisco