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Barbary Coast was a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood began as a popular hangout for the rich during the California Gold Rush (1848 - 1858). It was known for gambling, prostitution and crime. Prostitution in the neighborhood ended in 1917 when the San Francisco Police blockaded the neighborhood in response to the California Red-light Abatement Act [1]. Since then, the neighborhood has basically been forgotten. It is now overlapped by Chinatown, North Beach, and the Financial District.