Despite that, "Dune" producer Dino De Laurentiis, who had recently built Wilmington's first film studio, agreed to bankroll "Blue Velvet ... Apartments and the Barbary Coast bar (Hopper's line ...

The Barbary Coast has come back to life. Residents of the waterfront area between the Embarcadero, Telegraph Hill and the Financial District voted overwhelmingly last week to dub their enclave in ...

A Montana cattleman comes to scoff at the pre-earthquake Barbary Coast of San Francisco and stays to like it; a 'gentleman' gambler runs the most successful joint in the district until the guy ...