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20
May
Header image featuring open envelopes, peace pagoda emerging from one of them and pier 23 neon sign, balboa theatre sign, old mint, and jar of mustard emerging from another.

Pagoda Progress and Rural Cole Valley Recognized

Supporting proposed District 8 landmarks, remembering a 96-year old legacy business owner, and the Where Am I? reveal.
10 min read
12
May
Presidio event teaser + show-only tickets now on sale

Presidio event teaser + show-only tickets now on sale

Grab a show ticket to our June gala in the Presidio on June 4!
3 min read
04
May
A Site of National Significance in SOMA

A Site of National Significance in SOMA

A South of Market laundry that changed the course of civil rights in America, and join us in the restored Presidio Theatre for our June gala
7 min read
28
Apr
Archives Project logo in right-hand corner overlaid on photograph of SF Heritage archives in the attic of the Haas-Liliethal House.

Archives Project Update (we did it!)

You've helped us reach our campaign goal and meet our match!
2 min read
22
Apr
Banner header image showing open envelopes with items popping out of them: An ice cream sherbet neon blade sign and a multi-story Victorian home in black and white.

Sherbet Dreams and H Marks the Spot

An eclectic batch of proposed San Francisco landmarks, a legacy business secret treat, and the Where Am I? reveal.
9 min read
15
Apr
Archives Project logo in right-hand corner overlaid on photograph of SF Heritage archives in the attic of the Haas-Liliethal House.

Exciting Update on Archives Project

We've been offered matching funds if we reach our campaign goal!
2 min read
06
Apr
Black and white photograph of a two-story building with American flag flying in a top window. A 1920s car parked across the street. Header design text reads San Francisco Heritage.

Earthquakes & Car Barns

Disability history made in SF, and earthquake programs to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
7 min read
30
Mar
Archives Project logo in right-hand corner overlaid on photograph of SF Heritage archives in the attic of the Haas-Liliethal House.

Launching our first Archives Project campaign

Help us scan and describe 1,000 never-before seen slides of San Francisco buildings and landscapes.
3 min read
18
Mar
Collage featured image, show Special City heart logo with "SF", and a bowl of minestrone soup and flat front Italianate coming out of envelopes

Alleys, Angels, and Minestrone

Cook a special recipe from a new legacy business, a guess-where reveal, and a special event RSVP.
9 min read
18
Mar
Collage of three photographs, two of Victorian-era homes and one of a number post on the sidewalk reading 75 and 77.

Woody's Tour of Two New Historic Districts

7 min read