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07
Oct
Oil painting on a wall showing a goat's face, with an orange and white coat and yellow eyes.

Potrero Hill: Island and Pasture

Things to do and more Potrero Hill History, including a look at 3 houses from the 1860s.
10 min read
01
Oct
Email header image showing black and white photo of SF cityscape from a hill, with long horizontal public housing in the foreground.

Welcome to Potrero Hill Month

Kicking off Heritage in the Neighborhoods in Potrero Hill and more.
7 min read
23
Sep
Special City banner featuring City Lights Books building and cartoon white rabbit emerging from envelopes.

Chasing the Rabbit

A big National Register update for San Francisco, restoring a Vis Valley landmark, and an Iconic-Ionic "Where Am I?" reveal
8 min read
17
Sep
Special Dispatch from the Corner of Haight and Ashbury

Special Dispatch from the Corner of Haight and Ashbury

Announcing new plans for a music and cultural center at the iconic intersection
3 min read
01
Sep
Exterior storefront photo of a gothic revival building with Cornice with pointed-arch plasterwork, corinthian colonettes dividing architectural bays.

A landmark district of two histories and columns to love

Doors Open this weekend, provide your input on a new historic district, and a bear-centric Heritage Happy Hour
9 min read
20
Aug
Special City email header banner featuring heirloom tomatoes and a housing project emerging from envelopes.

Preservation isn't NIMBYism

Combatting misconceptions about historic designation and housing, a tomato-centric recipe from a legacy business, and a guess-where reveal.
8 min read
03
Aug
Street sign for "Joice" with commemorative sign below it reading Tien Fuh Wu Way.

Open Doors to History

Clinker brick in Chinatown, empanadas, and a volunteer opportunity
8 min read
26
Jul
Early access events dispatch

Early access events dispatch

4 min read
22
Jul
Assortment of envelopes with images of Jane Cryan holding out her arms collaged standing in front of a green earthquake shack, and one of the cover of Victoria's Legacy by Judith Lynch.

A “Cottage Lady” and “A Very Enthusiastic Type”

Remembering two preservation heroes and some never-before-seen scans from the Archives Project
11 min read
01
Jul
250 years+ and futures for an iconic corner

250 years+ and futures for an iconic corner

Concepts to reimagine the corner of Haight and Ashbury and a legacy business inside an old firehouse
9 min read