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SF Heritage — Kerri and Woody

SF Heritage — Kerri and Woody

San Francisco
San Francisco Heritage is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to preserve and enhance San Francisco’s unique architectural and cultural identity.
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
16
Jun
A darkened theater auditorium full of people facing a screen, with ad for "San Francisco Heritage's Special City" and a QR code for sign up.

Schlage Lock and 8,400 tons of steel

Seeing your smiling faces in the Presidio, a new chapter for Pacific Café, lock down the date to celebrate Schlage in Vis Valley
11 min read
01
Jun
A group of people inside a church with white archways, man in grey suit standing behind a podium featuring seal of the city of San Francisco.

“San Francisco does not have to choose between growth and preservation”

A landmark announcement, and the legacy business program gets the museum treatment
7 min read
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