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Page Memorial Lecture Series

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
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
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
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
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
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