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SF Landmarks

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
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
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