History - The Bold Italic (Page 9)

Here’s What Lower Haight/Duboce Triangle Looked Like 100 Years Ago — The Bold Italic — San Francisco

By Jessica Saia The SFMTA recently digitized an incredible collection of photos from the early 1900’s. And because looking...

By Jennifer Maerz Market Street has one of the more rapidly changing skylines in San Francisco. Old buildings and their...

By Annalee Newitz Editor’s note: Annalee Newitz is the editor-in-chief of io9.com, and the author of Scatter, Adapt...

The ways in which ethnic communities are historicized and constructed are all part of a system that favors the privileged...

By Jennifer Maerz It’s crazy to think how much certain San Francisco neighborhoods have changed in the last decade....

By Jamal Frederick The word “Frisco” has always been a topic of contention. If you want to watch a normally...

By Leanne LaBo This February I celebrated my seventh anniversary as an Oakland resident. I’m hesitant to admit it,...

Unlike the better-known ruins of Sutro Baths, the abandoned Fleishhacker Pool lay in relative obscurity at the other end of...

By Jason Hendardy Almost a decade ago, a friend had told me about a man-made skate structure in the East...

Thanks to Facebook postings, I recently stumbled upon some incredible photos perfectly melding scenes of San Francisco in the ruins...

No single nickname has ever really stuck for Saint Frank...

By Michelle Tea José Castro Assassinated Back when California was Mexico, José Castro was acting governor, as well as commandante...