Pride Photos from the ’70s and ’80s Are Awesome (Duh)
I spent some time at the San Francisco Public Library going through historical photo collections and found some fantastic prints from Pride parades over the last 40 years....
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Here’s What Lower Haight/Duboce Triangle Looked Like 100 Years Ago
By Jessica Saia The SFMTA recently digitized an incredible collection of photos from the early 1900’s. And because looking...
Detailed Photos: Vintage Market St. 1920–1956
By Jennifer Maerz Market Street has one of the more rapidly changing skylines in San Francisco. Old buildings and their...
5 Times San Francisco Was Almost Destroyed
San Francisco is prone to disasters, but it’s also a place that knows how to bounce back like nowhere else. This city has been almost completely obliterated several times, from both natural disasters and bizarro development scenarios....
The Chinatown You Think You Know Isn’t Real
The ways in which ethnic communities are historicized and constructed are all part of a system that favors the privileged...
Awesome Vintage Photos of the Western Addition
By Jennifer Maerz It’s crazy to think how much certain San Francisco neighborhoods have changed in the last decade....
I Call It Frisco
By Jamal Frederick The word “Frisco” has always been a topic of contention. If you want to watch a normally...
Hidden (and Not So Hidden) Gems of Oakland
By Leanne LaBo This February I celebrated my seventh anniversary as an Oakland resident. I’m hesitant to admit it,...
Rare Photos from Abandoned SF Pool House
Unlike the better-known ruins of Sutro Baths, the abandoned Fleishhacker Pool lay in relative obscurity at the other end...
Check This Place Out Before It’s Gone
By Jason Hendardy Almost a decade ago, a friend had told me about a man-made skate structure in the...
1906 Earthquake Photos Merged With Modern San Francisco
Thanks to Facebook postings, I recently stumbled upon some incredible photos perfectly melding scenes of San Francisco in the ruins...
Don’t Call It ‘Frisco’: The History of San Francisco’s Nicknames
No single nickname has ever really stuck for Saint Frank....