Another dramatically narrated video tour of old San Francisco has surfaced, which highlights the innovation of the then new Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. There are some shots of our part of town starting at the 7:00 mark, including the… Continue Reading
January 1952: Looking down at the Sutro Baths. Salt water flowed in from the sea and the pools were heated to different temperatures. (Joseph J. Rosenthal / Courtesy of The Chronicle) The Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub dipped into the paper’s extensive… Continue Reading
A 1938 photo colorized by Christopher Dydyk Here are some local links to kick off your week! The above photo was colorized by Christopher Dydyk, a fine art photographer here in SF. The original black and white photo was featured… Continue Reading
The interior of Mile Rock Tunnel just before it went into operation. August 1915. Following the 1906 earthquake, San Francisco worked to rebuild itself. After being left high, and literally dry with a shortage of water during the quake, there… Continue Reading
My mother is a birder, which means I hear my fair share of stories about Northern California birds, be it what she spies on Hawk Hill with her binoculars, or her latest strategies for attracting hummingbirds back to her garden… Continue Reading
Old Park Farm, or Richmond Dairy, looking southeast across 21st Avenue from Clement Street, circa 1908. Strawberry Hill on the right and Affiliated Colleges, today’s UCSF, in the distance behind windmill. – Courtesy of outsidelands.org The photo above is one… Continue Reading
That big bridge swathed in International Orange in our backyard is turning 75 years old this weekend. In addition to a bevy of events, exhibitions and concerts taking place in the Presidio, be on the lookout for some changes in… Continue Reading
Billington brothers and friend inside Sutro Baths, c. 1900 Recently, the team at the de Young Museum came across a stash of over seventy glass plate negatives in their basement, all depicting scenes from Land’s End and old San Francisco.… Continue Reading