Here’s the latest issue of SF West History magazine, published by the good folks at the Western Neighborhoods Project. We get it because we’re a member. Are you? Trouble reading the magazine? Click here for an alternate website
Photographer Richard Rothman The Richmond District branch of the SF Public Library is hosting a new photo exhibition entitled “Murals of the Richmond District”. The show features 17 photographs by Richard Rothman showing the different types of murals from the… Continue Reading
Here are some local links to get you through your Wednesday… Want to catch sand art in action? Head out to Ocean Beach on Sunday at 12noon to see Andres Amador at work. He usually wraps up the piece in… Continue Reading
The Richmond District is full of great history – just take a look at the 1000+ historic photos that recently came to light thanks to the Western Neighborhoods Project. But local history is about more than just places, events, and… Continue Reading
Ocean Beach. View looking southeast from the Cliff House circa 1905. (Courtesy of a Private Collector & outsidelands.org) In early 2013, the volunteers at the Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP), a historical group dedicated to preserving the history of San Francisco’s… Continue Reading
48 years ago yesterday, on January 14, 1967, the historic Human Be-In took place at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park. The event, officially titled the “A Gathering of Tribes”, was organized to protest the bourgeois mentality of the… Continue Reading
Local filmmaker and Richmond District resident James Kennard sent us this film he shot at Arion Press, the small printing company just inside the 14th Avenue Presidio gate that employs about ten people as printers, bookbinders, editors, and in other… Continue Reading
If trick or treating ain’t your thing on Halloween and you can’t find a costume party to attend, head over to the Balboa Theater for “Spooky San Francisco”, featuring a documentary about the city’s cemetery history plus short films and… Continue Reading