The San Francisco Preservation Society
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Friday, December 12, 2025
Scene from 1958's "The Lineup" featuring Sutro's showcasing its grand interior, skating rink and arcade machines (currently at Musee Mechanique). Sutro Baths added an ice-skating rink in the late 1930s (around 1937) to boost declining attendance, converting part of the old plunge pool area, with the rink becoming the main attraction by the 1950s before the entire complex closed and burned down in 1966, leaving only ruins.
Saturday, November 15, 2025
From archive.org - 1935 - (with sound / narration) - Wings Over the Golden Gate, Part II - includes Fleishhacker Pool, Japanese Tea Garden, original de Young Museum, UCB, Stanford, Yosemite, drive through Sequoia, Monterey, Palace of Fine Arts, Telegraph Hill (instructions: 1) click center triangle to play; 2) click arrows lower right to expand to full screen; 3) hit esc to return to normal screen.)
From archive.org - Amateur film - In 1939, San Francisco's Treasure Island was the site of the Golden Gate International Exposition, a World's Fair that celebrated the Pacific region and the city's new bridges. The fair featured large-scale art and architecture, a "Gayway" with various attractions, and a major music festival with stars like Judy Garland. It opened on February 18.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Simple (Store in Cole Valley): 915 Cole Street (X Carl) - a neighborhood eco market that offers a full range of zero-waste items, including a large selection of refillable products for the home and body. They focus on local goods and local makers. They support a closed loop economic model. They want to make it convenient to choose sustainable and refillable products = Save the Earth!
Sunday, September 14, 2025
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