Haight Street Turns On
by Woody LaBounty In 1965, a San Francisco Examiner series of articles called the Haight-Ashbury a “new paradise for beatniks,…
1506 Haight Street Window Artist Profile: Christine Innes
To celebrate our Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury month in August 2022, SF Heritage invited two local artists to decorate…
Haight Legacy Business Candidates: Stanyan Park Hotel and The Gold Cane
These businesses are candidates in our Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury legacy business voting contest, running from August 1-31, 2022.…
Community stakeholders call for affordable LGBTQ+ programming, films & orchestra seats at Castro Theatre
By Karalyn Monteil, President & CEO, SF Heritage Think of this theatre as the Vatican for our community, a sacred…
Haight Legacy Business Spotlight: FTC Skateboarding
FTC Skateboarding is San Francisco's longest running skate shop and has been at the center of the city's skate scene…
Haight-Ashbury: Well-Groomed, Brisk, and Alive
Haight Street looking east across Clayton Street, March 2, 1929. (San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, AAB-3953) by…
Haight Legacy Business Candidate: Club Deluxe
Update 8/23/2022: Today Club Deluxe announced that they will remain open at 1509-1511 Haight Street after reaching "a fair and…
1506 Haight Street Window Artist Profile: Bee Betwee
To celebrate our Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury month in August 2022, SF Heritage invited two local artists to decorate…
Haight Legacy Business Spotlight: Piedmont Boutique
Piedmont Boutique was originally founded in 1972 at 4094-B Castro Street in the heart of the Castro District. Opened by…
Haight Legacy Business Candidates: Mendels and Murio’s Trophy Room
As part of our "Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury" program, SF Heritage is running a legacy business voting contest from…
Haight-Ashbury’s Retail Beginnings
by Woody LaBounty In the 1880s, what we now call the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood had more cows than human residents. Small…
Haight Neighborhood Walking Tour
World-famous as a center of the Counterculture of the 1960s, the Haight-Ashbury is architecturally significant as an almost entirely intact…
SF Heritage’s first ‘Academic in Residence’ researches the Sexual Freedom League in the Bay Area
From July 25 through August 14, 2022, San Francisco Heritage is hosting its first academic-in-residence, Heritage University professor Blake Slonecker…
SF Heritage Unveils Special Haight-Ashbury Piece by Stanley Mouse
We had a wonderful evening last week hosting a special reception for the unveiling of legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse's…
Community Voices: Preserving Black Voices in the Haight
SF Legacy Bars Spotlight: The Connecticut Yankee
100 Connecticut Street, home of The Connecticut Yankee, has been the site of various watering holes since 1907 when it…
Mapping Our Progress Towards Cultural Equity: July-September 2022
In 2021, San Francisco Heritage committed to boost cultural equity within our preservation work. We are revising our activities and…
Pride Month spotlight: Bay Area Indian Two-Spirits
Founded in 1998, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within…