September Events Recap: Annual Meeting, Autumn Moon Festival, History Fair
SF Heritage staff has had a busy early September out and about in the community! Here is a recap of…
A Commemorative Birthday Celebration for the Duke of Haight Street
A photograph of Norm Larson inside the Doolan-Larson Building on September 8, 2022. Photo by Linda Kelly. San Francisco Heritage…
Emanu-El Next September Community Meetings
After almost 100 years at 2 Lake Street, the congregation of Emanu-El are moving forward with Emanu-El Next, which will…
In Memoriam: California Historical Society’s Alicia L. Goehring
Alicia Goehring The board, staff, and members of San Francisco Heritage wish to express our sincere condolences to the family,…
Closing out “Heritage in the Haight,” Mendels Wins Legacy Business Voting Contest
We were inspired by the wide community engagement and celebration of Haight-Ashbury legacy businesses during our Heritage in the Neighborhoods:…
Celebrating the Lilienthal Society at Arion Press
In partnership with legacy business Arion Press and the San Francisco Symphony’s Community Engagement Program, San Francisco Heritage hosted a…
Haight Street Renaissance
by Woody LaBounty The worldwide attention on 1967’s Summer of Love created Haight Street’s reputation. Fifty-five years later, the name…
Haight Legacy Business Candidates: Trax Bar and Cal Surplus
These businesses are candidates in our Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury legacy business voting contest, running from August 1-31, 2022.…
Stanley Mouse and the Pacific Ocean Trading Co. (+ one more week of “Mouse House”)
There is a less than a week left to view “Mouse House,” our exhibition of works by iconic poster artist…
Club Deluxe to Remain Open in the Haight
Today Club Deluxe announced that they will remain open at 1509-1511 Haight Street after reaching “a fair and reasonable lease”…
Haight Legacy Business Candidates: American Cyclery and Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore
These businesses are candidates in our Heritage in the Neighborhoods: Haight-Ashbury legacy business voting contest, running from August 1-31, 2022.…
Haight Legacy Business Spotlight: Zam Zam
Opened in 1941 by Assyrian-born Samson Mooshei as the “Persian Aub Zam Zam” (now known as Zam Zam), the long-standing…
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…