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Press Release: San Francisco to Mark the 140th Anniversary of Yick Wo vs. Hopkins
The Landmark Civil Rights Case Ruling Born in the South of Market…
More Than One Battle After Another: Building a Movement for Preservation
By Woody LaBounty In 1980, writer and philosopher Michel de Certeau compared…
Press Release: San Francisco Heritage Celebrates 150 Years of Landmark Lotta’s Fountain
Lotta’s Fountain, 1914. OpenSFHistory / wnp15.1086. Download release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September…
Advocacy Update: Family Zoning Plan
On August 20, 2025, representatives from the San Francisco Planning Department presented…
Write to Your City Supervisor Protesting the Planned Demolition of a City Landmark
Postcard showing the Jones-Thierbach Coffee Company building, likely taken shortly after it…
Press Release: San Francisco Heritage Protests Planned Demolition of City Landmark
447 Battery Street. SF Heritage photo. Download release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July…
A message from Woody LaBounty, President & CEO of SF Heritage, in defense of our shared cultural heritage and diverse histories
Above photo caption: In January 2025, the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria…