City College Finding Founder’s Rock The short-lived fame of a boulder at City College of San Francisco.
Embarcadero The Legend of Lois Jordan’s White Angel Jungle Thoughts on a famous San Francisco soup kitchen.
Russian Hill A Park is Born The 75-year journey to turn a Russian Hill reservoir into a San Francisco park.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #34 I come to praise San Francisco, not bury it, plus news on old stuff getting older.
Lake Merced Lake Merced Roadhouses San Francisco's Lake Merced was the home of roadhouse resorts from the 1850s to the early 1880s.
Pacific Heights Victorian Comeback II An invitation for this Saturday and the comeback of an architectural style synonymous with San Francisco.
St. Mary's Park The Bell of St. Mary's (Park) One San Francisco neighborhood has a design best appreciated from above.
Haight-Ashbury Haight Baseball When America's pastime had a place next to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Grab Bag Grab Bag #028 San Francisco History Guy goes all stream-of-consciousness on the Broadway tunnel, buried ships, and petting parties in alleys.
San Francisco Zoo Storyland From 1959 to the 1990s, kids could step into fairy tales at the San Francisco Zoo.
Sunset District Secret Ice Rink Remembering the San Francisco Ice Arena, once hidden in the the middle of a Sunset District block.
Civic Center The Queen of California and the Booster Ball All a sluggish San Francisco needed in 1921 was some pageantry and one killer dance party.
Sunset District The Milk Punch Janitress Reading, 'riting, and rum? An 1895 conflict between an Inner Sunset roadhouse and a San Francisco school.
Pacific Heights The Irving Institute The scholastic past of a grand California Street apartment building.
Christmas The 12 Firehouses of Christmas From 1948–1950, San Francisco fire stations went crazy with an annual Christmas decoration contest. Here are Woody's top dozen.
Mission District Maguire's Houses Life on one Mission District block on February 22, 1887 at 11:35 a.m.
Paid-members only Grab Bag Grab Bag #009 A true Woody LaBounty Grab Bag: Pawn Stars, Chinatown revealed, historic real estate for sale, and the first San Francisco Story Annual released.
North Point The Cobweb Palace Abe Warner's cobweb-filled saloon in San Francisco's North Point neighborhood was captured on film before demolition and now we know when.
Golden Gate Park Riding the Windmill In the early 1920s, riding one of the blades of Golden Gate Park's Dutch windmill was kind of a thing.
