Market Street

A collection of 19 posts

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #61

A gaseous San Francisco history grab bag of hats, instant photos, and one famous recipe.

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve and a Pepsi, 1943

Ringing in the new year in the middle of World War II at San Francisco's Pepsi-Cola Center.

Christmas

Tetrazzini's Christmas Gift

In 1910, the world's greatest soprano gave San Francisco a present.

Downtown

Still Lucky

In 1898, "Lucky" Baldwin lost a big bet with one of San Francisco's most notable fires.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #58

A night owl reporter wanders across San Francisco in 1887.

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Grab Bag #56

Parades, grizzlies, and a new San Francisco time-machine destination.

Downtown

Lotta’s 150th

A birthday for San Francisco's most liked landmark.

Castro

Bringing in the Light

An homage to Orphan Andy's diner in San Francisco's Castro District

Western Addition

Moved by Faith

The 1850s San Francisco church that kept moving west.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #45

Super-sized San Francisco history hash of huckster cowboys, old cars, old bars, ruined mansions, hitching posts, and Lotta's fountain.

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Grab Bag #43

Emporium roof rides, the Human Jukebox, and Dianne Feinstein: a classic San Francisco Grab Bag, right?

Downtown

Telenews Theatre

San Francisco had an all-news theater from 1939 to 1967. Admission gave you the whole world and a quiet retreat from the same.

Mission District

Spirit of Victory

A San Francisco Spanish-American War monument with some muddy messaging.

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Grab Bag #34

I come to praise San Francisco, not bury it, plus news on old stuff getting older.

1906 earthquake

Last Night in Old San Francisco

Things to do on the eve of the 1906 earthquake.

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Grab Bag #027

Tales from one of San Francisco's pre-1906-earthquake dens of iniquity, plus taxi cabs and sheep.

Mission Dolores

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1

In the 1850s, San Francisco Sunday recreation meant getting across sand dunes and marsh to the Mission.

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Woody Grab Bag #007

A history of where you can put your car...and more.

Downtown

Reclaiming Admission Day

Can September 9th be a yearly commitment to an inclusive California?