Hidden ships in the Barbary Coast
I just tuned into a fantastic discussion on zoom, from SF City Guides “1850s San Francisco: Paris of the Pacific” online tour.
We were not aware of this map! We will be including it in our google map of the Barbary Coast. This map is from National Geographic.
This is a walk that’s about 2 1/2 miles that has a bit of up and down, and takes you on two streets that feature some huge houses and mansions. Some are old, some are new, all are fun to look at.
Quadrant 2
This is a fun, easy 4+ mile walk that takes you to the DeYoung Museum, Japanese Tea Garden, Stowe Lake. Then out of the park to the row of Comstock Houses near St. Igatius Church, through University of San Francisco and back to the Conservatory of Flowers.
This walk takes you to some of the interesting and quickly changing industrial/wharf sites in the Dog Patch. There are quaint neighborhoods also undergoing enormous change, ambitious building projects, 
acclaimed restaurants, and usually better weather than other parts of the City.
Warriors new stadium being constructed nearby also. Fun time-lapse video of the massive construction project here. 
In sum, lots going on in this quadrant of the city!
(Quadrant 10)
This is a link to a fascinating article about different projects in San Francisco that never came to pass. We went to the AIA (American Institute of Architects) office today to tour their exhibits of some of the projects. The most fantastic one was a rendering (shown here) of “Folding Water”, a project to help mitigate the effects of the rising sea levels with climate change.
Here is a list of exhibits and events.
The American Institute of Architects/Center for Architecture + Design, 130 Sutter St., Suite 600, San Francisco. Through Oct. 25.
The Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley, 110 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley. Sept. 14-Nov. 8.
San Francisco Public Library Skylight Gallery, sixth floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Through Nov. 27.
California Historical Society. 678 Mission St., San Francisco. Friday-Dec. 29.
SPUR Urban Center Gallery, 654 Mission St., San Francisco. Friday-Jan. 3.
More details on each exhibition and related events are at http://www.archandcity.org/unbuilt.
This is an interesting blog post with a series of photos depicting what Crissy Field and the ATT Ball Park would look like with rising sea levels.
ATT Park underwater
From the Marina Times representative Mark Farrell about the large reservoir on Russian Hill and the plans to make great use of it. High time!
From the Marina Times.
Interesting photos and history in this article. Nice!
What happened to the famed Maxfield Parrish painting “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” at the Palace Hotel?
