Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation... Spade: What do you want me to do - learn to stutter? Dashiell Hammett, creator of the...

WWI pitted 19th Century tactics against 20th Century weapons, with large-scale horrific results. The American Legion commemorates the...

As seen on Mission Street near 24th on Friday afternoon.

I saw this car through a display window of the old Honda dealership on Market & Van Ness. For now the space is being used as a musical...

Today I walked the two-and-a-half blocks of an alleyway in the Mission: Lilac Street -- just off 24th & Mission Street. It looked like...

Today near Civic Center Plaza.

Some of the more stylish bikes in SF are seen parked outside the Legion of Honor museum. Coincidence?

This morning on 8th & Mission.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) An epic storyteller with a paintbrush. Christianity as large-scale dramatic spectacle. This exhibit is more...

So I saw this today. This is Piazza Angelo, featuring Venus, which the business owner claims is the tallest sculpture in San Francisco....

(Plant Therapy is at 687 O'Farrell St, near Hyde.)

"HAMILTON", the hit musical, is back in San Francisco for a run of shows at the Orpheum Theatre until September 8, 2019. This storied ...

The SFPD Mobile Command unit has been parked in UN Plaza since mid-September. It anchors a fairly heavy police presence in the...

The TL (Tenderloin). Food and drink in the front, washing machines and dryers in the back. Spilled that latte on your shirt? No problem....

For many years there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken location in the small strip mall at Geary & Fillmore. Complete with iconic...

Seen on McAllister near Commercial.

This 4-bedroom San Francisco house was built in 1927. It was common in many homes of this vintage to include a "half-bath," which...

The history of San Francisco, block by block. Just one of the research resources available in the San Francisco History Room, 6th floor...

A 1925 prospective design for new street lamps in Chinatown, part of the post-earthquake and fire rebuilding effort. Previously the...

The San Francisco History Center is on the 6th Floor of the main branch of the public library. Its resources document all aspects of San...