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Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to office. Harvey was elected in 1977. The Castro is where he owned and operated a camera store.
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Castro: Tales Of The Village. sfcityguides.org/tour/castro/
In 1953, a Brooklyn couple (George Cory & Douglass Cross) wrote ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco”, a song that got little attention until Tony Bennett sung it in the Fairmont’s Venetian Room.
The Cable Cars, Halfway to the Stars:
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The Hibernia Bank was founded in April 1859 as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. In 1892, the company built a Beaux-Arts headquarters at 1 Jones Street at the corner of McAllister and Market Streets, designed by Albert Pissis.
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Born in SF in 1922 to a Colombian single mother, José became a waiter at the Black Cat Café.
In 1961, Sarria made history as the first openly gay candidate to run for public office in the United States — running for SF Board of Supervisors.
Happy Pride.
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When the Pan Pacific International Exposition came to San Francisco, they advertised the event by putting 1915 on the Ferry building.
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Ferry Building Walking Tour sfcityguides.org/tour/ferry-b...
James Clair Flood was an American businessman who made a fortune thanks to the Comstock Lode in Nevada.
Architect Albert Pissis designed the twelve-story bldg at a cost of $1,500,000. When it was completed in 1904 it was the largest building in San Francisco.
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Tourist car. Happy Friday. Special thanks to OpenSFHistory for allowing us to repost their photo.
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On a summer night 59 years ago, a transgender woman at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria at Taylor & Turk did something no one had dared to do before — she threw her coffee in a police officer’s face rather than submit to arrest.
Tenderloin tour. sfcityguides.org/tour/tenderl...
Architectural Treasures in Golden Gate Park: explores the California Academy of Sciences and the de Young Museum — both rebuilt after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake by world-renowned architects who made sustainability and green design a priority.
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After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, most of the city was destroyed including restaurants. One way to operate during these difficult times was to have a mobile kitchen on wheels.
1906 Earthquake & Fire Walking Tour : sfcityguides.org/tour/1906-ea...
