Upcoming Events:
Saturday March 6
Urban Forum: Walk & Talk—Bernal Heights and the Bernal Cut
Urban Forum: Walk & Talk—Bernal Heights and the Bernal Cut
Visit earthquake shacks, WPA stairways, and the Bernal Cut Path. Discover traces of the Spring Valley Water Company. Plus incomparable views, and the new Esmeralda Steps extensions on both sides of the hill.
This Walk & Talk is already full. We will add you to our waiting list if you RSVP, and keep you posted on whether or not we can accommodate you on this one.
The "Urban Forum: Walk & Talk" is an outdoor gathering to replace our normal schedule of indoor public talks. These are shorter urban walks with a guest speaker or two, ending in a place where we can sit (safely) and have an open conversation about history, public space, and the themes that come up along the way.
Walking Tours — Spring 2021
Social, historical, and critical tours through San Francisco.
(Due to pandemic, we have limited capacity on our walking tours. If you RSVP in the last week, you may be put on a waiting list.)
All the city guidelines should be observed while we live in this time of Covid-19. That means everyone is required to wear a covering (bandana, mask, scarf) over the nose and mouth. We will ask each of you to maintain physical distance of six feet from others who do not reside in your home. We suggest you have hand sanitizer at the ready. Public restrooms are also likely not going to be an option.
Saturday, February 13—Cutting Corners: Rincon Hill, South Park, and Beyond
Saturday, May 15—New Deal Murals, Italian SF, and Trash!
Saturday, May 29—Fort Mason & Black Point
Saturday, June 12—Ten Years That Shook the City: Mission District History
Bicycle Tours
“Cycles of History,” our social, historical, and critical tours through San Francisco by bicycle.
Our fabulous bicycle tours are led by Critical Mass co-founder Chris Carlsson, with help from LisaRuth Elliott.
Join our list or like us on Facebook to be notified about upcoming tours!
All the city guidelines should be observed while we live in this time of Covid-19. That means everyone is required to wear a covering (bandana, mask, scarf) over the nose and mouth. We will ask each of you to maintain physical distance of six feet from others who do not reside in your home. We suggest you have hand sanitizer at the ready. Public restrooms are also likely not going to be an option.
Due to pandemic restrictions, we have limited capacity on our tours. This tour is now at capacity. Further RSVPs will be put on our waiting list.
NEXT BIKE TOUR » March 28, 2021, 10 am
Beholding SF's Birds Pedal by Pedal
RSVP shaping@foundsf.orgExplore Shaping San Francisco:
Ecology Emerges
Discussions and reflections on the history of Bay Area ecological activism, based on oral histories documenting the past 50 years.
Ecology Emerges is an oral history gathering project to explore the past 50 years of ecological activism in the Bay Area and the role that individual and institutional memories play in the development, policy proposals, and interrelationships that together make up the existing networks of ecological politics. We document the living ecological activist movement, in their own words, but also in a larger context of urban growth and globalization.
Oral Histories
Shaping San Francisco, as part of our ongoing work, sits down with people who have stories to tell and conducts oral history interviews.
Check them out here.
"Editor's Pick Tour" from FoundSF.org
Comprised of over 1,400 pages, and 2,500 historical photos, the wiki-based archive FoundSF.org is the product of hundreds of contributors, regular people who were compelled by the chance to investigate some piece of this City's past.
Shaping San Francisco is fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media, a California non-profit corporation.