Category: Pacific Heights
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Mary Pleasant Memorial Park
March 2022 Near the corner of Bush and Octavia Streets The Plaque Reads MARY ELLEN PLEASANT MEMORIAL PARK MOTHER OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA SHE SUPPORTED THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY FOR FUGITIVE SLAVES 1850-1865. THIS LEGENDARY PIONEER ONCE LIVED ON THIS SITE AND PLANTED THESE SIX TREES PLACE BY THE SAN FRANCISCO AFRICAN…
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Tile Benches at Alta Plaza
Alta Plaza Steiner/Clay/Scott/Jackson Pacific Heights There are two benches in the children’s area of Alta Plaza Playground covered in beautiful tile mosaics. Commissioned by Friends of Alta Plaza Park, the artist, Aileen Barr, combined handmade tile and mosaic to create the two seating walls for the newly renovated playground. A series of donor tiles…
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A San Francisco Jewel
2266 California Pacific Heights Sherith Israel Synagogue “Loyal Remnant of Israel” On a whim, a photographer friend of mine, Lisa, suggested we stop in and take a look at the Sherith Israel Synagogue. She has been documenting its amazing details for posterity, and I had never been inside. What an incredible adventure and I am…