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SF City Hall Lights Up in Honor of Lawrence Ferlingetti
Causes, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate Green/white/Red on March 26, 2021 the colors of the Flag of Italy in honor of Lawrence Ferlingetti, founder of City Lights and SF Poet Laureate who died at age 101 in February. San Francisco City Hall Lighting Schedule The schedule is more...
SF City Hall Lights Up Green for St. Patrick’s Day
Causes, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate green for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, 2021. San Francisco City Hall Lighting Schedule The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the building is lit in honor of those. This Month’s Lighting more...
SF City Hall Lights Up Purple for Int’l Women’s Day
Causes, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in Purple for International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. San Francisco City Hall Lighting Schedule The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the building is lit in honor of those. This Month’s more...
California Academy of Sciences Reopens March 17
Bay Area Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Ready, set, science... California Academy of Sciences is reopening on March 17, after being closed for 3.5 months from November 29, 2020, through March 14, 2021. Members and donors will have early access on March 15-16. Tickets will be available beginning March 10, and all guests, including members, must reserve tickets more...
Vandals Destroy SF’s Lands End Labyrinth
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Jerk Alert, Only in San Francisco Thanks Eric Mar for sharing the sad news that San Francisco’s beautiful Lands End Labyrinth was recently destroyed. Based on Mar’s photos, it looks like vandals removed every single rock from the labyrinth which was originally created by San Francisco artist Eduardo Aguilera in 2004. All of the rocks that were laid more...
Free “SkyStar” Ferris Wheel Rides for SF’s Graduating Seniors
Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Fun & Games, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Thanks to SkyStar and SF Rec and Park’s generous offer for all San Francisco public school graduating seniors to take a free ride on the Wheel this summer beginning June 2 through Sept. 6; students will need to show their SFUSD identification card at the on-site ticket booth for the free ride. Tickets more...
SF’s Aquarium of the Bay Opening for First Time in 50 Weeks
Bay Area Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Welcome back Aquarium of the Bay which is opening for the first time in 50 weeks. The aquarium is reopening is on Thursday, March 4, 2021 and they’ll be opening at 25% capacity, so you’ll have plenty of room to get a great view of the sharks swimming overhead. They’ll be open more...
SF Waives Permit Fees for Restaurants’ Outdoor Heaters
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining San Francisco’s outdoor dining will hopefully be a little less chilly now thanks to The City’s new policy to waive the permit fee for outdoor heaters through June 30, 2021. The $375 application fee will be waived, but an onsite inspection will still be required. The San Francisco Fire Department, in conjunction more...
SF’s Cable Cars Will Be Back in Fall 2021
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening Mayor London Breed took to Twitter to announce that San Francisco’s cable cars will be back this year. On Wednesday, SFMTA followed up stating that the first line will be back in the fall of 2021. “Cable car service will return on the Powell-Hyde line, between Market Street and Fisherman’s Wharf, more...
SF’s New Self-Guided Walking Tour of Pacific Heights’ Historic Homes
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, City Discoveries, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Go on a self-guided walking tour to explore Pac Heights and see the beautiful Victorian architecture and how the neighborhood has changed over time. San Francisco Heritage just released their second self-guided walking tour, which covers approximately 15 blocks of the neighborhood of Pacific Heights centered on Broadway. The walk, created by more...
SF’s Brand New State-of-the-Art Tennis Center Opens March 3
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fun & Games, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s brand new Lisa & Douglas Goldman Tennis Center in Golden Gate Park will open on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The $27 million renovation has transformed the legendary Golden Gate Park facility into a state-of-the-art public tennis center accessible to first-time players and seasoned athletes alike. Online court reservations can more...
Camping Reservations in The Presidio Open March 1st
Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open Perched on four wooded acres above Baker Beach at the Presidio’s highest point, Rob Hill is one of just two campgrounds in San Francisco. It offers a national park camping experience just minutes from the city. Here, you can see the lights of Sutro Tower, smell the ocean, and hear the owls more...
SF’s Brand New “Tunnel Tops” Park Coming This Winter
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco In addition to Presidio Tunnel Tops, there’s more good news on the horizon. Battery Tunnel Tops, located along Lincoln Boulevard across from National Cemetery, is set to open in winter 2021. Visitors will enjoy sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic tables, grills, benches, trails, and room to roam. Battery Tunnel Tops In more...
GG Park’s Gorgeous “Lighted Forest” Extended Until April 4th
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow Golden Gate Park’s beautiful “lighted forest” that’s transformed Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of otherworldly shapes and ever-changing light, has been extended. You can now view the whimsical wonderland through April 4th – UPDATE – this might be April 6th according to the artist “Entwined,” by San Francisco artist Charles more...
SF’s 167-Year Old Church Risks Closure
Causes, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay Sadly, SFGate shared the news that Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco’s oldest church (and California’s oldest cathedral), is in danger of closing. The church as stood at the corner of Grant and California for the past 167 years, but soon may have to shut its doors. As a result of the more...
