Originally home to the Miwok people, Angel Island was acquired by a cattle rancher in the 1800s. During the American Civil War, it was used as a military fort and camp by the U.S. Army to ward off ...

Bolinas wanted to stay hidden—then came the internet Short-term rentals and a dearth of housing have helped push working families out of this coastal enclave ...

Anti-development groups, which have largely flown under San Francisco’s political radar, have won elections, secured appointments, and halted high-density developments.

Much ink has been spilled on the history of Chinatown and Grant Avenue, billed as San Francisco’s oldest street, which runs north to south starting at Market Street and ending at Francisco ...

The Westerfeld House: San Francisco's most storied Victorian The story of how Jim Siegel bought the landmark Victorian is a long, strange trip ...

It has a rich and thrilling past, which includes the birthplace of Twitter and setting the stage for an Oscar-winning performance.

For 14 years, Curbed SF has been obsessed with all things San Francisco. We covered the city’s biggest developments, including the opening of the Transbay Transit Center and the construction of ...

One of Alamo Square’s famous and frequently photographed Painted Ladies is up for sale, an event akin to a singular astronomical alignment or the visit of a foreign dignitary—not unheard of ...

Susan Kelk Cervantes is one of San Francisco's longest-practicing muralists. She is the founder and director of the famed Precita Eyes. These are two of her earliest murals, painted on the side of ...

The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department announced last week that, in honor of Coit Tower’s 85th birthday, the Art Deco concrete tower of note has been singled out as a “nationally ...

It's now been five years since the arrival of San Francisco's first official permanent parklet, in 2010, though spontaneous takeovers of parking spots began back in 2005, when Rebar Group converted ...

Remnant path of SF & SJ Railroad From the Curbed inbox: Since I live in the neighborhood, I've always been interested in the railroad that ran from Noe Valley and through the Mission, apparently ...