Thinkwalks presents an exploration walk:
Hot Air & Cool Water Walk
Copious water and hot air gush from openings around here. It’s Civic Center!
The original town of Yerba Buena at a small cove was far from here. When it became San Francisco it expanded like crazy. Where the library is now, there was a graveyard beside a marsh. Then it became City Hall. Then the UN Charter was signed here. Then everything!
Highlights: stories of the dome, relearning the underground river, freeway removal, Truth mural, Mona’s mural, Beaux Arts instead of Art Deco, 1906 explosions, book digitizing and dumping, plank road, missing dunes, the Jewish Korean center, Hayes Valley.
By looking around, you’d have no idea all this happened—and is still happening here.
☆ RSVP required
↪ Rain or shine
↪ Not vigorous exercise! You may get chilled if you forget your extra layers.
↪ End within a few blocks of where we started
↪ Maximum 15 people