This incredible commercial for San Francisco in the 1940s depicts a long-gone city By Andrew Chamings , Editor-at-Large Updated Jan 12, 2022 6:07 p.m. Grant Avenue, San Francisco, 1941.

A love of San Francisco — its flaws, strengths and eccentricities — permeates Kelli Stanley’s intriguing novels about private detective Miranda Corbie. Stanley’s novels capture San ...

Though San Francisco was the 12th-largest city in the United States in 1940, with a population of 634,536, the relief map shows many areas of the city as undeveloped - the Sunset District, parts ...

His new book, San Francisco: Portrait of a City 1940-1960, out last month from Princeton Architectural Press, is a portrait of the city bursting with life, from its streets to its stores to its ...

The Roxie in the Mission just announced it bought its building as a "forever home." Meet the projectionist behind the ...

Black migration to San Francisco soared in the 1940s because of shipyard work, but racially restrictive covenants and redlining limited where people could live.

Object Details Artist Lee, Kem Description This banner was probably used during Bowl of Rice party events in San Francisco in February 1940. Between 1938 and 1941, Chinese Americans led fundraising ...

A San Francisco home, designed in the style of early California Modernism and built in 1940 by the architect firm Anshen and Allen, is on the market for $4.875 million. An abundance of windows and ...

A San Francisco home, designed in the style of early California Modernism and built in 1940 by the architect firm Anshen and Allen, is on the market for $4.875 million.