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| The Friends of 1800 came
together in the quest to save San Francisco's Carmel Fallon Building.
We've compiled a number of articles and images that provide a historical
perspective on the building and its role in San Francisco history. |
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| Start with Fallon
Building History at a Glance for an overview of San Francisco's
Carmel Fallon Building with links to articles by Tim Kelley, Vicky
Graham, and John Wullbrandt.
Retrace the Fallon Building's winding road to restoration chronicled
in the San Francisco press in the Fallon
Building News Archives. |
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| We have a complete listing
of officially designated San Francisco Landmarks, as well as San
Francisco's Historic Districts and Structures of Merit. |
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| Unwilling
to spend the money required to seismically retrofit the building, the Catholic Archdiocese closed and sold Sacred Heart. Parishoners and others in the community
seek to dialog with the new owner on the church's continuing preservation. More on this. |
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| The Friends of 1800 Board voted unanimously to support landmark designation for 557 Ashbury Street. Read the Friends' letter to the Board of Supervisors. |
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| UPDATE: Demolition proceeds on 450 Frederick proeeds, one of five almost identical
nearby 1897 Victorians, but neighbors have been able to effect a settlement
on the building proposed for the site. More
on this. |
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UPDATE: At a special meeting of the Landmarks Board at the New Mission Theater, owner Gus Murad's architects unveiled impressive plans to restore and rennovate this landmark into a nightclub-theater venue. Read more.
See also our updated page, Looking at San Francisco's Legacy Moviehouses. |
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| Despite being the oldest remaining building on its block as well one of the earliest residential structures in the Eureka Valley neighborhood, 70 Douglass Street was exempted from environmental review and faces demolition—underscoring the urgent need for an historical survey in San Francisco's Eureka Valley. Read the Friends letter to Bevan Dufty. |
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The historic buildings that until recently
housed U.C. Extension face demolition in a development proposed for
this six-acre site. Read more.
UPDATE: T-shirts are available in support of the Friends' nomination of the U.C. Extension buildings to the National Register of Historic Places. Click for more info. |
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| UPDATE: Once threatened with demolition by its former owner, the Eastlake Stick Victorian at 4038 17th Street has been sold and is at long last in the process of being restored, More on this. |
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| San Francisco is about to lose the Harding
Theater, the only remaining single screen theater in the Western Addition. More
on this. |
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