An open letter from Gerry Takano, former Board President of the Friends of 1800 looks at where the Friends have been and what lies ahead.

Antoinette Lee argues for a more expansive perspective on what it means today to be a preservationist in I Am a Preservationist.

Friends of 1800 Vice President Alan Martinez makes the case for the restoration of  the Fallon Building's missing plaster ornamentation on the friezes, an integral part of the building's design in Carmel Fallon with Ribbons in Her Hair.

Alan Martinez points out the historic role of gender in architectural expression, and argues the need for a new perspective of public GLBT space. See Argument for the Possibility of Intentional Queer Space,
 

Christopher VerPlanck describes some of the permutations the San Francisco Haight has undergone in The Architecture and Social Structure of the Haight.

In the publication, Planners Network, Gail Dubrow, provides us a compelling overview of the state of GLBT preservation. Read the article, Deviant History, Defiant Heritage.