Express – Architecture Downtown – Deeper Dives
Neighborhood: Downtown
Description
This tour will quickly review the development of downtown San Francisco following the earthquake and then take a deeper dive into the history, architecture, and architects of one dimension of the Union Square area. Topics will vary with each tour, some of the initial topics to be covered are: Department Stores, San Francisco between the Wars (First and Second), and High Heels and High Rises (the story of the role of women in the new service economy).
Next Tours
None scheduled in next 60 days
Notes
Formerly known as Rising Steel: 20th Century Downtown Architecture
Tour Length: Approximately 50 minutes long.
Location
Meet at the corner of Stockton and Maiden Lane, just east of Union Square.
This express tour will end at Union Square
Public transportation: MUNI line 38; also near Powell Muni/BART station.
Please note: Private group tours required for groups of 8 or more.
