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nobhillgazetteNovember 18, 2019

The Relics and Ruins and Huntington Park

Huntington Park’s most striking feature is its superb fountain, a copy of Rome’s Fontana delle Tartarughe (“Fountain of the Turtles”).…

nobhillgazetteOctober 28, 2019

The Rock House is a strange and wondrous building, with a history to match. (Illustration by Paul Madonna) From Hunters…

The Excelsior District is a pleasantly unpretentious residential neighborhood near the Outer Mission, best known for having the most cosmopolitan…

Most of once-gritty SoMa has received the massive money makeover that has Botoxed out so many of San Francisco’s wrinkles.…

Calhoun Terrace is haunted, and not by garden-variety ghosts. The spirits that hover around this stunning, split-level balcony of a…

Matt PettyApril 5, 2019

Joice starts (actually it ends, but we’re going backward) high on Nob Hill, as a delightfully unexpected, rather grand staircase…

nobhillgazetteDecember 3, 2018

“San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every…