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The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets. The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey and commemorates his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War ...
October 10, 1975 (Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 2905 Hyde Street: Fisherman's Wharf: Flat-bottomed scow schooner built in 1891 to haul goods on and around San Francisco Bay and river delta areas.
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within City and County of San Francisco, California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
This is a combined list of all national, state, and local landmarks and historic places in San Francisco, California. Some locations appear on multiple lists. Some locations appear on multiple lists. National
1988 – San Francisco Museum and Historical Society founded. 1989 October 17: Loma Prieta earthquake. San Francisco becomes a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. [71] 1990 Population: 723,959. [17] Sister city relationship established with Thessaloniki, Greece. [59] 1991 – Museum of the City of San Francisco opens. [72] 1992
In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing the city with the authority to designate and protect landmarks from inappropriate alterations. As of June 2024, the city had designated 318 structures or other properties as San Francisco Designated Landmarks. [1]
The Streets of San Francisco: Policing and the Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950–1972. Bean, Walton (1967). Boss Rueff's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution. Carlsson, Chris; Elliott, LisaRuth (2011). Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968–1978.
Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era is a history of San Francisco during the Progressive era, focusing on the relationship between labor and management in the construction industry.