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Cathy Taylor and Natalie Cross have created their own artful escapes using lessons, objects, and even plants from generations past.

Streetwise: Nighttime San Francisco

Congratulations to the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the Age Friendly Committee on another successful Green Chile Cheeseburger Cook-Off.

In Cleveland's Slavic Village, Fleet Avenue is a mix of vacancies and successful businesses. The block between 53rd and 54th streets, though, is particularly thriving. What's the secret?

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Frank Dunnigan, San Francisco, San Francisco neighborhoods, history

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Frank Dunnigan, WNP member and columnist. - In the fall of 2008, WNP founders Woody LaBounty and David Gallagher asked if I would be interested in writing a series of articles on local history/folklore—and thus, "Streetwise" was born, making its debut as a monthly column in January of 2009. I’m grateful to have been given this opportunity, and also happy that Woody agreed to loan me the column’s name—one that he had been using for many of his own WNP articles dating back to the late ...

Frank Dunnigan, WNP member and columnist. - Light the birthday candles for dear old Stonestown! This is the year that the local shopping center turns 65 and it is also the thirtieth anniversary of its 1987 re-birth as a “Galleria.” First opened in 1952, Stonestown Mall was the brain-child of the Stoneson Brothers, Henry (1895-1958) and Ellis (1893-1952), who were born in Canada, the sons of Icelandic immigrants. Arriving in San Francisco in the 1920s, they began constructing homes at abo...

All Outside Lands News January 2007 - Lafayette Elementary School, old and new, and a "Then and Now" look at 38th and Balboa. We pay some attention to the architectural gems of the Sunset, starting with Pinehurst Lodge and the Trocadero Inn. November 2006 - John Freeman tells us about the Richmond districts Beer Town, a "Then and Now" look at 20th and Taraval, and pages for Parkside markets past and present: 22nd and Taraval, 555 Taraval (16th Avenue Foods), and 1201 Vicente (Pinelake Market). ...