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A project to install sidewalk markers recognizing current and former LGBTQ businesses in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood has won the approval of the city's arts commission. Meanwhile, more of the leather-themed Eagle Plaza public parklet on 12th Street has been revealed. As the Bay Area Reporter first reported in September, the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District aims to place bronze plaques in the sidewalk near where various LGBTQ bars, shops, and bathhouses operated or currently are located in SOMA. At one time there were more than 120 such establishments, but today the number is...

Several projects celebrating the leather and kink history of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood are inching along, from the completion of a public parklet named after an iconic bar to the installation of sidewalk markers recognizing current and former LGBTQ businesses in the area. A new crosswalk sporting the blue, white, and black colors of the leather flag now marks the start of the Eagle Plaza public parklet on 12th Street at Bernice. The $1.85 million project, begun in 2019, is turning a portion of the roadway into a community gathering space. Nearly complete, it is named after ...