A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Bloody Thursday

In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry and...

In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...

    Embarcadero YMCA

      The Bocce Ball Courts in Justin Herman Plaza

        Hilary St. John

          Ferry Building 1898

          CALIFORNIA HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  FERRY BUILDING 1898 PIONEERING STRUCTURE IN THE USE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SAN FRANCISCO SECTION ASCE 1976

          CALIFORNIA HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  FERRY BUILDING 1898 PIONEERING STRUCTURE IN THE USE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SAN FRANCISCO SECTION ASCE 1976

          • concrete
          • san francisco
          • california
          • bay area
          • ferry
          • reinforced concrete

          The Dashed Line That Surrounds You Marks The Former Location of an Embarcadero Freeway Column

          The Dashed Line That Surrounds You Marks The Former Location of an Embarcadero Freeway Column "The Chief Designer of the Embarcadero Freeway, 79 year old Arthur Elliot predicts "San Francisco will...

          The Dashed Line That Surrounds You Marks The Former Location of an Embarcadero Freeway Column "The Chief Designer of the Embarcadero Freeway, 79 year old Arthur Elliot predicts "San Francisco will...

          • san francisco
          • bay area
          • california
          • bay
          • ferry building
          • embarcadero
          • freeway
          • stew in its ...

          Mohandras Gandhi

            Promenade Ribbon Sculture

            PROMENADE RIBBON SCULPTURE The Promenade Ribbon is a five-foot wide strip of pavement separated from the rest of the Bay. Sold ground is split. The concrete band is bisected by a line of glass...

            PROMENADE RIBBON SCULPTURE The Promenade Ribbon is a five-foot wide strip of pavement separated from the rest of the Bay. Sold ground is split. The concrete band is bisected by a line...

            • san francisco
            • bay area
            • california
            • bay
            • ribbon
            • art

            Stephan C. Leonoudakis, Golden Gate Ferry Terminal

            STEPHAN C. LEONOUDAKIS GOLDEN GATE FERRY TERMINAL  SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA  THIS GOLDEN GATE FERRY TERMINAL IS DEDICATED TO STEPHAN C. LEONOUDAKIS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PIVOTAL ROLE IN...

            STEPHAN C. LEONOUDAKIS GOLDEN GATE FERRY TERMINAL  SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA  THIS GOLDEN GATE FERRY TERMINAL IS DEDICATED TO STEPHAN C. LEONOUDAKIS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PIVOTAL ROLE IN...

            • san francisco
            • california
            • bay area
            • ferry
            • loma prieta
            • marin

            Robert Frost

            1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

            1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

            • san francisco
            • california
            • bay area
            • poetry
            • kennedy
            • frost
            • gold

            California Street Cable Car Line and Leland Stanford

            IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

            IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

            • san francisco
            • california
            • bay area
            • leland stanford
            • california street
            • cable car

            Great White Cherry

            • sister city
            • osaka
            • san francisco

            Embarcadero Transit Markers

            Submitted by @xor

            Submitted by @xor

              Shanghai / San Francisco Sister Ports

              A consensus was reached on the sister port relationship between the Port of Shanghai and the Port of San Francisco July 18, 2007

              A consensus was reached on the sister port relationship between the Port of Shanghai and the Port of San Francisco July 18, 2007

                Pier 1, San Francisco

                PIER 1 LISTED IN THE  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1999 Constructed in 1931 and Rehabilitated in 2000

                PIER 1 LISTED IN THE  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1999 Constructed in 1931 and Rehabilitated in 2000

                • pier
                • san francisco