San Francisco city planners have taken on a daunting task: putting down objective standards that define exactly what makes The City’s historic buildings, well, historic. For years, San Francisco ...

The Northeast San Francisco Conservancy filed the application with California’s ... Petrin said the historic designation would entitle some home and building owners potential federal tax breaks ...

After 100 years in the heart of San Francisco ... Chronicle Building. The new spot will likely have more reliable elevators and a prettier view, but it won’t have the cinematic history at ...

T he 153-year-old California Historical Society announced it has sunsetted its operations in downtown San Francisco, permanently closing the international orange-painted building housing its ...

Few San Francisco neighborhoods have had more ups and downs than the 33-block area still called “The Tenderloin”—a name which ...

A North Beach commercial property owner hopes to beat the neighborhood’s pending designation as a historic district.

told the San Francisco Chronicle’s Laura Waxmann. “The goal of the project is not to impact any of the historic character or historic features of the building, but to really be good stewards ...