Much ink has been spilled on the history of Chinatown and Grant Avenue, billed as San Francisco’s oldest street, which runs north to south starting at Market Street and ending at Francisco ...

Anti-development groups, which have largely flown under San Francisco’s political radar, have won elections, secured appointments, and halted high-density developments.

The Westerfeld House: San Francisco's most storied Victorian The story of how Jim Siegel bought the landmark Victorian is a long, strange trip ...

One of Alamo Square’s famous and frequently photographed Painted Ladies is up for sale, an event akin to a singular astronomical alignment or the visit of a foreign dignitary—not unheard of ...

Bolinas wanted to stay hidden—then came the internet Short-term rentals and a dearth of housing have helped push working families out of this coastal enclave ...

Susan Kelk Cervantes is one of San Francisco's longest-practicing muralists. She is the founder and director of the famed Precita Eyes. These are two of her earliest murals, painted on the side of ...

The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department announced last week that, in honor of Coit Tower’s 85th birthday, the Art Deco concrete tower of note has been singled out as a “nationally ...

Those who push for more housing development in San Francisco—from politicians and developers to economists and academics—present a simple, time-tested argument: If you want to lower housing ...

Considering the many movies shot in San Francisco—hey there, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Rock, and the rest of you—we have to hand it to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo for truly getting around San ...

While the famed romance writer’s massive foliage has won the hearts/ire of many, it’s time to take a look at the structure hiding behind it.

For 14 years, Curbed SF has been obsessed with all things San Francisco. We covered the city’s biggest developments, including the opening of the Transbay Transit Center and the construction of ...

Man versus nature versus man: 50 or so years of the Albany Bulb “It has been—often all at once—a landfill, an encampment, a community, an art installation, a museum, a music venue, a ...