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Monthly ProgramsThe 2010 SFMHS program schedule will continue the Neighborhood theme from 2009 but also cover other timely subjects during the coming year.These programs are free to SFMHS members and as described for each program. Admission for non-members is $5 per person. Please join us at 7 PM for a reception before each program. |
Please note that there will be no August program |
Visitacion Valley: San Francisco's First Named NeighborhoodTuesday, September 14, 7:30 PMKanbar HallJewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California Street at Presidio Avenue Originally inhabited by the Ohlone, then "discovered" and named by Spaniards lost in a July 1777 fog, this southeastern-most area of San Francisco has a little-known, but quite intriguing history. Join Cynthia Cox, Edie Epps, Russel Morine and Betty Parshall of the Visitacion Valley History Project on a photographic journey through the "Valley of the Windmills" past and present: as a Mexican land grant deeded to an Anglo; a settlement of Gold Rush-era Europeans, and today, home to the city's largest Asian-Pacific population outside of Chinatown. From Schlage Lock and Southern Pacific, Julia Morgan and Joseph Eichler; to Leese, Pioche and Schwerin; Florence Friedman and "Pop" Blanken, and to the nine seniors who share their stories in the 2004 Circle of Elders video to be shown following the presentation Ð all have played equally important roles in creating the Visitacion Valley community of today and tomorrow. The JCC is served by MUNI Lines 1-California, 2-Clement; 3-Jackson and 43-Masonic. Parking is available in the JCC garage just west of the main entrance on California Street for $5. |
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 SFMHS events are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund. |
