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  1. 24th and Mission: the plaza by the station: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    Here you will see why the artists placed the train on human hands.

  2. Balmy Alley: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    The finale will return the collective method to the children’s project and the first walls received by the women artists.

  3. Battery East Viewing Platform: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    Here you will see what distinguished an earthen artillery position from a brick fort and why it was never completed.

  4. City Lights Bookstore and Publishers and Jack Kerouac Alley: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    A dispute over a small book will take the route from the fight for city land to freedom of the press.

  5. Clarion Alley: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    The alley will show how the right to a wall must be gained, lost, and regained.

  6. Coit Tower and the summit of Telegraph Hill: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    Here it will become clear why the hill kept the name of a vanished device and then gained a new landmark.

  7. Crissy Field: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    This stop will explain how the designers preserved the outline of the airfield while also bringing seawater back to part of the lowland.

  8. Dragon Gate and the first blocks of Grant Avenue: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    The finale will show how merchants kept the neighborhood in its original place and made the street a route for visitors.

  9. Ferry Building: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    Here the route begins with the moment when a transportation terminal had to become an escape route.

  10. Fort Point: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    This stop will show the engineering concession that allowed the bridge to be built over the fort rather than in its place.

  11. Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    The final stop will explain why official recognition of one of the bridge’s chief engineers came seventy years late.

  12. Levi’s Plaza and the lower entrance to the Filbert Steps: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    An archaeological find will show just how far people pushed back the shoreline.

  13. Mission Dolores: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    Here begins the story of the price Indigenous people paid for the missionary order.

  14. Mission Dolores Park: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    This stop connects the struggle for public land with temporary homes after the earthquake.

  15. Parade Lawn and Montgomery Street Barracks: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    This stop will show how a Black regiment became the Army's public representative at a world's fair.

  16. Pier Seven: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    An ordinary waterfront platform will become the place where a professional career gets another chance.

  17. Precita Eyes Center: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    Here the route moves from a finished mural to the workshop where collaborative painting is taught across generations.

  18. Presidio Tunnel Tops: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    Here, a private initiative turned the replacement of a dangerous elevated roadway into a restored route from the barracks to the water.

  19. Presidio Visitor Center: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    Here you will learn who prepared the former base for civilian life and why the old guardhouse was retained for the park’s new entrance.

  20. The Mural “Carnaval”: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    This stop will show how the awkward architecture of the facade became part of the image and its protection.

  21. The Women's Building and “MaestraPeace”: story on the “Mission District: From Mission Dolores to the Mural Alleys” route

    Here, a building of their own and a shared mural turn out to be two parts of the same victory over debt.

  22. Warming Hut and Torpedo Wharf: story on the “Presidio: From Military Post to the Golden Gate” route

    Here, the everyday work of the mine depot that prepared barriers for the entrance to the bay will be revealed.

  23. Washington Square: story on the “San Francisco: waterfront, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown” route

    This stop will show the political cost of keeping earth beneath the central lawn.

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