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Chris supports
living history at FoundSF by turning his life's work of chronicling San Francisco into something he shares with the world.
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San Francisco, California
DURATION:
4 hours long
PEOPLE:
for 1 - 40 people
TAGS:
Art & Culture, Healthy, Adventure, Social Good, food, history, Biking, Labor union
San Francisco's social and political history
I do regular 4-hour tours covering topics like Ecological History, Labor, Transit, Food, Cemeteries, and Dissent. Riding along in a group, we stop around a dozen times on each tour at locations related to the thematic history of that trip, enjoying stories, maps, and photos that bring the layered history into the present. Proceeds from these tours benefit Shaping San Francisco, a historical multimedia project.
For: Curious, critical thinkers who want more than a sourdough-and-cablecar version of local history
Cost Includes:
A local historian who takes you on a four-hour journey through the past and present of SF along routes never traveled by tourists, or even locals! Cost does not include a bicycle for you to use! A good place to rent a bike is The Bike Hut at Pier 40.
Reviews
Learn about what SF used to be
This tour is for those interested in learning more about the history of San Francisco, whether it's a city that they know well or a completely new place. The bike ride is for all levels, and Chris is extremely knowledgeable about tales from the past! Ask him about his archiving project.
I learned so much about how things were!
Chris took us back to a place where there were bustling harbors full of imported food, horses dragging tons of bananas down streets, mayonnaise factories in place of coffee shops, and large-scale bakeries in place of modern office buildings. It was a smaller world both literally, since much of the current coast was under water, and in spirit. The hustle of the industrial SoMa district has now settled down into quiet re-purposed warehouses and condos, but you can still see traces of the past when you peel back the paint with a local historian.
