For more than 100 years, the Verdi building has stood on the corner of Columbus and Union in the North Beach area of. But today, it is a ruin, crumbling away.

Made quickly and with minimal fuss, a park for skateboarders revived a downtown site — and offered a few lessons for urban revitalization.

This summer, SFGATE and San Francisco Chronicle reporters ... building was under construction shows Mint Plaza and the old Mint building across the street, which looks much the same today.

She said the federal designation is far less restrictive for new building than if the group had chosen to pursue protections through San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission.

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 nonprofit group that operates the Roxie Theater, the 112-year-old theater which for a half-century has shown arthouse and independent films in San Francisco, is on the verge of buying its Mission ...