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Thinkwalks: Water Walking Tour
By Aaron Bialick |
From Thinkwalks: This is the deepest look Thinkwalks offers into the waterways that once coursed through the Mission District. Do you love thinking about local creeks, wells, puddles and ponds? We’ll discuss their meandering locations and ecology, their implications for the growth of SF, their spring sources and controversial origins. This is a long tour […]
Thinkwalks Water Walking Tour
By Aaron Bialick |
From Thinkwalks: This is the deepest, wettest look Thinkwalks offers into the waterways that once coursed through the Mission District and the history of water in San Francisco. Do you love thinking about local creeks, wells, puddles, politics and ponds? We’ll discuss their meandering locations and ecology, their implications for the growth of SF, their […]
Water Wallking Laguna Honda by Thinkwalks
By Aaron Bialick |
How is this creek valley different from all others in San Francisco? How did the water get here? And where does the water disappear to? Topics covered on this walk: First water transport aqueduct to bring outside water, history of the abandoned reservoir and former Lake Honda, evidence for and against sewage ponds along the […]
Wiggle Walking Tour
By Stan Parkford |
From the SF Bicycle Coalition: Yes, true, the Wiggle is named due to the zigzag of bike route #30 through the neighborhood and avoiding hills. But is there more to it than that? Thinkwalks presents an exploration walk that will explore the ‘hood from this, that and askew angles: geology, activism history, water, and native […]
Divisadero Water Walking by Thinkwalks
By Aaron Bialick |
How Many Lakes were on Divisadero? (And how did one of them cause a murder?) How do those water-loving willow trees on Alamo Square quench their thirst? (It’s not the dog pee!) Topics covered on this walk: Yelamu Indian trail, history of Divisadero Street, earliest development in the neighborhood, evidence for and against lakes along […]
Thinkwalks: Wiggle Walk
By Aaron Bialick |
From Thinkwalks: Yes, true, the Wiggle is named due to the zigzag of bike route #30 through the neighborhood and avoiding hills. But is there more to it than that? We’ll explore the ‘hood from this, that and askew angles: geology, activism history, water, and native tribes. Highlights include: Market Street punched through rock, 1928 […]