Walking San Francisco's Castro District

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Classes & Community for Bay Area
Baby Boomers, People over 50, Seniors

Walking the Neighborhoods:
Class taught and led by Max Kirkeberg

The second walk of our class begain at the "Clarks Folly" house in the residential neighborhood of Eureka Valley at the corner of Douglas and Caselli. Included in our walk was the Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church located at 100 Diamond Street (at 18th Street) which has existed as the Roman Catholic religious center of the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco since 1900.

Walking SF West Mission Neighborhood

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Classes & Community for Bay Area
Baby Boomers, People over 50, Seniors

Walking the Neighborhoods:
Class taught and led by Max Kirkeberg

The first neighborhood to be studied was a mostly residential San Francisco West Mission neighborhood centered in Fair Oaks & Guerrero between 26th & 23rd. This walk illustrated the changing residential architectural styles from Italianate to Queen Anne to Edwardian well as the impact of topography on the built landscape.