California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and The Presidio of San Francisco

California Legion of Honor and the sculpture located in Lincoln Park


The California Palace of the Legion of Honor


Rodin's "The Thinker"


Simón Bolívar


Montgomery Street Barracks in the San Francisco Presidio





Remodeled Building 48 in the Presidio


Remodeled Building 48 in the Presidio


Officer's Row


Officer's Row


Officer's Row


Officer's Row

Polish Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

Celebrating the 219th anniversary of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791



Polish dancers






Free Sunday concerts at 1 pm in Golden Gate Park since 1882




Polish dancers


Polish dancers at Golden Gate Park Band Stand

Sunday Streets at San Francisco Embarcadero

Sunday Streets opens a 4.5 mile stretch of San Francisco's Embarcadero closed to vehicle traffic. The City route will run along the waterfront connecting the Bayview district to Chinatown.


Bicylists passing a vintage street car along the Embarcadero


San Francisco Ferry Building with Embarcadero Center in background


Ferry Building Farmer's Market


Rocket Boat


Pier 39 without the sea lions


San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge

San Francisco's Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It is connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island, and was created in 1936 & 1937, from fill dredged from the bay, for the Golden Gate International Exposition.

Downtown San Francisco as seen from Treasure Island

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Treasure Island Marina

New Bay Bridge construction

Pelicans over San Francisco Bay

Bernal Heights and Precita Valley, San Francisco

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) "Walking the Neighborhoods" class taught by Max Kirkeberg. Our second neighborhood walk was Precita Valley on the northern slopes of Bernal Heights. Settlement began here at the end of the 19th century as a lower end working class neighborhood, but today homes sell for $1,000,000 if they have views.


View of downtown San Francisco from Bernal Heights

The OLLI class gathers at the barrier on Bernal Heights Blvd.

Max Kirkeberg

Max Kirkeberg and OLLI class on Bernal Heights


Bernal Heights hill and microwave tower

Lofty views of downtown San Francisco



New Housing on Ripley


Old small Victorian houses: A door and a garage (12.5 feet wide)

Remodled Victorian Houses: A door and a garage (12.5 feet wide)

New Construction: A door and a garage (12.5 feet wide)

Alamo Square, San Francisco

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute “Walking the Neighborhoods” class taught and led by Max Kirkeberg.

Alamo Square is a residential neighborhood and park in San Francisco, California. The Square consists of four city blocks at the top of a hill overlooking much of San Francisco, with a number of large and architecturally distinctive mansions along the perimeter. The park includes a playground and a tennis court, and is frequented by neighbors, tourists, and dog owners. A row of Victorian houses facing the park on Steiner Street, known as the painted ladies, are often shown in the foreground of panoramic pictures of the city's downtown area. On a clear day, the Transamerica Pyramid building and the tops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge can be seen from the park’s center. San Francisco’s City Hall can be seen directly down Fulton Street.


Max Kirkeberg

The Painted Ladies


View of Fulton Street from Alamo Square

Potted plants in Alamo Square


Victorian on Grove Street

Approaching Fulton and Scott Streets

Victorians on McAllister Street