by David C. Hill | Oct 3, 2026 | Treasure Island & Yerba Buena Island
Cityside Park — Treasure Island, San Francisco From high above on Yerba Buena Island, Treasure Island offers one of my favorite views of San Francisco Bay. From this bird’s-eye perspective, you can see the entire 400-acre man-made island — and right now, watch...
by David C. Hill | Aug 11, 2026 | SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco Architecture
The Russian Embassy: Inside the William Westerfeld House Perched across from Alamo Square at 1198 Fulton Street, the William Westerfeld House has spent over 130 years reinventing itself right alongside San Francisco. I recently had the rare privilege of touring the...
by David C. Hill | Jul 13, 2026 | SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco Architecture
Portsmouth Square: A Brief History Portsmouth Square is often called the birthplace of San Francisco. It was the original town plaza of Yerba Buena, and in 1846 Captain John B. Montgomery raised the American flag there, marking the U.S. claim to the settlement...
by David C. Hill | Jul 11, 2026 | SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco Architecture
Pier 70, San Francisco, CA 2016 Pier 70 is one of San Francisco’s oldest continually operating industrial sites, its roots stretching back to the 1880s. The area first became prominent when Union Iron Works established shipbuilding operations along the waterfront,...
