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225 <span class="post-card-primary-tag">West Portal</span> 226 </div> 227 <h2 class="post-card-title"> 228 The End of Empire 229 </h2> 230 </header> 231 <div class="post-card-excerpt">Eulogy for a San Francisco Neighborhood Theatre.</div> 232 </a> 233 234 <footer class="post-card-meta"> 235 <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2026-09-30">Sep 30, 2026</time> 236 <span class="post-card-meta-length">8 min read</span> 237
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447 <span class="post-card-meta-length">12 min read</span> 448
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617 618 </footer> 619 620 </div> 621 622</article> 623 624<article class="post-card post tag-haight-ashbury tag-library tag-san-francisco-public-library tag-park-branch-library tag-woody-life tag-woody-labounty tag-woody-wednesday tag-book tag-page-street tag-branch-no-5 tag-andrew-carnegie tag-libraries tag-1900s tag-haight-and-ashbury-heights-improvement-club tag-james-bertram tag-architecture tag-mcdougall-bros tag-carnegie-libraries tag-neo-classical tag-classical-revival tag-design tag-art tag-mural tag-ruby-newman tag-selma-brown tag-history tag-historical-photos tag-san-francisco tag-san-francisco-history tag-local-history tag-building"> 625 626 <a class="post-card-image-link" href="/branching-out/"> 627 628 <img class="post-card-image" 629 srcset="https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w300/2026/08/Ghost-feature.jpg 300w, 630 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Ghost-feature.jpg 600w, 631 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w1000/2026/08/Ghost-feature.jpg 1000w, 632 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w2000/2026/08/Ghost-feature.jpg 2000w" 633 sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 400px, 800px" 634 src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w600/2026/08/Ghost-feature.jpg" 635 alt="Branching Out" 636 loading="lazy" 637 /> 638 639 640 </a> 641 642 <div class="post-card-content"> 643 644 <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/branching-out/"> 645 <header class="post-card-header"> 646 <div class="post-card-tags"> 647 <span class="post-card-primary-tag">Haight-Ashbury</span> 648 </div> 649 <h2 class="post-card-title"> 650 Branching Out 651 </h2> 652 </header> 653 <div class="post-card-excerpt">Answers at San Francisco's oldest public library building.</div> 654 </a> 655 656 <footer class="post-card-meta"> 657 <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2026-08-05">Aug 5, 2026</time> 658 <span class="post-card-meta-length">7 min read</span> 659
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828 829 </footer> 830 831 </div> 832 833</article> 834 835<article class="post-card post tag-noe-valley tag-school tag-noe-and-temple-school tag-james-lick-school tag-noe-valley-school tag-kate-kennedy-school tag-noe-street tag-25th-street tag-castro-street tag-1870s tag-horners-addition tag-fairmount-tract tag-fairmount-school tag-30th-street tag-valencia-grammar-school tag-mission-district tag-24th-street tag-board-of-education tag-sewage tag-26th-street tag-cesspool tag-cable-cars tag-cablecars tag-castro-cable tag-building tag-douglass-street tag-alvarado-elementary-school tag-history tag-local-history tag-woody-labounty tag-woody-wednesday tag-san-francisco tag-san-francisco-history"> 836 837 <a class="post-card-image-link" href="/schools-in/"> 838 839 <img class="post-card-image" 840 srcset="https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w300/2026/07/Ghost-feature.jpg 300w, 841 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w600/2026/07/Ghost-feature.jpg 600w, 842 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w1000/2026/07/Ghost-feature.jpg 1000w, 843 https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w2000/2026/07/Ghost-feature.jpg 2000w" 844 sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 400px, 800px" 845 src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/fc/8a/fc8a5f35-19fb-43f4-9ec3-10939af610a3/content/images/size/w600/2026/07/Ghost-feature.jpg" 846 alt="Schoolâs In" 847 loading="lazy" 848 /> 849 850 851 </a> 852 853 <div class="post-card-content"> 854 855 <a class="post-card-content-link" href="/schools-in/"> 856 <header class="post-card-header"> 857 <div class="post-card-tags"> 858 <span class="post-card-primary-tag">Noe Valley</span> 859 </div> 860 <h2 class="post-card-title"> 861 Schoolâs In 862 </h2> 863 </header> 864 <div class="post-card-excerpt">San Franciscoâs Noe Valley had some schoolhouse growing pains in the 19th century.</div> 865 </a> 866 867 <footer class="post-card-meta"> 868 <time class="post-card-meta-date" datetime="2026-07-08">Jul 8, 2026</time> 869 <span class="post-card-meta-length">8 min read</span> 870
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