A newsletter from San Francisco Heritage that mixes local architectural and neighborhood history with event announcements. Recent issues feature a month-long series on Potrero Hill's history, landmarks and notable people, alongside tours, teas and member events.
Website: https://specialcity.sfheritage.org/
Woody LaBounty's San Francisco Story shares long-form local history tales about the city, with archival photos and stories on neighborhoods, institutions and forgotten events. Readers get well-researched, anecdotal accounts of San Francisco's past that go beyond standard landmark trivia.
A newsletter on urbanism and the built environment, covering overlooked buildings, retail formats and roadside landscapes through close observation and local history. It also shares the author's writing process and pieces published elsewhere.
A weekly photo-essay newsletter that profiles one New York City neighborhood at a time across all five boroughs. Readers get photographs along with local history, observations and cultural context.
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