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Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories

Thu, May 08

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Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore

Author Chris Carlsson inaugurates the 2nd edition of his unique historical guidebook to San Francisco's overlooked and forgotten histories.

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Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories
Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories

Time & Location

May 08, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

About the event

Author Chris Carlsson inaugurates the 2nd edition of his unique historical guidebook to San Francisco's overlooked and forgotten histories.


Tonight he will read from the new preface to the 2nd edition, "In the Wake of the Pandemic," which puts the recent pandemic in the context of a long history of public health politics in the city. He also analyzes the long history of tech booms in the city, and how likely the much-touted "doom loop" will reach a climax. In addition, a new chapter featuring unusual ecological hikes through San Francisco on unknown back trails through neighborhoods well off the tourist path will also be revealed.


Chris Carlsson, co-director of the “history from below” project Shaping San Francisco, is a writer, publisher, editor, photographer, public speaker, and occasional professor. He was one of the founders in 1981 of the seminal and infamous underground San Francisco magazine Processed World. In 1992…


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