Sidewalk Plaques – Leather Legacy Landmarks

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A total of 77 plaques are planned and we need community support to ensure our history and legacy as part of the fabric of San Francisco are preserved.
The planned and approved locations are listed at the bottom.

The first 17 plaques will be installed during SF Public Works’ upgrade to Folsom Street, now under way.

We believe the Leather and LGBTQ community is an integral part of the fabric of San Francisco and worthy of celebration.

We exist to ensure there is a lively and vibrant home for our community of events, businesses, bars and organizations in SOMA.

As longtime residents, businesses and community spaces are displaced by rising rents and redevelopment, the history and culture of the Leather & LGBTQ community in SOMA is being erased.

The Leather Legacy Landmarks (aka the Leather History Cruise) initiative seeks to preserve and commemorate part of our history by installing bronze plaques at significant legacy locations around SoMa, 

We need your support to make this happen and welcome your donations of any size.

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Read the September 2020, Bay Area Reporter article, about the project. Also available in a pdf version.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a Resolution authorizing the plaques as reported in a 2021 Bay Area Reporter article.

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A total of 77 plaques are planned, and we need community support to ensure our history and legacy of being a part of the fabric of San Francisco are preserved.

The first 17 plaques (shown in blue, below) will be installed during SF Public Works’ upgrade to Folsom Street.

Address Street Names on Plaque Start Date End Date Status
890 Folsom Street 890 Folsom 1986 1991  
947 Folsom Street Folsom Gulch Adult Books 1976 Present  
960 Folsom Street A Taste of Leather 1974 1982  
    Trading Post Emporium 1974 1982  
979 Folsom Street The Hula Shack 1961 1967  
    South of the Slot 1974 1986  
1015 Folsom Street Big Town 1973 1974  
    Sutro Bath House 1975 1977  
    Colossus 1990 1992  
    1015 Folsom 1994 Present  
1082 Folsom Street Alta Hotel / Finnegan Hotel 1970 1980  
    Folsom Street Hotel 1981 1988  
    Gay Community Center 1987 1992  
1123 Folsom Street Stables 1981 1984  
1127 Folsom Street Templar Hall Clubhouse 1985 1986  
1129 Folsom Street Coyote 1980 1981  
    National Task Force on Prostitution 1980 1981  
    Victoria Woodhull Foundation 1980 1981  
1147 Folsom Street Folsom Street Barracks 1972 1976  
    Red Star Saloon 1973 1976  
1190 Folsom Street Headquarters 1979 1981  
    The Baybrick Inn 1982 1987  
1225 Folsom Street Ramrod 1968 1986 Cast
    My Place 1987 2004  
    Chaps II 2006 2011  
1229 Folsom Street Mark I. Chester Studio 1986 Present Cast
1250 Folsom Street National Leather Association – Int’l Headquarters 1993 1995 Cast
1347 Folsom Street In-Between 1971 1972 Cast
    No Name 1973 1976  
    The Bolt 1976 1977  
    The Brig 1977 1985  
    Powerhouse 1985 91 &  
      1995 1995-  
        Present  
1369 Folsom Street Folsom Street Club/Corn Holes 1978 1983 Cast
    Night Gallery 1991 1996  
1501 Folsom Street Fe-Be’s 1966 1986 Cast
    A Taste of Leather 1967 1978  
399 04th Street Tool Box 1962 1971  
500 04th Street Hotel Utah 1965 Present  
520 04th Street Trocadero Transfer 1977 1988  
374 05th Street The Hothouse 1979 1983  
83 06th Street Society for Individual Rights 1964 1976  
161 06th Street Animals 1982 1984  
224 06th Street Mister B’s Ballroom 1976 1977  
240 06th Street Labyris Auto Repair
The Buggery		 1978
1978		 1988
1988		  
298 06th Street The Gas Station 1968 1970  
    Round Up 1970 1977  
    Watering Hole 1978 1984  
401 06th Street The EndUp 1973 Present  
280 07th Street Folsom Street Warehouse Theatre 1979 1980  
    The Cave 1980 1981  
    Rawhide II 1981 1999  
    The Rawhide/Club Rawhide/Club Hide 1999 2011  
288 07th Street Bay Times 1990 1999  
    Gauntlet 1990 1990 Sponsor Funded
164 08th Street The Trench 1978 1983 Sponsor Adopted
198 08th Street The Black and Blue 1978 1979  
201 08th Street Club Baths of San Francisco 1975 1986  
289 08th Street Hole in the Wall 1994 2007  
    Wicked Grounds Cafe 2009 2023  
282 09th Street The Cake Gallery 1977 2020  
367 09th Street Brush Creek Media 1992 2002  
395 09th Street Bay Area Reporter 1988 2013  
399 09th Street The Arena 1978 1985  
    The Stud 1987 2020  
451 09th Street Cliff Raven’s Tattoo 1980 1982  
323 10th Street Stompers Boots 1996 2016 Sponsor Adopted
353 10th Street Capricorn Coffee 1975 2016  
366 10th Street The Best Impression 1981 Present  
317-A 10th Street A Taste of Leather/Mack 1990 1999  
225 11th Street Don Ramon’s 1982 2022  
278 11th Street The Covered Wagon 1968 1976  
    Leatherneck 1977 1978  
    San Francisco Plunge/Dirty Sally’s 1978 1980  
    Drummer Key Club 1981 1982  
    Oasis 2015 Present  
375 11th Street Chaps 1983 1985  
367 12th Street Service of Mankind Church 1980 1981 Developer Funded
398 12th Street San Francisco Eagle 1981 Present  
527 Bryant Street Chez Mollet / The 527 / Off The Levee 1968 1989  
1010 Bryant Street The Boot Camp 1971 1984  
768 Clementina Stree Taylor of San Francisco 1979 1981  
744-746 Clementina Stree Church of the Secret Gospel 1985 1999  
1535 Folsom Street The Stud 1966 1987  
1582 Folsom Street Hamburger Mary’s 1972 2001  
1600 Folsom Street Brasserie 1977 1986  
    Castle Grand Bar & Restaurant 1977 1986  
1898 Folsom Street Corner Longhorn Saloon 1971 1972  
    Folsom Prison 1973 1976  
15 Harriet Street Drummer Magazine 1979 1987  
715 Harrison Street Dreamland 1980 1992  
933 Harrison Street Blow Buddies 1991 2020  
975 Harrison Street The Hand Ball Express 1978 1981  
1270 Harrison Street Canary Island Diner 1978 1984  
1351 Harrison Street Ambush 1973 1986  
1354 Harrison Street The Lone Star 1990 Present  
1158 Howard Street Worn Out West 1980 1989  
    Stormy Leather 1990 2003  
1287 Howard Street Fey-Way Studio 1978 1979  
1550 Howard Street Bay Area Reporter 1971 1979  
    Noe Valley Printing Company 1980    
98 Lafayette Street Tavern Guild of SF Tavern Guild Foundation 1974 1976  
    WR Wholesale Resource 1977    
74 Langton Street Eighty Langton Street 1978 1980  
471 Minna Street Citizen News/Guy Strait 1964 1965  
655 Minna Street Lou Greene Printers 1974 1979  
693 Mission Street Mattachine Society 1954 1968  
    Pan-Graphic Press 1954    
    Daughters of Bilitis 1956    
    Dorian Book Service Quarterly 1957    
1349 Mission Street Center for Sex & Culture 2011 2019  
1525 Mission Street The Loading Dock 1996 2005  
544 Natoma Street 544 Natoma 1981 1983  
953 Natoma Street The Caldron 1980 1984  
330 Ritch Street Ritch Street Health Club 1967 1978  
    Club San Francisco/Club SF 1978 1984  
22 Russ Street Citizen News/Guy Strait 1966 1966  
285 Shipley Street Drummer Magazine 1987 1989  
    The Sentinel 1992 1995  

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