Thinkwalks presents an exploration walk:
Mission: Water Walking
Why is the Mission of San Francisco called ‘Dolores’? Yet, the city was called ‘San Francisco’!
We’ll explore along water routes where creeks once flowed, before the city grew up. Some are still flowing, hidden. We’ll delve into both practical and political sides of local drinking water, sewers, wells, hydrants and reservoirs. In the process, you’ll find out how this place came to be a population center. Coolest of all, we’ll debunk SF’s founding lore (“Founded on a now-vanished freshwater lake”) and see how that myth came into being.
Highlights: sinking hotels, lagunas and arroyos, gas in the ground, old well data, The Willows resort, old photos, water tables, watersheds, Yelamu villages, forcible conversion, Chula alley, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Merrill’s mistakes, brutally wrong bronze plaque, Noachian Deluge.
Exploring the Mission District might just leave you awash in water history. Beware the floods!
☆ RSVP required
↪ Rain or shine
↪ Not vigorous exercise! You may get chilled if you forget your extra layers.
↪ End within a few blocks of where we started
↪ Maximum 15 people
Payment Scale
At the end of your Thinkwalk if you can’t afford the standard $40 please feel free to pay a lower amount.
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