MEETINGS 2026

We hold live meetings with an option to view remotely via Zoom. Meetings start at 7 p.m. Congregation Sherith Israel is located at 2266 California Street, at Webster.

Parking: Check the signs. The surrounding streets contain several passenger white zones that are not active after 6 p.m. and can be used for parking in the evenings. 

There is 24-hour parking available a half-block further north on Webster at 2401 Clay, with entry on Clay Street. 

Muni: 1, 2, 22, 24.

Admission is free for members; there is a $10 admission for nonmembers. (More information can be found on the membership tab.)

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 7 PM, live and on Zoom:
GLENN KOCH ON "FROM SAND DUNES TO STOREFRONTS: 
THE ENDURING ALLURE OF UNION SQUARE

Join author, lecturer, and collector Glenn D. Koch on a whirlwind tour through the decades of history in and around Union Square. A Pennsylvanian by birth, Glenn has lived in the Bay Area for 25 years but has been collecting the bits and pieces of its history for even longer.

A longtime member of the San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club, and other history organizations, some may remember Glenn's lecture for the SFHA over a decade ago on "The Zone" at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Glenn has spoken for both the San Francisco and the San Jose Postcard Clubs, The California Genealogical Society, The Lehigh County (PA) Historical Society, The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Santa Clara University. 

How to watch the presentation online

Zoom streaming is available only for SFHA members. The San Francisco History Association will send out the Zoom link and password to current members on the morning of the meeting day. Check the website membership tab to renew or obtain current membership.

Please add info@sanfranciscohistory.org to your email address book, and check your spam or bulk mail folder.