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, SEPTEMBER 29, 7 PM, live and on Zoom
ANGUS MACFARLANE ON "HOW AND WHERE DID MIDDLETON ST. BECOME HAIGHT AND HAIGHT ST. BECOME PAGE? (HINT: IT'S A LOVE STORY)"
Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the Summer of Love, so this would be a good time to set the historical record straight and give credit for whom San Francisco’s most famous street is named: one of San Francisco’s first social workers, the subject of a love story forgotten in history.
The naming of Haight Street is a historic tapestry with many threads such as: What was San Francisco’s first Haight Street? How did Middleton Street become Haight and Haight Street become Page?
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Angus Macfarlane grew up in the pre-historic (pre-Summer of Love) Haight Ashbury, literally two doors up Ashbury Street from the corner of Haight and Ashbury. He is a retired Juvenile Probation Officer. Since retirement he has researched various aspects of San Francisco history including 19th-century baseball, history of the Sunset District, and the pre-history of the Haight Ashbury. Angus is currently working on a historical compendium of the Haight Ashbury.
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.
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