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2022 Tour Day Wrap Up: Embarcadero Center As Urban Mall

For Tour Day 2022, Docomomo US/Northern California explored the strange, dizzying, and wonderful urbanism of John Portman's Embarcadero Center.

NewsHannah Lise SimonsonDecember 10, 2022Embarcadero CenterModern architecture, walking tour, tour day, John Portman, Late Modernism, public art

Self-Guided Walking Tour: Travel & Leisure on San Francisco's North Waterfront

Explore Modernist architecture and adaptive reuse by top tier Modernist architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers on San Francisco’s North Waterfront at your own pace with this self-guided tour.

NewsHannah Lise SimonsonNovember 6, 2021Maritime Museumtravel, leisure, walking tour, Modern architecture