About this Event
The Downtown tour route includes several neighborhoods starting on Front Street, SOMA, and Union Square.
Spend an evening under the neon glow with San Francisco Neon authors and photographers Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan. Tours feature local history with architectural and graphic design insights to San Francisco's unique legacy of surviving neon signs. Photography and a lively Q&A are encouraged. Be prepared to walk for 1.5 hours, with rest stops.
We'll email you all the details for your tour, including public transit and parking tips.
The mission of San Francisco Neon is to educate and advocate for the artistic legacy of historic neon signs: an enduring archive of design, craft, community, and city history. San Francisco Neon advocates for preserving historic neon signs with tours, talks, books, exhibits, consultations, sign design, and events. Our fiscal sponsor is the Tenderloin Museum in San Francisco.
Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan are a husband-and-wife team who authored San Francisco Neon: Survivors and Lost Icons, Neon Icons catalog, and Saving Neon: A Best Practices Guide. They are the founders and hosts of Neon Speaks, an annual international festival and symposium celebrating the past and future of neon. Books available at sfneon.org and neonspeaks.org
Contact us at [email protected] for talks, tours, prints, events, deisgn, and free neon consultations.
Small Print: Please note that we reserve the right to change/cancel the tour due to obstructions, stormy weather, or personal reasons. Full refunds issued for canceled tours. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being, and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities; and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you join this group, and purchase tickets, and/or attend any San Francisco Neon events; it shall be conclusively presumed you understand and agree to this policy.
Event venue & nearby stays
On sidewalk in front of Harrington's Bar and Grill, 245 Front Street, San Francisco, United States
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