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LUIS HERRERA City Librarian, San Francisco Public Library Q What’s your favorite place to take a photo or read a book? One of the best-kept secrets in the city is Fort Point National Historic Site, which is located at the southern tip of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was constructed as a pre-Civil War-era fortress and is perhaps best known as the site where Jimmy Stewart dives into the Bay waters to save Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Vertigo. There is an idyllic green space near the bluff that is a perfect place to read a book and take amazing photos of the Golden Gate Bridge. DORKA KEEHN Artist and Co-Founder, Sites Unseen Q What should every visitor to San Francisco do at least once? Take a walk through the Presidio and see Andy Goldsworthy’s three site-specific installations. They all make use of trees felled as part of the Presidio’s reforestation and park management efforts: the monumental yet ephemeral Spire (2008), the sinuous Wood Line (2011), and the imposing, architectural Tree Fall* (2013). *EDITOR’S NOTE: A fourth installation, Earth Wall, is located in the Presidio Officers’ Club. COLLEEN MAUER CMD Studio & Showroom Q What’s your favorite event that happens in San Francisco? The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. If you’re lucky to be in San Francisco during the beginning of October, pack a picnic blanket and a cooler filled with enough goodies to enjoy a beautiful day of music, people watching and good times. There’s something magical about that hour when the sun begins to set and the music echoes through the park. It’s crowded, but I love going every year. It’s one of my favorite traditions. WHITNEY LYNN Artist-in-Residence (2017), de Young Museum Q Where do you indulge your artistic side in San Francisco? The San Francisco Art Institute is the oldest art school west of the Mississippi River and it has a storied legacy: Ansel Adams founded the first fine art photography department, Howard Fried created the performance/video department (now New Genres), and former faculty and alumni include Bruce Nauman, Angela Davis, Karen Finley, Barry McGee and Paul McCarthy. The school also hosts a robust series of programs, from exhibitions to free public lectures. LINDA HARRISON Executive Director, Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Q Other than your own, what are your favorite museums in San Francisco? The museum of the moment is the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It’s just fabulous. I also love going to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It’s so beautiful coming into the Legion of Honor and looking over that cliff. Also, the Asian Art Museum is great, as is the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Their shows are really cutting edge. I love that they have the Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen, a great place to hang out and eat sandwiches and matzo ball soup.
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