Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/WLM Financial District photowalk 2017

Wiki Loves Monuments: San Francisco Financial District photowalk 2017
	Starting point at 200 Columbus Ave
When and Where
Date	Saturday September 16, 2017
Time	1-4 pm
Starting address	200 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA

To celebrate and participate in Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in the United States, let's take freely-licensed photos of San Francisco Designated Landmarks and other historic buildings that don't yet have freely-licensed photos on Wikimedia Commons!

We'll meet up in Chinatown and move south through the Financial District to SOMA. We'll cover many designated landmarks and other historic buildings that need photos, and we'll pass many other recognized historic buildings eligible for the Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition.

All people are welcome. No experience necessary, and a smartphone camera is plenty good enough. Bring water, and wear walking shoes and sun protection for your skin.

Event information

Date: Saturday September 16, 2017
Starting time and location: At 1 pm, meet at 200 Columbus Ave (Reveille Coffee Co). At 1:30 pm sharp, we'll start walking.

How to find the group: Your walk organizer will be User:Dreamyshade in a blue "Wikipedia belongs in education" t-shirt.

Length of walk: Approximately 1.75 miles, including some slopes (mostly downhill).
Map: Map of route and points of interest
End: We'll end at illy Caffe, 90 New Montgomery St., where we'll work on editing and uploading photos. (If illy Caffe is too busy, we'll go to Peet’s Coffee, 692 Mission St.)

Tip: If you have an Android phone, you can upload to Commons from your phone. If not, you can bring a laptop, partner with a person who brought a laptop, or take your photos home to upload later.

Participants

If you have a Wikipedia account, sign your name by typing four tildes "~~~~". If you don't have an account, just write your name below (though it is recommended that you create a user account in advance of the event - create one here!).

Dreamyshade (talk) 20:09, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
dllu (t,c) 22:29, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Douglaswth (talk) 22:50, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
NiharikaKohli (talk) 00:40, 5 September 2017 (UTC) (probably)[reply]
Hodorthehero (talk) 23:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Your name here

Places to photograph

Buildings in italics already have photos on Wikipedia, but you can take a better photo. See List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks for landmark information.

916 Kearny St - Columbus Tower - landmark #33
400 Jackson St - Grogan-Lent-Atherton Building - landmark #27
800-804 Montgomery St. - Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. - landmark #26
732 Montgomery St - Golden Era Building - landmark #19
722 and 728 Montgomery St. - Belli buildings - landmarks #9 and #10
700 Montgomery St - Columbia Savings Bank Building - landmark #212
Commercial Street
460 Montgomery St - Bank of Italy Building - landmark #110
440 Montgomery St - Borel & Co. - landmark #109
400 Montgomery St - Kohl Building - landmark #161
465 California Street - Merchants Exchange Building
400 California St - Bank of California Building - landmark #3
425 California Street
201 Sansome St - Royal Insurance Building - landmark #160
220 Montgomery St - Mills Building and Tower - landmark #76
100 Montgomery Street
180 Montgomery Street
350 Bush St - S.F. Mining Exchange - landmark #113
Belden Place
466 Bush St - Fire Department Old Station No. 2 - landmark #143
333 Grant Ave - Home Telephone Company - landmark #141
301-303 Sutter St - Hammersmith Building - landmark #117
57-65 Post St - Mechanics' Institute - landmark #134
619 Market St - Hoffman Grill - landmark #144
90 2nd St - Bourdette Building - landmark #271

Outcomes

We had five participants! Our photos are now in articles including:

Gallery of photos uploaded: