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

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)
 * dllu (t,c) 22:29, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Douglaswth (talk) 22:50, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * NiharikaKohli (talk) 00:40, 5 September 2017 (UTC) (probably)
 * Hodorthehero (talk) 23:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 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:


 * List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
 * Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.
 * Columbia Savings Bank Building
 * Commercial Street (San Francisco)
 * Borel & Co.
 * 100 Montgomery Street
 * 180 Montgomery Street

Gallery of photos uploaded: