Mary Ellen Pleasant (in black) is among the notable San Franciscans in a downtown mural.
Mammy mural » Mammy mural
-
ARCHIVES
- FILLMORE CLASSICS
- Alta Plaza Park
- Art of the Fillmore
- Big Alma’s museum
- Bill Graham & the Fillmore
- Cable car to Pacific Hts
- Donut Hole Stories
- Fabulous Fillamento
- Fifty years on Fillmore
- Fillmore in the ’70s
- Fillmore Phil: a good egg
- Fillmore: forever new
- Filmed in Pacific Hts
- Five Fillmore stories
- From Jimbo’s to Yoshi’s
- Harlem of the West
- Jewish Fillmore
- KQED: “The Fillmore”
- La Med: a local gem
- Lafayette Park
- Leon: king of barbecue
- Life in the express line
- Magic at 1300 Fillmore
- Mary Ellen Pleasant’s legendary life
- Mayor of Fillmore
- Minnie’s Can-Do Club
- Peoples Temple
- Shumate’s Pharmacies
- Sugar’s Broiler
- Vivande’s discovery
- Vol. 1, No. 1
- Western Addition
- FILLMORE CLASSICS
Meta
-
RECENT POSTS
- ‘I am the mysterious investor’
- Fillmore may be ‘upzoned’ to 6 stories
- Just for Fun: a new toy store
- The highs and lows of August
- Keeping time at the WatchCenter
- Bringing baby back home
- D&M sold to new owners
- Fashion, religion and magic on the ’Mo
- At the Clay
- Coffee, clay and community
- New on Perfume Row: Ministry of Scent
- A life in lights
- Fillmore Jazz Festival celebrates 35 years
- Calvary’s choir on a European tour
- Ever-evolving vitality on Fillmore
- Why We Live Here
- Bringing antiques back to life
- Now it’s Camellia Salon
- Fillmore’s on sale for Memorial Day
- Fillmore boutiques carry on, but slim down
TOPICS
OUR BOOK
-
THIS LAVISH oversized limited edition book brings together a collection of favorite photographs and stories from the pages of the New Fillmore. It tells the story of an ever-changing small town in the big city with a rich history and a strong sense of community.
Available exclusively at Browser Books on Fillmore, or order online.
REVIEW: “A love letter“
OUR FILM
-
THIS DOCUMENTARY — filmed entirely on Fillmore Street — tells the story of longtime Fillmore resident Kelly Johnson, who used a new California law to end his life on his own terms.
MORE: “The final days of Kelly Johnson“