San Francisco City Hall Virtual Tour

On June 24th, 2018, the bronze bust of San Francisco’s 42nd mayor, Gavin C. Newsom, was installed in the hallowed space of the Mayor's Rotunda in San Francisco City Hall where it joins three other past mayors who were treated with the same honor. The bust is a creation of sculptor Bruce Wolfe, who lives in nearby Piedmont, Califonia. Wolfe recently sculpted an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Tony Bennett, which was installed on Nob Hill outside of the Fairmont Hotel, and he ...was one of three finalists for the bust of Harvery Milk, which is also located in City Hall. Newsom’s bust was proposed by ArtCare, a group that restores aging public artworks and is a partner of the Arts Commission. "We are delighted to offer this opportunity to commemorate Gavin Newsom, the youngest mayor of San Francisco, and his important legacy," Meg Spriggs, ArtCare board president, wrote in a Nov. 10 letter to Tom DeCaigny, director of cultural affairs for the Arts Commission. Newsom’s bust design is in keeping with the bases and columns of the other busts on the mayor’s balcony. It will be mounted on a freestanding stone base and display a bronze plaque and recognition statement. The $91,000 project is being funded through private donations that will cover the fabrication, artist fee, base, bronze plaque, and a maintenance endowment.

A very good man will be sorely missed.

For more history, guides and pictures about San Francisco City Hall, visit the unofficial Virtual Tour website. - http://www.sfch.budryerson.com/

A new LED lighting system bathes the four sides of San Francisco City Hall in dynamic color effects. IT Director, Norm Goldwyn, runs the show.

"The People's Palace" is a half hour documentary about one of the most extraordinary civic buildings in America, San Francisco’s City Hall. The film focuses not only on architecture, construction and renovation, but on the people that worked, protested, mourned and celebrated there in the past 100 years. It was directed by James Yager and produced by Jim Yager Media and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Please 'click through' to watch on Vimeo.

The SFCH Virtual Tour website has been updated to include Aaron Peskin, the newest member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was elected in 2015 to replace interim Supervisor Julie Christensen. He had previously been elected to the Board in 2000 and 2004.

The "Civic Center Campus Chronicle," formerly known as "Under the Dome," is the newsletter of the City's Real Estate Division. Achives of the newletter are now on-line. Check out the 2010 interview with City Hall's Building Manager, Rob Reiter.

These amazing 360-degree panoramas, created by G. Donald Bain, show you what it is like to be in City Hall. You can look in any direction, all the way around, even up and down.

Take a look at Wilson Lam's video of Obscura Digital's light show on the facade of City Hall for it's Centennial Celebration.