A project to install sidewalk markers recognizing current and former LGBTQ businesses in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood has won the approval of the city's arts commission.
Meanwhile, more of the leather-themed Eagle Plaza public parklet on 12th Street has been revealed. As the Bay Area Reporter first reported in September, the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District aims to place bronze plaques in the sidewalk near where various LGBTQ bars, shops, and bathhouses operated or currently are located in SOMA.
At one time there were more than 120 such establishments, but today the number is down to 12. The arts commissioners approved the design of the historical markers without comment on 13-0 vote, with one member absent, at their May 3