Our first Hidden History spotlights a place well-known to older San Francisco residents, but perhaps unknown to the younger or newer members of the City - Fleishhacker Pool. Originally located where ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $1 million in damage to a vacant building near the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday, a fire department spokeswoman said Monday. The blaze was ...

A fire on Saturday ravaged the former bathhouse at the long-paved-over Fleishhacker Pool, the last remnant of an Ocean Beach icon that was once the nation's largest swimming pool. The building sat on ...

We're pleased as punch to present the first entry in an ongoing series titled Hidden History, where Curbed Contributor Alex Bevk highlights a San Francisco location with a secret past. Maybe it’s no ...

Fleishhacker Pool opened with a splash in April 1925, when most of the Sunset district was still wind-swept dunes and the future site of the San Francisco Zoo was owned by the Spring Valley Water Co.

When you think of San Francisco, you don’t necessarily think of outdoor pool time. But what if we told you that the City by the Bay was once home to the world's largest outdoor pool? A pool so big ...

The San Francisco Zoo, which closed early on Saturday because of a fire to the old Fleishhacker Pool bathhouse, reopened an hour late Sunday due to minor storm damage. The zoo uses the paved-over ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A firefighter was injured and a historic building destroyed in a two-alarm fire near the San Francisco Zoo Saturday afternoon, according to fire officials. The fire in the ...

Over the weekend firefighters battled a raging blaze at the the Historic Fleishhacker Pool House near the San Francisco Zoo. The two alarm-fire started Saturday at about 1 p.m., causing the historic ...

When San Francisco was developing in the mid-1800s, it was all work and no play for the inhabitants of the small pueblo. The excitement of gold fever attracted mainly men who could live a robust, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover home design and luxury real estate. In the early 20th century, Woodside, California—40 minutes outside San Francisco—was ...