San Francisco Civic Center story of civilization: a walking tour

Join a walking tour narrating the history and course of civilization using San Francisco's extraordinary Civic Center as the narrative's props.

Civilization began with land enclosure succeeding nomadic or hunter-gather settlement. That land enclosure entailed social hierarchy and the systematic exclusion of most of the population from equality of land use in getting a livelihood. The struggle of law and justice to claw back some of the freedom, as well as the economic opportunity of nomadic life is portrayed in the civic institutions housed in SF's largely Beaux-Arts architecture.

The epic tale of humanity striving to regain Paradise is your afternoon's entertainment and, literally, edification. We'll end the tour with a light repast outdoors.