At the heart of San Francisco’s design community is the Architecture + the City Festival, an annual, citywide celebration now in its 22nd year. Showcasing the city’s vibrant built environment, the festival features an inspiring lineup of tours, talks, film screenings, youth festival, and special programs including the DIALOGUES Conversation Series. Audiences are invited to explore architecture and design from multiple perspectives, fostering connection, curiosity, and creative exchange across the city.

Neon Speaks 2025 is produced by SF Neon in proud partnership with Roxie Theater, Letterform Archive, Neon Works, and the Tenderloin Museum. Hosts: Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan of SF Neon. Join us for neon tours, talks, preservation panels, and design presentations.
Sponsorship passports are now available!

These episodes, partially filmed on location in the TL, offer a rare window into the neighborhood’s visual and cultural landscape during a time of transformation and tension. See familiar streets through the lens of Hollywood storytelling, and reflect on how the media has shaped and reshaped the public perception of the Tenderloin over the decades.

The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association’s 2025 fall tour will present a group of twentieth-century mid-century modern houses built in the North Berkeley Hills. Featuring works designed by William Wurster, John Funk, Charles Warren Callister, John Ekin Dinwiddie, and other seminal Bay Area architects, this tour is the most comprehensive of its kind to date.