The Colombo Market Arch

San Francisco’s Latest Landmark

Richard Brandi will share about this notable contribution by early Italian immigrants to San Francisco.
Founded by Italian-American immigrants and constructed in 1894, the Colombo Market served as the catalyst and epicenter of the San Francisco produce district. The Colombo Market Arch is all that remains. * This talk will stream live on Zoom.

Speaker Bio:
Richard Brandi, author and historic preservationist is a fourth generation San Franciscan and a Lick-Wilmerding graduate. President of the Northern California chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. Richard holds an M.A. in Historic Preservation from Goucher College, Maryland and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.