A grassroots effort concerning the heart of San Francisco, here's what we know about the first ever #415Day: Both natives and longtime San Franciscans are gathering today, April 15, at Dolores Park at 4:15 PM to celebrate the city.
Why, exactly?
For starters, 415 is the area code of San Francisco – a proud signifier for natives and longtime locals alike. Also, according to the flyer, #415Day is "a direct response to the displacement of our native families." It's also a display of native/local pride in Baghdad by the Bay. You remember the Mission. You recall the Castro as a place for a powerful queer movement. You remember the Fillmore. You remember going to Candlestick.
It's also being billed as a walkout for area school students.
Curbed SF talked to our very own Sally Kuchar, cities director of Curbed and a San Francisco native, who gave us her thoughts on #415Day:
"I’m not sure what this day means to me since this is the first year I’m hearing of it. That said, I love nostalgia and San Francisco, so anything that shines a light on both is something I can get behind. I hope this brings together people with stories to share about growing up in this place that can’t seem to stop changing (I think change is inevitable and a good thing). Because sometimes all we have are our memories, and I don’t want to forget what San Francisco was once like for me."
Here is what's gone down today so far:
"The last 3% of blacks" in #SF
— Joe Fitz Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) April 15, 2016
at #415Day in Dolores Park. pic.twitter.com/QNzX7zrIJV
#415Day: Spent my childhood up the hill, here in the Castro, but my grandfather was Ellis Act evicted in 2003. #SF pic.twitter.com/iV3VisDTfq
— Joe Fitz Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) April 15, 2016
We're going to make history today.!!! #415Day
— Equipto (@EQUIPTO) April 15, 2016
Happy #415Day. Here’s my mom outside of the house I was raised in in Hayes Valley. New owners tore it down. pic.twitter.com/27fQ7D2DQl
— Sally Kuchar (@sallykuchar) April 15, 2016
Happy #415Day! pic.twitter.com/y2XaBuvTD8
— WING WINGS (@wingwingssf) April 15, 2016
4:15 on 4/15.
— B i a n c a (@its_BiancaK) April 15, 2016
Happy #415day pic.twitter.com/vDLewBQvHi
#415Day: Back in the day my pops, who died in 90s, could afford a pad by Dolores Park. Now, Zuck lives there. #SF pic.twitter.com/pvdihbdmKX
— Joe Fitz Rodriguez (@FitzTheReporter) April 15, 2016
@sallykuchar Happy #415Day. This is what my childhood home got turned into. pic.twitter.com/tXKQnlr80U
— Sally Kuchar (@sallykuchar) April 15, 2016
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