Another historical element to the Castro’s sidewalk widening project is scheduled to be unveiled in early October: a series of 20 plaques inscribed with a factoid about the neighborhood from 230 years ago to the present.
The plaques supplement the Rainbow Honor Walk, an unrelated project that currently honors 20 LGBT individuals from around the world.
According to the Bay Area Reporter:
Officially known as the Castro Street History Walk, the project will feature 20 facts about the neighborhood placed into the sidewalks on the 400 and 500 blocks of Castro Street…. It is meant to cover the breadth of the neighborhood’s 230-year history, beginning with the Native Americans who called it home, then the various Europeans who moved into what became known as Eureka Valley, and later migrations of LGBT residents who referred to it as the Castro.
The Castro Upper Market Community Benefit District paid $10,000 to create and install the plaques.
Later this year, the committee that manages the Rainbow Honor Walk will begin the process of choosing the next 20 honorees to be added.
