The Golden Hydrant

2007 | Best Fire Hydrant

It isn't often that a city recognizes a lowly fire hydrant as a significant historical landmark, but this one near the southwest corner of Mission Dolores Park has earned the props. In the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, it was here that a handful of exhausted firemen and throngs of volunteer citizens made a valiant (and successful) stand against the approaching conflagration that -- except for the water that gushed from the hydrant, after many other hydrants had gone dry... More »