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- San Francisco, California - San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame
The San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame is as funky as it gets. It consists of 3 display cases on the wall of a pizza parlor in the Castro district of San Francisco.
Following in the grand tradition of local polka halls of fame, such as those in Cleveland and Chicago, 3 San Francisco bands got together and founded the San Francisco Polka Hall of Fame. Cleveland style polka derives from Slovenian tamburitz music, while Chicago style polka is Polish, with the lyrics often sung in Polish. San Francisco style polka throws tradition out the window. It drags in other musical styles, such as punk rock, blues, C&W, jazz, and anything else the practioners can think of. It is an impure musical form.
Founding members of the SFSPHOF are Polkacide, Big Lou's Polka Casserole and The Squeegees. 2003 inductees are Brave Combo from Denton Texas and the Polkaholics from Chicago.
[Linda Seekins, 07/09/2003]San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame:- Directions:
- Escape from New York Pizza, Castro Street (between 18th and 19th Sts).
- Hours:
- Gone since before 2005.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Status:
- Gone
Somber pile of bodies at the memorial is a photo op. If you're a sicko or something.
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Lincoln Park
- Address:
- Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA
- Directions:
- 34th Avenue & Clement Street, Lincoln Park.
- Phone:
- 415-863-3330
- San Francisco, California - San Francisco's Last Tumbleweed
The tumbleweed is no longer here, but the museum is still fun if you're into the old west and stagecoaches.
[Mette, 03/07/2018]San Francisco's Last Tumbleweed:- Address:
- 420 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA
- Directions:
- Wells Fargo History Museum. On Montgomery St between Sacramento and California St.
- Hours:
- M-F 9-5. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 415-396-2619
- Admission:
- Free.
The tumbleweed is gone but the stage and other exhibits remain.
[Mulvaney, 04/30/2011]- San Francisco, California - San Francisco's Last Tumbleweed
In the Wells Fargo Museum there is a tumble weed under the rear of the WF stage coach in the window. The weed is dusted regularly.
[Phil Pasquini, 07/12/2005]
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May 2011: The Tumbleweed has returned! April 2011: Unofficial tumbleweed advocate Phil Pasquini, who has kept an eye on this museum exhibit accessory for 30+ years, writes: "Not to worry. They have two and sometimes remove one for cleaning… Besides, when it's removed at Xmas, they get nothing but complaints about it and have to post a sign in the museum telling when it will be replaced."