6 PM Pre-Talk Salon With the Photographer Before His 7 PM Presentation
Robert Buelteman is the only artist given unlimited access to the 24,000-acre Crystal Springs Watershed that we traverse every time we drive “over the hill.” What began in 1984 as a personal creative project grew and became his award-winning 1995 monograph, The Unseen Peninsula. During his ten years on the property, this lifelong resident of the Peninsula developed a deep appreciation of its history, including the role played by historic Spanishtown, now Half Moon Bay.
Join us for an informative presentation about this important piece of land whose development gave rise to the city of San Francisco and provides for the high quality of life we enjoy here on the coast. Learn about the 1866 San Mateo-Spanishtown turnpike, the 1874 Crystal Springs Resort (shown above), the first vineyard planted in California, and Lower Crystal Springs Dam, completed in 1890 as the largest concrete structure anywhere in the world.
6 PM Pre-Talk Salon With the Photographer Before His 7 PM Presentation
Tickets $10. Reserve at https://hmb-odd.org/calendar/speaker-series-robert-buelteman. Proceeds benefit Odd Fellows scholarship fund.
