Monument in San Francisco, United States of America
Ringold Street in San Francisco, California
Part of the art installation, including a stone marker for Stormy Leather (women-owned leather store)
The San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley consists of four works of art that honor the history of gay and lesbian leather culture in South of Market, San Francisco. The art is embedded in Ringold Street, an alley between 8th and 9th Street. The installation opened in 2017.[1][2][3] The alley is part of the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District.
Artworks
Bronze bootprint inlaid in the sidewalk
Collectively titled Leather Memoir, the artworks, mainly created by landscape architect Jeffrey Miller, are:[1]
A black granite stone etched with a narrative by Gayle Rubin, an image of the "Leather David" statue by Mike Caffee, and a reproduction of Chuck Arnett's 1962 mural that was in the Tool Box (a gay leather bar),[4]
Engraved standing stones that honor community leather institutions including the Folsom Street Fair,
Leather pride flag pavement markings through which the stones emerge, and
Bronze bootprints along the curb honoring 28 individuals who were an important part of local leather communities:[2]
^Gayle Rubin, "The Catacombs: A Triumph of the Butthole", in Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice, Alyson Press, 1992, ISBN1555831877, pp. 119-141; reprinted in Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader, Duke University Press, 2011, ISBN0822349868, "Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), retrieved September 30, 2014.
