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Image via Flickr – CC BY 2.0<\/a> – Brad Greenlee<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n An obvious sight that’s a must-visit is the location of Milk\u2019s small business, Castro Camera. The storefront served as a gathering place for the neighborhood\u2019s growing gay community, as well as Milk\u2019s campaign headquarters for his various runs at public office (he also lived in the apartment upstairs). It was meticulously reconstructed to just how it looked when Milk was alive for the filming of the academy award-winning 2008 movie based on his life. Today, it\u2019s home to the Human Rights Campaign Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image via Flickr – CC BY 2.0<\/a> – miss_millions<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Anyone who takes lots of cheap flights to San Francisco<\/a> can tell you that the city isn\u2019t exactly short on places named after Milk. There\u2019s a school, a recreation center, a federal building, and a library branch. However, Harvey Milk Plaza, at the corner of Market and Castro Street, is probably the most important. When Milk was killed in 1978, San Franciscans gathered in the plaza that night and marched in a candlelight vigil to city hall. In 1997, exactly 20 years after his election, the plaza was dedicated to Milk\u2019s memory and a giant rainbow flag installed.<\/p>\n RELATED:\u00a05 Unique Things You Can ONLY Do in San Francisco<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk\u2019s office was located in City Hall. It was also where he was assassinated, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, on November 27, 1978. The building\u2019s impressive architecture alone is a\u00a0reason to see it, but its significance to Milk\u2019s story (along the memorial bust honoring him at the top of the main staircase and just outside the Supervisors room) is probably why you\u2019d want to make it a point to stop by.<\/p>\n Image via Flickr – CC0 1.0<\/a> – Bernard Spragg. NZ<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n Milk was a political leader best known for his work for gay rights, he also tackled smaller issues, like sponsoring an ordinance requiring dog owners to clean up after their pooches and advocating for the city\u2019s public transit (he was the first city supervisor to use the then-new monthly transit card). So it\u2019s kind of fitting that the city\u2019s public transit system, Muni (short for San Francisco Municipal Railway) would dedicate one of its historic streetcars in Milk\u2019s honor. You can catch a ride on Streetcar No. 1051 pretty much any day along the F-Market & Wharves historic streetcar line. The streetcar features a plaque about Milk and can even be spotted in one scene in the movie\u00a0Milk.<\/i><\/p>\n Think we missed an essential San Francisco location related to Harvey Milk? Let us know in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems almost inconceivable now, but not that long ago, gay rights in America were essentially non-existent. Today\u2019s tolerance and acceptance of homosexuality, both culturally and politically, took years of activism and advocacy. And while there are countless names that fought for the cause, one stands out as an icon of the movement: Harvey Milk. 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San Francisco City Hall<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Harvey Milk Historic Streetcar<\/h2>\n
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