Sutro Baths

The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.

[1] The structure burned down to its concrete foundation in June 1966; its ruins are located in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District.

Eventually, the southernmost part of the baths was converted into an ice skating rink, with a wall separating it from the dilapidated swimming pools,[5] until 1964 when the property was sold to developers for a planned high-rise apartment complex.

This case set an important precedent for future civil rights actions, underscoring the growing demand for equal treatment and access to public spaces.

[10][11] The second line was the Sutro Railroad, which ran electric trolleys to Golden Gate Park and downtown San Francisco.