For nearly a decade, the Nolli Walking Tour has provided Bay Area residents and visitors alike a pathway through San Francisco’s public and semi-public spaces of past and present. Inspired by Giambattista Nolli’s innovative 1748 map of Rome, the Nolli walking tour engages the public with urban environs that go beyond sidewalks and streets. This year’s tour focuses on Rincon Hill, from South Park around through the East Cut neighborhood to the Embarcadero and South Beach.

PRESENTERS
Dave Alpert, FAIA, CEO/Founder, Geopogo
Dave is an award-winning architect now leading the development of Geopogo’s AR Instantly software for design and construction. 3D made simple. Geopogo’s vision is to apply the power of AR to build a better world by making construction more affordable and by increasing the budget available for high-quality design. In his career as an architect, Dave worked on project design teams for major commercial and institutional buildings in the Bay Area for the local offices of SOM, Gensler, and other firms. After earning an MBA mid-career, he worked on the owner’s side coaching design and construction teams on $10 billion of projects around the country for Kaiser Permanente.

Josh Bevan, AICP, Historic Preservation Planner/Project Manager, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Josh Bevan, AICP is a historic preservation planner and project manager with SWCA Environmental Consultants. Josh has called the Bay Area home since 2016, when he moved west from Pennsylvania to join Page & Turnbull. Josh has contributed to a variety of historic preservation consultation and planning projects, including interpretive exhibits, historic evaluations, and conceptual master plans. Since moving to the Bay Area, Josh has gotten to know the historic fabric of many Bay Area communities through his work and through recreation, often hitting the road for weekend bike rides. Josh has co-led Nolli Walks with Dave Alpert since 2019.