South San Francisco’s hillside sign celebrates its 100th birthday
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The Industrial City sign in South San Francisco turns 100 years old today.
The 65-foot-tall cement letters on the southern flank of San Bruno Mountain are one of California’s largest examples of civic boosterism, an early 20th-century tradition of carving town’s initials into hillsides or building lighted roadway entry arches, like Redwood City’s “Climate Best by Government Test” sign.