A new tourism campaign promoting San Francisco is drawing attention for featuring a beloved neighborhood fixture that city officials have repeatedly removed: the Bernal Heights rope swing.
The short film, produced by San Francisco Travel, a private nonprofit that serves as the city’s official destination marketing organization, aired nationally during a college football game last weekend.
Set against sweeping city views and an aspirational voice-over — “There is a place where anything is possible, if you believe” — the ad includes a fleeting shot of someone soaring from the well-known swing overlooking the skyline…