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Baker Beach, San Francisco
Most festivals start with business plans and marketing budgets. Burning Man started with two guys, some scrap wood, and gasoline on a foggy San Francisco beach.
The 1986 bonfire was supposed to be a one-time thing, a way to mark the summer solstice. Here’s how that beach fire changed everything.
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The SF Beach Where It Began
Baker Beach runs for a mile along San Francisco’s shore, and it used to be part of a military base until 1997. From here, you can see the Golden Gate Bridge. The beach was…