The SF Armory's Wild Journey from Military Fort to Porn Studio
In this video, Austin Klar narrates the 110‑year history of San Francisco’s Armory, originally built as the National Guard Armory and Arsenal after the 1906 earthquake. Over the decades the massive brick building served many roles: a National Guard facility, a sports arena dubbed the "Madison Square Garden of the West," a historic landmark, a movie set (including scenes from The Empire Strikes Back), a rehab clinic, housing, self‑storage, and an office park. In the 2000s it was bought by kink.com and operated as a BDSM pornography studio until production stopped in 2017, after which it was sold and converted into office space. Klar frames the Armory as an iconic, constantly repurposed San Francisco landmark and encourages viewers to share the story and follow for more local real‑estate content.
