Hosted by Ted Barrow & Jacob Rosenberg
Archive Footage Copyright Jacob Rosenberg 2025
Filmed & Edited by Jackson Roth
Dedicated to our dear friend Kevin Wilkins
Sponsored in part by:
Adidas Skateboarding
Mosaic
Formika Films
GCS Agency
Special Thanks:
Alexander Hansford & Greg Hunt
Victor Gonzales
Anthony G. Pappalardo
Eric Merrell
Supreme
EPICENTER book available at https://jacobrosenberg.tv/epicenter/
EPICENTER Exhibition at https://gcsagency.com/epicenter
Nov 21, 2025 - Jan 11, 2026
201 Jackson St., SF, CA
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:08] State of Embarcadero
[00:03:23] How the plaza evolved over time
[00:07:22] Advocacy and PR realities
[00:11:41] How EMB became a hub
[00:14:11] Seeds of the EMB book
[00:16:16] This Old Ledge, unseen archives, SFPL
[00:21:31] Right place, right time
[00:26:13] The importance of EPICENTER
[00:33:00] Scene dynamics
[00:39:20] Architecture, obstacles, and bricks
[00:45:29] Book visuals and curation choices
[01:00:10] Companion paperback and origins
[01:06:00] Hieroglyphics/Show arc
[01:12:02] Pre-internet connections, future plaza vision
[01:18:11] Book package, contributors, and process
[01:29:24] Podcast plans, analog effort, closing