Grab Bag #54

The last house, the widest sidewalk, and the coldest winter San Francisco stories.

Grab Bag #54
The last house, the widest sidewalk, and the coldest winter San Francisco stories.

Sort of a long meta-linked Grab Bag coming your way here… you have to expect such things now and then.

Guess Where

Grab Bag Guess Where image
Where? When?

We always (well, almost always) start our Grab Bag emails with a Guess Where. Here’s your shot to feel smart, a “real” San Franciscan. Where and when are we?


The Last House on Scott Street

My friend David Gallagher (F.O.W.) has been in touch with a gentleman named Tony Hurd, whose grandfather, Cecil, took a lot of photos during redevelopment of the Western Addition. This one had an intriguing inscription written on it:

1419 Scott Street in 1960s
"The Last House Taken Down. Geary at Scott st. 1966" (Cecil Hurd photograph taken in the 1960s. Courtesy of Tony Hurd.)