3rd Street

A collection of 11 posts

Embarcadero

The State Belt

The little railroad that once ran on San Francisco's waterfront.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #69

The Liberty Bell on the road, a mystery watch, and goodbye to the unique Jane Cryan.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #68

An Indian circus, lunch and disco dancing in a greenhouse, and Tiki Bob.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #65

A San Francisco Grab Bag of queer tales, many about shoes...

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Yerba Buena Gardens

Ohlone Sunrise

In 1989, seven ancestors were moved to make way for San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens.

Christmas

Tetrazzini's Christmas Gift

In 1910, the world's greatest soprano gave San Francisco a present.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #53

Bars, hogs, mansions, and memories: a typical San Francisco Grab Bag from Woody.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #50

Apartments in a park, baseball in a pasture, parents in a nightclub, and one goat.

Silver Terrace

Selling Silver Terrace

Photographer Eadweard Muybridge had a job to do in southeast San Francisco in 1869.

Bayview

Quesada Gardens

Two transformations of one block 100 years apart in San Francisco's Bayview District.

Mission Bay

A Walk on Long Bridge

When San Francisco's Mission Bay was a bay.