Great Highway

A collection of 14 posts

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #72

Cool-building Grab Bag with a transcontinental bicyclist and freeway tossed in.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Pier

From 1894 to 1967, an unusual San Francisco pier served an unusual purpose.

Ocean Beach

Last Call at The Gables

In 1972, Eve Connett called it quits at her Ocean Beach bar.

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Grab Bag #55

Babylands, acid-scarred roses, and three formidable women on a San Francisco vacation.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Airfield

In the 1910s, the Christofferson brothers flew high in San Francisco before tragedies brought them down.

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Grab Bag #52

Signs of the times and San Francisco views here and gone.

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Grab Bag #48

Woody goes artifact-hunting in San Francisco's past.

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Grab Bag #47

Portsmouth Square in the 1850s, old photos found, and memorializing motherhood.

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Grab Bag #41

World Series parade, gas stations, and Great Highway history—a San Francisco grab bag.

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Grab Bag #38

Weird bits of San Francisco history from Fisherman's Wharf to Ocean Beach.

Kelly's Cove

The Naming of Kelly’s Cove

What or who inspired the name for a magical stretch of San Francisco's Ocean Beach?

Sunset District

Secret Ice Rink

Remembering the San Francisco Ice Arena, once hidden in the the middle of a Sunset District block.

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Grab Bag #009

A true Woody LaBounty Grab Bag: Pawn Stars, Chinatown revealed, historic real estate for sale, and the first San Francisco Story Annual released.

Ocean Beach

Seeing the End of Playland

Photographer Dennis O'Rorke artfully captured the final days of San Francisco's version of Coney Island.