Great Highway

A collection of 11 posts

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.