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A collection of 9 posts
Grab Bag #45
Grab Bag

Grab Bag #45

Super-sized San Francisco history hash of huckster cowboys, old cars, old bars, ruined mansions, hitching posts, and Lotta's fountain.
Jan 15, 2025 10 min read
Where is Geneva Terraces?
Outer Mission

Where is Geneva Terraces?

Sherbet-colored cottages in a mostly secret San Francisco neighborhood.
Jan 8, 2025 5 min read
Carzonia Apartments
Richmond District

Carzonia Apartments

Cable-car-house living in the Richmond District after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Dec 18, 2024 6 min read
prefab houses
Gold Rush

Gold Rush Prefab

"Portable houses" were one solution to San Francisco's 1849 housing crisis.
Jul 10, 2024 7 min read
The Bell of St. Mary's (Park)
St. Mary's Park

The Bell of St. Mary's (Park)

One San Francisco neighborhood has a design best appreciated from above.
Apr 10, 2024 6 min read
stores
Mission District

Mixed-Use Mission Street

What changed and what didn't on one San Francisco block after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Mar 20, 2024 5 min read
Maguire's Houses
Mission District

Maguire's Houses

Life on one Mission District block on February 22, 1887 at 11:35 a.m.
Dec 14, 2022 5 min read
The Temple on Naples Street
Crocker-Amazon

The Temple on Naples Street

Solving the mystery of the mini Greek temple that once stood in San Francisco's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood.
Sep 28, 2022 5 min read
Transit cars on sand dunes
Ocean Beach

Carville-by-the-Sea in 10 Slides

San Francisco's bygone bohemian community made of recycled transit cars at Ocean Beach.
Jun 22, 2022 5 min read
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