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A collection of 13 posts

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #57

Salty diner memories and Jack the Ink Thrower's reign of terror.

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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 #52

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

Castro

Bringing in the Light

An homage to Orphan Andy's diner in San Francisco's Castro District

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #48

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

Jackson Square

International Settlement

The exotic restaurant row that was the last gasp of San Francisco's Barbary Coast.

Downtown

The Monkey Block

How San Francisco's Montgomery Block, built in 1853, survived every disaster, but lost to one man.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #33

Woody's 100th San Francisco Story heads to Eureka Valley.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #031

Batteries at the Bridge, the bay bombers, and banning the long hairs.

Mission Bay

A Walk on Long Bridge

When San Francisco's Mission Bay was a bay.

North Point

The Cobweb Palace

Abe Warner's cobweb-filled saloon in San Francisco's North Point neighborhood was captured on film before demolition and now we know when.

Ocean Beach

Seeing the End of Playland

Playland at the Beach, San Francisco's version of Coney Island, closed for good on September 4, 1972. Photographer Dennis O'Rorke artfully captured the final days.

Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill Castle: Layman's Folly

In the early 1880s, a transit car line ran to the top of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill where passengers could visit a strange observatory/concert hall/castle.