Richmond District

A collection of 26 posts

Richmond District

The Privileged

Albert Wilson grows up in and out of a Richmond District orphanage.

Richmond District

Home on the Dunes

An institution finds a home in the Richmond District just before the 1906 earthquake hits.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #74

The Domino Club, wet streets, neon, and being a kid in San Francisco.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Pier

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

Sutro Baths

Professor Killick Patrols Sutro Baths

A man with rope, tights, and expertise in aquatic arts in 1890s San Francisco.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #65

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

Richmond District

Exploring Mountain Lake

In 1776, the Spanish arrived in today's San Francisco and camped in my childhood playground.

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

Grab Bag #52

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

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #51

Three years of San Francisco Story means an over-long Grab Bag with German churches, Danish tug-of-war teams, bowling, and Woody wool-gathering.

Ocean Beach

Going Out

Life Saving at San Francisco's Ocean Beach

Richmond District

Carzonia Apartments

Cable-car-house living in the Richmond District after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #41

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

Cliff House

Stuck in Zero Gear

I used to walk to work daily, mixing in the 38-Geary bus now and then. But job responsibilities have had me mostly behind the wheel this year and I’m trying to find a way to get back walking. Driving is the American norm, of course. The most recent

Grab Bag

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?

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #36

Animalia of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, a Richmond District dairy, Willie Mays, and more of my favorite things.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #34

I come to praise San Francisco, not bury it, plus news on old stuff getting older.

Richmond District

Bank/Bar

Why Apollo, not Dionysus, adorns the front of a Richmond District bar in San Francisco.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #025

Lone Mountain

Lone Mountain

Today the site of the University of San Francisco, in 1892 Lone Mountain was a scrubby cross-crowned hill.

Richmond District

Corner Store

In San Francisco's Richmond District you can still get milk, beer, or a candy bar at the neighborhood market.

Union Square

Hallowed Ground on Sutter Street

From the time of its dedication on March 23, 1866, the old Temple Emanu-El was a landmark of 19th-century San Francisco.

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Grab Bag

Woody Grab Bag #006

Strange adventures of young men in San Francisco, market memories, a walnut elephant, and recognizing City Cemetery.

Ocean Beach

Seeing the End of Playland

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