Sunset District

A collection of 11 posts

Parkside

The Parkside Village

Early 20th century boosting for a new neighborhood in San Francisco's Sunset District.

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Grab Bag #52

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

Stern Grove

Trocadero Rebirth

San Francisco's last roadhouse is resurrected in Stern Grove.

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Grab Bag #47

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

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Making 19th Avenue

The highway through San Francisco's Sunset District started as a rutted country road.

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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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Tornado House

When a twister hit San Francisco's Sunset District.

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Secret Ice Rink

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

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The Milk Punch Janitress

Reading, 'riting, and rum? An 1895 conflict between an Inner Sunset roadhouse and a San Francisco school.

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The House Built on Sand

A 1904 DIY house built in the barren sand dunes of San Francisco's Sunset District still stands today.

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Woody Grab Bag #006

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