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Western Addition

A collection of 9 posts
Grab Bag #50
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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #50

Apartments in a park, baseball in a pasture, parents in a nightclub, and one goat.
May 7, 2025 10 min read
Old St. Patrick's church on Market Street in the 1850s
Western Addition

Moved by Faith

The 1850s San Francisco church that kept moving west.
Feb 26, 2025 7 min read
Tales from San Francisco's Hotel Jefferson
Western Addition

Tales from the Hotel Jefferson

Beginnings and ends in San Francisco’s Western Addition.
Jan 22, 2025 9 min read
Sunshine School
Mission District

Sunshine School

How the Rotary Club introduced special education into the San Francisco school district 100 years ago.
Oct 16, 2024 7 min read
Grab Bag #37
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Grab Bag #37

Is a house from the Gold Rush still standing in San Francisco's Western Addition?
Jul 17, 2024 7 min read
Brewery Days
Western Addition

Brewery Days

San Francisco's Acme beer and ale: gone but not forgotten.
Nov 1, 2023 5 min read
Tower Trouble
Western Addition

Tower Trouble

Much of the clean up after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire was done with muscle, including pulling down part of the tower of St. Dominic's Church.
May 10, 2023 5 min read
The Irving Institute
Pacific Heights

The Irving Institute

The scholastic past of a grand California Street apartment building.
Jan 11, 2023 5 min read
View of arches on Fillmore Street
Western Addition

The Fillmore Arches

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, merchants tried to make Fillmore Street the city's new commercial center with some unique metal arches.
Jun 8, 2022 5 min read
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