It disappeared, we think, sometimes in the 1970s. But this is what keeps my hopes up. This actually isnt in carville. This is in the Richmond District on ninth avenue. People say, are there any car houses left . Are they all gone . Have they disappeared . This is an example of how one can surprise you. This is on ninth avenue in the parking lot behind the old coliseum theater. Before that park being lot was there the city was looking for houses, spaces, near merchant corridors to create these little parking lots. They bought this house from a mrs. Suggs because they wanted to tear it down and put the parking lot in. When they started tearing the house gown, they realized that this kind of boring house was made up of three old cable car trailers. Even though the granddaughter who played in the house didnt know that it was made of cable cars, it was hidden behind the stucco. So these Little Things can surprise you. Look at this house. This is in the rear of a lot on great highway. You ca
Of the cable cars still show. Its just an amazing place. So thats my hope, you know, that this book i wrote, this story gets out, were on sfgov tv. Somebody will say, i have a cable car house, nobody asked me. Come take a look at it. Because right now were down to one or two maybe that are still around when were talking about there used to be hundreds. Essentially into a generation of tearing them down. No more construction. Complete replacement. Yeah. In the 1910, about 1913, 1914, they really started pushing to get rid of them. When that open block that sutro rented, right on the edge of the sunset, when that cleared out, it eliminated the visibility of carville. We talk about a whole block of car houses that were still there. When that gets replaced by apartment buildings, suddenly you have a car house here, one there. Just where people havent taken the time to tear it out or build a conventional home. In the 1920s or 1930s, things were booming House Building wise out there. So if y
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