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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 349: Cutting Through Golden Gate Park - Part 1
Nineteenth Avenue began its transformation from a residential street into six lane highway in the 1930s. Learn about the driving forces behind the expansion.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Oct 19, 2019
now playing: 349: Cutting Through Golden Gate Park - Part 1 >(above) 19th & Lincoln Way., circa 1935
Looking south towards Golden Gate Heights. Breon Gate just visible on the right. There s still a gas station on that southeast corner. Birdcage traffic signals.
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Frank Dunnigan, WNP member and columnist. -
If ever there was a Streetwise column that could make readers sit up and say, “Really?” then this is the one.
San Francisco, built on a series of hills, has been laced with tunnels for many, many decades. Some are heavily used, some less frequently, some have completely vanished from the scene and some never made it off the drawing boards.
For our purposes, it is necessary to exclude most sewage tunnels yes, they exist and they are certainly the most common form of tunnel beneath our streets but here, we will focus on those that were designed for legal public access by railroads, vehicles, and/or pedestrians.
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Sunset District pioneer and benefactor.
Carl Larsen: The Gentle Dane
by Lorri Ungaretti
(Originally published in the WNP Member Newsletter, Spring 2009.) Carl Larsen s Chicken Ranch facing the Sunset District sand dunes around Noriega Street and 17th Avenue, circa 1900., 1900 -
In the late 1800s, many speculators began buying land in the Sunset District. By the early twentieth century, landowners in the area included Michael deYoung, Fernando Nelson, and Adolph Sutro. But one of the largest land owners, Carl Larsen, also had other ties to the district.
Larsen did not live in the Sunset District, but he owned a business and a lot of land in the area. Sometimes called the Gentle Dane, he donated land for parks in the Sunset and probably would have given more to his city, but underhandedness after his death prevented any further gifts.