Cogswell Polytechnical College

Unfinished History

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Name over front door not long before demolition of the building, 1984.

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Cogswell Polytechnical College, 3000 Folsom Street at 26th Street, Bernal Heights visible in background, looking south, during 1984 demolition.

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Same view of 26th and Folsom, May 2020. The site is occupied by a predominantly Section 8 subsidized low-income apartment building.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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Another view more westerly of 26th and Folsom, 1984.

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Matching view, 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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View from Folsom south of Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), 1984.

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Same view, 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Mural Cogswell College, 3000 Folsom St., During demolition, Cogswell College, Folsom and 26th St Oct 1984 wnp32.3391.jpg

Gilberto Ramirez's mural "Honoring LULAC" from 1975 is destroyed along with the building in 1984.

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Demolition underway, October 1984.

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