Precita Park and Nearby

Unfinished History


File:Precita Park c early 20th century via Chuck Poling.jpg

Precita Park, c. 1900, would fill up with earthquake shacks after the 1906 earthquake.

Photo: courtesy Chuck Poling, via Facebook

Alabama & Precita circa 1938 wnp27.6330.jpg

Streetcar turning at Alabama and Precita by Precita Park, c. 1938.

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Folsom between 26th Street and Cesar Chavez, Market Street Railway (MSRY) 36-line streetcar 1581, Cogswell College in the background Line 36 - 1581-36-01 SB on Folsom South of 26th Street Cogswell College 1939 wnp5.50338.jpg

Folsom between 26th Street and Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), Market Street Railway 36-line streetcar passing Cogswell College (in the background), 1939, later this is the sight of the Bernal Dwellings public housing projects

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Nov 2 1939 Le Conte school Army St. west of Harrison dpwbook SPECIMP16 dpwA6172 Before widening wnp36.04330.jpg

Nov. 2, 1939 Le Conte school on Cesar Chavez (then Army St.) west of Harrison, before widening.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.04330, dpwbook SPECIMP16 dpwA6172

Nov 3 1939 Army east of Harrison dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA6174 wnp36.04331.jpg

Nov. 3, 1939, Army east of Harrison.

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