https://foundsf.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=MKirkland&feedformat=atomFoundSF - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T10:35:17ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.1https://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Haight-Ashbury&diff=23625Category:Haight-Ashbury2014-12-12T19:23:36Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Haight & Clayton: 1936''' <br />
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''Photo: Private collector, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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Prior to 1870, the Haight-Ashbury was basically a rural suburb of the burgeoning City of San Francisco. Pope Valley, the name for the less hilly lands south of the Panhandle, was the first area settled.<br />
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In 1870, the San Francisco Park Commission was formed by California Governor Haight to develop Golden Gate Park. This was a key factor in the growth of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood as a social and commercial entity. In 1883, the first cable car line opened along Haight Street (named for the former Governor). The principal pedestrian entrance to the park at Stanyan and Haight Streets became the focal point of many transportation lines.<br />
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The simultaneous development of the park and transportation system, as well as the lack of rival commercial centers adjacent to the park, transformed the Haight area into a center for such activities. In 1895, an amusement park, called "The Chutes," opened on Haight Street.<br />
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Because of these commercial and social developments, the area became a desirable neighborhood and attracted many well-to-do and middle class residents, particularly on the flat lands.<br />
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The 1906 earthquake and fire caused a migration of the CIty's survivors to the western areas not destroyed by the fire. This post-earthquake boom increased the economic and ethnic diversity of the Haight. Through the years the Haight changed with the invention of automobiles which allowed families to move into the suburbs. The increased use of the automobile lessened the importance of both the streetcar system and the Haight's proximity as a gate to Golden Gate Park. The flight of wealthy and middle class people from the Haight continued for many years.<br />
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This resulted in dramatic changes within the social and economic makeup of the area. Property deteriorated as older residents continued to move out and lower income families moved in. During the 1960s the beatniks of North Beach settled in parts of the Panhandle, the forerunners of the hippies.<br />
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The commercial decline, the decreasing importance of the Haight area within the city and the lower rents combined to create the perfect refuge for young people fed up with their parent's values, and the Haight became the central point for hippie culture in the late 60s.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Castro&diff=23568Category:Castro2014-11-11T00:03:35Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''18th and Castro looking south, July 12, 1915.'''<br />
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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Eureka Valley began as a quiet Victorian neighborhood made up of working class Germans, Scandinavians, and Irish. The original residents, the Ohlone Indians, roamed the grassy valleys until the Spaniards founded Mission Dolores close by. The Spaniards rounded up the Indians, brought them into the mission and sent Candelario Valencia, Francisco Guerrero, and Victor Castro to tend sheep and cattle in the Eureka and Noe valleys.<br />
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The area did not experience any significant population changes until after World War II, when the Scandinavians, Irish, Germans, and Italians began to leave Eureka Valley for the suburbs. As a result, the economy of the area began to suffer and many businesses closed. The art deco Castro Theater was almost forced to shut its doors.<br />
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In the early 1970s, the rapidly growing gay/lesbian population in the San Francisco area revitalized the neighborhood when they renovated old houses and rebuilt the commercial industry.<br />
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The main commercial street within the neighborhood formerly referred to as Eureka Valley is Castro Street, which has led to the area more commonly being referred to as "The Castro." Harvey Milk Plaza, at the corner of Market and Castro, is named for San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. Eureka Valley is made up of a widely varied population, but it is the character or Castro Street that has made it famous.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Twin_Peaks&diff=23567Category:Twin Peaks2014-11-11T00:00:26Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The Twin Peaks area did not have the proximity to downtown of Nob or Telegraph hills, and therefore it was essentially unoccupied until after World War II. The Laguna-Honda Hospital predates all other buildings in the area. It was originally placed there specifically because its isolation would protect the San Franciscans from the chronic diseases of the poor treated there. It was also close to Laguna Honda, a natural lake.<br />
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The Diamond Heights area was originally considered on maps as an extension of the Mission District street grid. During the 1950s, the area was one of the City's first redevelopment projects. Apartment complexes and single family dwellings were constructed with strict zoning which afforded maximum views.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Sunset&diff=23566Category:Sunset2014-11-10T23:59:07Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Sunset houses start to fill dunes in 1936. The large building in the center of the photo is the old Infant Shelter, later the Conservatory of Music, and now a French school at 19th and Ortega.'''<br />
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The Sunset District is a largely single family residential area built during the 1920s and '30s as an early San Francisco suburb. Sand dunes covered the land stretching from the west side of Twin Peaks to the ocean prior to the completion of the Twin Peaks Tunnel in 1917. Initial building began at the foot of the Haight area and spread west to the dunes. After the opening of the Cliff House, rails were laid through the district to connect the beach and Cliff House with other parts of the City.<br />
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The incorporation of Golden Gate Park clearly defined the northern border of the Sunset and as a result development worked south from the park's border. The 1920s saw the perfection of mass housing techniques. The Sunset best exemplified this type of building with rows of neatly identical housing stretching for blocks.<br />
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The first residents in the Sunset were immigrants from Western Europe. However, during the 1960s many of them were growing older and sold their homes; this resulted in a huge influx of middle class Chinese and Japanese immigrants. Today the European influences remain visible within the neighborhood, but most of the main commercial area supports the large Chinese population.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Tenderloin&diff=23565Category:Tenderloin2014-11-10T23:22:55Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Aunt Charlie's is the last remaining gay bar in the Tenderloin, a neighborhood preceding the Castro as the city's gay mecca.'''<br />
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''Photo: LisaRuth Elliott''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The Tenderloin was named after a term used for the vice area of New York City during the 19th century. There are numerous claims regarding the origin of the term, but the most popular hold that it either is a metaphor alluding to the 'soft underbelly' of the city, or a reference to an anecdote which held that corrupt police would often request that beat because an assignment there would guarantee an increase in income (due to bribes), allowing them to afford a "tenderloin" cut of beef instead of chuck steak.<br />
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In San Francisco, the Tenderloin gained a reputation as a lively entertainment area. In 1893, records show that a raid was made on a shop selling "dirty" oil paintings. The area was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake and fire, but was rebuilt during the following decade. The new construction included many majestic apartment houses with marble entryways and beveled glass, and women's boarding houses and hotels. The area soon thrived with a wealth of restaurants, the movie palaces on Market Street, and "discreet" bordellos.<br />
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After World War II, the advent of television destroyed much of the movie trade on Market, which had long been the cornerstone of the area's economy. As deterioration began, those residents who could afford to left the Tenderloin. Many displaced by redevelopment in other parts of the city moved into the area.<br />
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The Tenderloin became an entry point for new immigrants to the City and reflected this transient, anonymous character. It also served as a home for the elderly on fixed incomes who could not afford to live elsewhere.<br />
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During the 1970s a large number of Southeast Asian refugees settled in the Tenderloin. Today it is a mosaic of cultures and lifestyles, perhaps one of the most interesting neighborhoods in the City.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Nob_Hill&diff=23564Category:Nob Hill2014-11-10T23:06:44Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''"There are uglier buildings in America than the Crocker House on Nob Hill, but they were built with public money for a public purpose; among architectural triumphs of private fortune and personal taste it is peerless." ''' ''--Ambrose Bierce''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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Nob Hill was originally considered too steep to be a prime location. However, in 1843, the completion of a cable car line made the hill accessible and for the next thirty years the district became a showcase for the wealthy,<br />
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This area attracted the upper strata of wealth: Richard Tobin, founder of the Hibernia Bank, built his home at the site of Huntington Park; Leland Stanford built his gothic, wooden mansion at Powell and California; Mark Hopkins lived at Mason and Cole; and others such as Charles Crocker, David Colton, and James Flood all built grand houses during the period from 1877-1886. In later years many of the mansions were converted to serve public functions, such as the Stanford University San Francisco campus and the Hopkins Art Institute.<br />
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The Fairmount Hotel, named for James Fair, a Comstock Lode millionaire, was ready to open in 1906. The earthquake and fire of that year destroyed part of the building and most of the mansions on Nob Hill. The Flood Mansion was built of brownstone and was saved. Today it is the site of the Pacific Union Club. The Huntington estate became Huntington Park.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Polk_Gulch&diff=23563Category:Polk Gulch2014-11-10T23:03:51Z<p>MKirkland: </p>
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'''Looking westward across today's Polk Gulch from western slope of Nob Hill in the 1860s. Gough and Franklin top the ridge in the foreground with Lone Mountain in the distance.'''<br />
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''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, SF CA''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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Polk Gulch is located between Russian Hill and Nob Hill. It was built up primarily as a neighborhood shopping area for the wealthy on either side. The Polk Street area south of California Street attracted many Germans and was often referred to as "Polk Strasse."<br />
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The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of the German area but was rebuilt by the community. In 1910, the German National Community Hall, called California Hall, was completed to celebrate their successful return from the rubble.<br />
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As the downtown area began to expand west, many of the Germans were forced to leave. By the late 1930s, much of the German character had been forced out, to be replaced by residential hotels and downtown commercial interests.<br />
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In the 1950s, Polk Gulch became the focus for a segment of the gay and lesbian population, who were attracted to the area by the relative freedom from persecution, and the lack of neighborhood tension. Numbers of businesses and restaurants serving gay/lesbian clientele were opened during the 1960s, and the area experienced economic growth as a result of these businesses. Polk Street continues to be an active commercial and entertainment center for this diverse community.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Polk_Gulch&diff=23562Category:Polk Gulch2014-11-10T23:02:58Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Looking westward across today's Polk Gulch from western slope of Nob Hill in the 1860s. Gough and Franklin top the ridge in the foreground with Lone Mountain in the distance.'''<br />
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''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, SF CA''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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Polk Gulch is located between Russian Hill and Nob Hill. It was built up primarily as a neighborhood shopping area for the wealthy on either side. The Polk Street area south of California Street attracted many Germans and was often referred to as "Polk Strasse."<br />
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The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed much of the German area but was rebuilt by the community. In 1910, the German National Community Hall, called California Hall, was completed to celebrate their successful return from the rubble.<br />
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As the downtown area began to expand west, many of the Germans were forced to leave. By the late 1930s, much of the German character had been forced out, to be replaced by residential hotels and downtown commercial interests.<br />
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In the 1950s, Polk Gulch became the focus for gay/lesbian people who were attracted to the area by the relative freedom from persecution, and the lack of neighborhood tension. Numbers of businesses and restaurants serving gay/lesbian clientele were opened during the 1960s, and the area experienced economic growth as a result of these businesses. Polk Street continues to be an active commercial and entertainment center for this diverse community.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Chinatown&diff=23561Category:Chinatown2014-11-10T22:58:36Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Nationalist Demonstration in Chinatown, c. 1911'''<br />
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''Photo: California State Library''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The first Chinese to arrive in San Francisco were brought to the city around 1845 under contract by Americans. In 1849 the Chinese immigrants conducted their first organizational meeting at the Canton Restaurant in San Francisco. During the 1850s, the number of Chinese in California increased greatly due to the Gold Rush and the hope for plentiful employment opportunities created by such endeavors as the transcontinental railroad.<br />
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The early Chinese stores in San Francisco were along Sacramento Street, which was called "Tong Yan Gai" or Chinese Street. Chinese businesses also occupied the buildings on Dupont (now Grant) between Sacramento and Jackson, and Jackson between Kearny and Stockton. In 1854, the first Chinese newspaper was published, exemplifying the bustling commercial community in the area now called Chinatown.<br />
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San Franciscans at first regarded the hard working Chinese with favor, although they were segregated from the other parts of the city. However, with the completion of the railroad, many Chinese drifted to San Francisco. They offered a cheap supply of labor and the public opinion began to change radically from acceptance to racial hatred.<br />
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The language problem and discrimination against them forced the Chinese to band together. Chinatown developed its own organizational network based on traditional Cantonese structures to provide for the needs of its people. The most visible and important of these was the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Six_Companies Chinese Six Companies], an organization of members from six districts of China. The organization, formed around 1862, administered justice and undertook many community functions such as founding language schools and Chinese temples. Christian churches, begun in the early 1850s, also developed social welfare agencies to aid in community problems.<br />
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The 1870s-1890s were an intense period of anti-Chinese sentiment and violence throughout the country. The anti-Chinese agitation drove Chinese from many settlements in rural California to San Francisco, creating crowded conditions and more problems. Crowds of discharged white laborers began to persecute the Chinese, who were taking their places in the CIty's labor force. On July 24, 1877, several hundred men rampaged the City, attacking any Chinese in sight.<br />
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Legislation discriminating against the Chinese began emerging during this time. Much of it was ruled unconstitutional by the state and federal Supreme Courts. The culmination was the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinese_Exclusion_Law Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882], which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States and prohibited naturalization. The time between 1890 and 1900 saw a decline in the Chinese population because of this.<br />
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The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed all of Chinatown, but the Chinese returned to the area and rebuilt. The fire destroyed all the records and allowed thousands of Chinese men to become "paper citizens" by signing certificates which gave the United States as their place of birth.<br />
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The post-Depression period brought great change to Chinatown. Restaurants and shops with neon signs began to appear, attracting tourists who viewed Chinatown as novel. Instead of an area concerned with the needs of people living within it, Chinatown became a tourist center concerned with the tastes of people living outside it.<br />
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In 1947, the restrictive housing covenant which had prohibited the Chinese from buying homes outside of Chinatown was lifted. The 1950s saw the wane of Chinatown as families took advantage of the post-war boom and moved into North Beach and the Sunset and Richmond. The old-timers and the tourists remained. In 1951, the Ping Yuen housing project for Chinese was started.<br />
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The decline in the Chinatown population halted during the 1960s when all laws limiting immigration on the basis of race or nationality were eliminated. This reinvigorated Chinatown as a place of business, residence, and community. However, the social fabric of the area had changed. Most white collar families left Chinatown for other parts of the city, but it continues to have the highest density of any neighborhood in the city.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Marina&diff=23560Category:Marina2014-11-10T22:37:21Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Looking southward at Pacific Heights, this is probably Fillmore Street about 1895.'''<br />
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''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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''Text partially excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The Marina District was created by landfill for the site of the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915. The Exposition was constructed to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. It covered over 635 acres with ten exhibition halls. The only remnants from the fair are the Yacht Harbor and the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Palace_of_Fine_Arts Palace of Fine Arts].<br />
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In the Marina beautiful homes with spectacular views of the Bay were built right across from the Marina Green. The Green became a favorite location for kite flyers despite and early ordinance that expressly prohibited the flying of kites. <br />
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In 1989 a 7.1 earthquake stunned the city and devastated sections of the Marina District. More than 30 structures were destroyed.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Russian_Hill&diff=23447Category:Russian Hill2014-10-06T23:38:53Z<p>MKirkland: </p>
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'''The celebrated Lombard Street while being constructed in 1922.'''<br />
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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''<br />
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''Text excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'<br />
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The exact derivation for the name of Russian Hill is not known, although some sources say a Russian community or cemetery was once on the hill. One unlikely story has it that a well known Russian sailor of immense bulk and alcoholic appetite finally drank himself to death at a wharf watering-hole and was buried at the top of the hill, which was named after him.<br />
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Initially, the residents of Russian Hill were the very poor because its steep slopes discouraged those who could afford to live elsewhere. In the 1870s, an African American community existed on the southwest slopes. Also in the late part of the 19th century, an artist's colony resided at the top of the hill.<br />
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With the invention of the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Cable_Cars cable car], San Francisco's hills and views became easily accessible. The wealthy first built their homes on [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Nob_Hill Nob Hill] to take advantage of this, and later spilled over onto Russian Hill.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Pacific_Heights&diff=23446Category:Pacific Heights2014-10-06T23:37:27Z<p>MKirkland: </p>
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'''Atherton Mansion, 1990s'''<br />
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''Photo: Chris Carlsson''<br />
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Pacific Heights was first developed in the 1870s when small and serviceable Victorian homes were built to accommodate working class families. Once [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Nob_Hill Nob Hill] became established as a wealthy area, however, affluent families began to move west into Pacific Heights. At the turn of the century expensive Victorians and period homes replaced the more modest original homes. Pacific Heights has never had a diverse ethnic composition, retaining instead a largely upper income, residential character well into the 1990s.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Richmond_District&diff=23445Category:Richmond District2014-10-06T23:36:50Z<p>MKirkland: </p>
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'''Clement at about 33rd Avenue, 1940s.'''<br />
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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The Richmond District was annexed to the City in 1856 under the provisions of the Consolidation Act which incorporated the City and County of San Francisco for the first time. <br />
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Major areas of the district were originally developed as cemeteries. The Chinese located their cemetery out on the bluffs of Land's End, while the Municipal Golden Gate Cemetery was established to 33rd Avenue and Clement Street. <br />
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The Richmond's diverse ethnic characteristics started in the early 1900s when Russian Orthodox and Eastern European jews moved in from the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Western_Addition Western Addition]. Japanese Americans followed after World War II, when they returned from concentration camps in the desert to find their Western Addition homes occupied by war time workers. During the 1950s, so many Chinese bought houses along Clement Street that people called this area "New Chinatown." The Chinese are the largest minority in the Richmond.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Telegraph_Hill&diff=23444Category:Telegraph Hill2014-10-06T23:35:33Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Coit Tower soon after its construction in the mid-1930s.'''<br />
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Telegraph Hill first served as an observation point when John Montgomery built a fort shortly after his arrival in San Francisco in 1846. Four years later, the Maria Telegraph, for which the hill is named, began to tell the city of approaching sea vessels. Unfortunately, gale winds demolished the observation point in 1870.<br />
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Coit Tower, the structure at the top of the Telegraph Hill today, was a gift to the city from Lillie Hitchcock Coit, an admirer of the Knickerbocker Engine Company. She left $188,731 in her will for the construction of a monument to honor the firemen. The tower was erected in 1933 and stands 180 feet high. It resembles the nozzle of a fire hose.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Russian_Hill&diff=23443Category:Russian Hill2014-10-06T23:08:15Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''The celebrated Lombard Street while being constructed in 1922.'''<br />
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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''<br />
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''Text excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'"<br />
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The exact derivation for the name of Russian Hill is not known, although some sources say a Russian community or cemetery was once on the hill. One unlikely story has it that a well known Russian sailor of immense bulk and alcoholic appetite finally drank himself to death at a wharf watering-hole and was buried at the top of the hill, which was named after him.<br />
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Initially, the residents of Russian Hill were the very poor because its steep slopes discouraged those who could afford to live elsewhere. In the 1870s, an African American community existed on the southwest slopes. Also in the late part of the 19th century, an artist's colony resided at the top of the hill.<br />
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With the invention of the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Cable_Cars cable car], San Francisco's hills and views became easily accessible. The wealthy first built their homes on [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Nob_Hill Nob Hill] to take advantage of this, and later spilled over onto Russian Hill.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Pacific_Heights&diff=23442Category:Pacific Heights2014-10-06T23:00:18Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Atherton Mansion, 1990s'''<br />
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''Photo: Chris Carlsson''<br />
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''Text excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'"<br />
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Pacific Heights was first developed in the 1870s when small and serviceable Victorian homes were built to accommodate working class families. Once [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Nob_Hill Nob Hill] became established as a wealthy area, however, affluent families began to move west into Pacific Heights. At the turn of the century expensive Victorians and period homes replaced the more modest original homes. Pacific Heights has never had a diverse ethnic composition, retaining instead a largely upper income, residential character well into the 1990s.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Richmond_District&diff=23441Category:Richmond District2014-10-06T22:52:29Z<p>MKirkland: Edit of attribution</p>
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'''Clement at about 33rd Avenue, 1940s.'''<br />
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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''Text excerpted from 'The District Handbook: A CORO Foundation Guide'"<br />
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The Richmond District was annexed to the City in 1856 under the provisions of the Consolidation Act which incorporated the City and County of San Francisco for the first time. <br />
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Major areas of the district were originally developed as cemeteries. The Chinese located their cemetery out on the bluffs of Land's End, while the Municipal Golden Gate Cemetery was established to 33rd Avenue and Clement Street. <br />
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The Richmond's diverse ethnic characteristics started in the early 1900s when Russian Orthodox and Eastern European jews moved in from the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Western_Addition Western Addition]. Japanese Americans followed after World War II, when they returned from concentration camps in the desert to find their Western Addition homes occupied by war time workers. During the 1950s, so many Chinese bought houses along Clement Street that people called this area "New Chinatown." The Chinese are the largest minority in the Richmond.</div>MKirklandhttps://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Richmond_District&diff=23440Category:Richmond District2014-10-06T22:17:43Z<p>MKirkland: Added neighborhood description</p>
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'''Clement at about 33rd Avenue, 1940s.'''<br />
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''<br />
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The Richmond District was annexed to the City in 1856 under the provisions of the Consolidation Act which incorporated the City and County of San Francisco for the first time. <br />
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Major areas of the district were originally developed as cemeteries. The Chinese located their cemetery out on the bluffs of Land's End, while the Municipal Golden Gate Cemetery was established to 33rd Avenue and Clement Street. <br />
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The Richmond's diverse ethnic characteristics started in the early 1900s when Russian Orthodox and Eastern European jews moved in from the [http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=Category:Western_Addition Western Addition]. Japanese Americans followed after World War II, when they returned from concentration camps in the desert to find their Western Addition homes occupied by war time workers. During the 1950s, so many Chinese bought houses along Clement Street that people called this area "New Chinatown." The Chinese are the largest minority in the Richmond.</div>MKirkland