Bayview Hill - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 04:53, 9 January 2025

2025-01-09T04:53:32Z

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	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.1106''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.1106''

			[[Image:Summit of Bayview Hill 1953 opensfhistory wnp28.1109.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Similar view in 1953, looking north from Bayview Hill.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.1109''

	[[Image:Wnp26.133 bay shore hwy south of salinas avenue.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp26.133 bay shore hwy south of salinas avenue.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: added two photos

2025-01-09T04:12:25Z

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	''by Pete Holloran''		''by Pete Holloran''

	[[Image:Bayview Hill Feb 1927 wnp14.0147.jpg\|~~792px~~]]		[[Image:Bayview Hill circa 1948 opensfhistory wnp28.1151.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Bayview Hill, c. 1948.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.1151''

			[[Image:View from Hunters Point 1948 opensfhistory wnp27.7430.jpg\|800px]]

			'''View from Hunter's Point, 1948, Bayview Hill prominent in distance.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.7430''

			[[Image:Bayview Hill Feb 1927 wnp14.0147.jpg\|800px]]

	'''Bayview Hill view northeasterly, February 1927.'''		'''Bayview Hill view northeasterly, February 1927.'''
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	''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:View North from Bayview Hill across Bayview District to Hunters Point, Yosemite slough 1953 wnp28.1106.jpg\|~~792px~~]]		[[Image:View North from Bayview Hill across Bayview District to Hunters Point, Yosemite slough 1953 wnp28.1106.jpg\|800px]]

	'''View north from Bayview Hill across Bayview district to Hunters Point and Yosemite Slough, 1953.'''		'''View north from Bayview Hill across Bayview district to Hunters Point and Yosemite Slough, 1953.'''

Ccarlsson: added photo

2023-04-04T23:19:10Z

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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


			[[Image:View From Bayview Hill 1953 opensfhistory wnp28.1111.jpg\|800px]]

			'''View From Bayview Hill 1953.''' Causeway for Highway 101 under construction. Candlestick Cove housing still in place in foreground bottom.

			''Photo: Opensfhistory wnp28.1111''

	In the late 1890s George Randolph Hearst and his Bay View Land Company sought to build luxury homes on the hill, but the plan floundered because of its distance from downtown. In 1902 the city purchased the hilltop with plans to build a quarantine facility. Charles Crocker, who feared that his extensive holdings in nearby Visitation Valley and San Bruno Mountain would lose value if such a facility was built, donated his lands on Bayview to the city with the condition that it abort its plans. It became dedicated park land in 1915.		In the late 1890s George Randolph Hearst and his Bay View Land Company sought to build luxury homes on the hill, but the plan floundered because of its distance from downtown. In 1902 the city purchased the hilltop with plans to build a quarantine facility. Charles Crocker, who feared that his extensive holdings in nearby Visitation Valley and San Bruno Mountain would lose value if such a facility was built, donated his lands on Bayview to the city with the condition that it abort its plans. It became dedicated park land in 1915.
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Ccarlsson: added photo and categories

2020-06-10T02:22:21Z

added photo and categories

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	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2610''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2610''

			[[Image:Grading Gilman Playground Jan 6 1934 wnp14.2410.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Grading Gilman Playground, Jan. 6, 1934.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2410''

	[[Image:View-north-from-Bayview-Hill 20180325 165442.jpg]]		[[Image:View-north-from-Bayview-Hill 20180325 165442.jpg]]
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Ccarlsson: added video and categories

2020-05-10T00:34:09Z

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	Access to the city-owned property at the top is by foot or bicycle only. Park at the end of Key Avenue on its northwest slopes.		Access to the city-owned property at the top is by foot or bicycle only. Park at the end of Key Avenue on its northwest slopes.

			<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/a-silent-ride-around-bayview-hill" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

			'''Silent video of a bike ride around the top of Bayview Hill, April 2020.'''

			''Video: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:Bayview Hill view 1949 View Northeast. Before Bay fill for Candlestick Park, Gilman Playgound in left foreground, Hunters Point Housing and Yosemite Channel wnp14.2610.jpg\|792px]]		[[Image:Bayview Hill view 1949 View Northeast. Before Bay fill for Candlestick Park, Gilman Playgound in left foreground, Hunters Point Housing and Yosemite Channel wnp14.2610.jpg\|792px]]
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Ccarlsson: added photos and category

2020-01-18T06:49:39Z

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	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0147''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0147''

			[[Image:View-north-from-Bayview-Hill-w-flowers 20180325 164316.jpg]]

			'''View north from Bayview Hill in March, 2018.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:HPC8905.jpg]]		[[Image:HPC8905.jpg]]
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	Towards the top of the hill the grasslands are replaced by eucalyptus plantations and, remarkably, a remnant shrub woodland with coast live oaks (''Quercus agrifolia'') and islay cherry (''Prunus ilicifolia''). (Islay is one of the names for this plant in the local Ohlone language; Islais Creek is San Francisco's only place name derived from the Ohlone language.) Outcrops of the underlying Franciscan radiolarian chert appear throughout the woodland and grassland. In the 1930s work crews from the New Deal WPA built several retaining walls and steps using local chert blocks. In a modern update of this WPA activity, staff and volunteers from the city's Natural Areas Program remove invasive weeds like fennel and french broom from the hill. They work closely with crews of local residents employed by the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners and other community development organizations.		Towards the top of the hill the grasslands are replaced by eucalyptus plantations and, remarkably, a remnant shrub woodland with coast live oaks (''Quercus agrifolia'') and islay cherry (''Prunus ilicifolia''). (Islay is one of the names for this plant in the local Ohlone language; Islais Creek is San Francisco's only place name derived from the Ohlone language.) Outcrops of the underlying Franciscan radiolarian chert appear throughout the woodland and grassland. In the 1930s work crews from the New Deal WPA built several retaining walls and steps using local chert blocks. In a modern update of this WPA activity, staff and volunteers from the city's Natural Areas Program remove invasive weeds like fennel and french broom from the hill. They work closely with crews of local residents employed by the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners and other community development organizations.

			[[Image:View-south-from-Bayview-Hill-towards-SB-Mtn 20180325 163700.jpg]]

			'''March 2018 view south from Bayview Hill towards San Bruno Mountain in distance, with the former landfill site for San Francisco's garbage in the foreground, west of Highway 101.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	In the late 1890s George Randolph Hearst and his Bay View Land Company sought to build luxury homes on the hill, but the plan floundered because of its distance from downtown. In 1902 the city purchased the hilltop with plans to build a quarantine facility. Charles Crocker, who feared that his extensive holdings in nearby Visitation Valley and San Bruno Mountain would lose value if such a facility was built, donated his lands on Bayview to the city with the condition that it abort its plans. It became dedicated park land in 1915.		In the late 1890s George Randolph Hearst and his Bay View Land Company sought to build luxury homes on the hill, but the plan floundered because of its distance from downtown. In 1902 the city purchased the hilltop with plans to build a quarantine facility. Charles Crocker, who feared that his extensive holdings in nearby Visitation Valley and San Bruno Mountain would lose value if such a facility was built, donated his lands on Bayview to the city with the condition that it abort its plans. It became dedicated park land in 1915.
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	''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2610''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2610''

			[[Image:View-north-from-Bayview-Hill 20180325 165442.jpg]]

			'''Long view north from Bayview Hill, March 2018.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


	[[Innes Avenue\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]		[[Innes Avenue\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Species]] [[category:Habitat]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:shoreline]]		[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Species]] [[category:Habitat]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:shoreline]] [[category:2010s]]

Ccarlsson: added photos and categories

2020-01-09T21:57:40Z

added photos and categories

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	''by Pete Holloran''		''by Pete Holloran''

			[[Image:Bayview Hill Feb 1927 wnp14.0147.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Bayview Hill view northeasterly, February 1927.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0147''

	[[Image:HPC8905.jpg]]		[[Image:HPC8905.jpg]]
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	''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:View North from Bayview Hill across Bayview District to Hunters Point, Yosemite slough 1953 wnp28.1106.jpg\|792px]]

			'''View north from Bayview Hill across Bayview district to Hunters Point and Yosemite Slough, 1953.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp28.1106''

	[[Image:Wnp26.133 bay shore hwy south of salinas avenue.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp26.133 bay shore hwy south of salinas avenue.jpg]]
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	Access to the city-owned property at the top is by foot or bicycle only. Park at the end of Key Avenue on its northwest slopes.		Access to the city-owned property at the top is by foot or bicycle only. Park at the end of Key Avenue on its northwest slopes.

			[[Image:Bayview Hill view 1949 View Northeast. Before Bay fill for Candlestick Park, Gilman Playgound in left foreground, Hunters Point Housing and Yosemite Channel wnp14.2610.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Bayview Hill, 1949 view to the northeast.''' This is before carving and landfilling for Candlestick Park began, but after the 1930s construction of Gilman Playground which is in the left foreground, along with Hunters Point housing and the Yosemite Slough channel.

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org 14.2610''


	[[Innes Avenue\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]		[[Innes Avenue\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]

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Lisaruth: replaced photo bayvwhp$bayview-hill-c--1929.jpg with Wnp26.133

2017-10-26T21:44:27Z

replaced photo bayvwhp$bayview-hill-c--1929.jpg with Wnp26.133

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	'''Hikers gaze at view from rock outcropping atop the western edge of Bayview Hill, early 20th century.'''		'''Hikers gaze at view from rock outcropping atop the western edge of Bayview Hill, early 20th century.'''

	''Photo: Private collection''		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:~~bayvwhp$bayview-hill-c--1929~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Wnp26.133 bay shore hwy south of salinas avenue.jpg]]

	'''Third Street extending to Bay View Hill, c. 1929.. To the left of this picture lies Candlestick Point, which eventually became the site of [[Candlestick Swindle \| Candlestick Park]] after a series of financial and political manipulations in the late 1950s.'''		'''Third Street extending to Bay View Hill, c. 1929. To the left of this picture lies Candlestick Point, which eventually became the site of [[Candlestick Swindle \| Candlestick Park]] after a series of financial and political manipulations in the late 1950s.'''

	''photo: ~~Private Collection, San Francisco, CA~~''		''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp26.133.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp26.133.jpg''

	[[Image:bayvwhp$bay-view-hill-1929$bayviewhill_itm$bayview-hill-1999.jpg]]		[[Image:bayvwhp$bay-view-hill-1929$bayviewhill_itm$bayview-hill-1999.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: added new photo

2014-10-14T00:17:24Z

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	''by Pete Holloran''		''by Pete Holloran''

			[[Image:HPC8905.jpg]]

			'''Hikers gaze at view from rock outcropping atop the western edge of Bayview Hill, early 20th century.'''

			''Photo: Private collection''

	[[Image:bayvwhp$bayview-hill-c--1929.jpg]]		[[Image:bayvwhp$bayview-hill-c--1929.jpg]]
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	'''Third Street extending to Bay View Hill, c. 1929.. To the left of this picture lies Candlestick Point, which eventually became the site of [[Candlestick Swindle \| Candlestick Park]] after a series of financial and political manipulations in the late 1950s.'''		'''Third Street extending to Bay View Hill, c. 1929.. To the left of this picture lies Candlestick Point, which eventually became the site of [[Candlestick Swindle \| Candlestick Park]] after a series of financial and political manipulations in the late 1950s.'''

	''photo: ~~Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:bayvwhp$bay-view-hill-1929$bayviewhill_itm$bayview-hill-1999.jpg]]		[[Image:bayvwhp$bay-view-hill-1929$bayviewhill_itm$bayview-hill-1999.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 05:47, 26 July 2011

2011-07-26T05:47:32Z

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	[[Innes Avenue ~~1917~~\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]		[[Innes Avenue\| Prev. Document]] [[Quesada and 3rd \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Species]] [[category:Habitat]]		[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Species]] [[category:Habitat]]