Bernal Heights Boulevard - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 04:11, 27 May 2025

2025-05-27T04:11:40Z

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	And, of course, there's the story of a phony gold strike on the hill at the same time. Or maybe it was 1876. But that will be a long-term research project for someone. You can't find it on the Internet, no matter what they tell you.		And, of course, there's the story of a phony gold strike on the hill at the same time. Or maybe it was 1876. But that will be a long-term research project for someone. You can't find it on the Internet, no matter what they tell you.

			[[Image:June-10-1973-flyer-celebrating-transfer-of-Bernal-hilltop-from-DPW-to-Rec-and-Park.jpg]]

			'''June 10, 1973 flyer celebrating the transfer of Bernal hilltop from the Department of Public Works to the SF Rec & Parks Department.'''

			''courtesy Michael David Nolan''

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	''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''		''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''

Ccarlsson: added OpenSFHistory photo

2020-01-13T06:30:28Z

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	''by Jerry Schimmel''		''by Jerry Schimmel''

			[[Image:Feb 9 1931 Cow - Automobiles Bernal Hts. Blvd., north end of completed portion dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA2869 View east towards Islais Creek marshland reclamation, 31 Carver St. across road at right wnp36.04318.jpg\|792px]]

			'''February 9, 1931, north end of completed portion of Bernal Heights Boulevard. View east towards Islais Creek marshlands. 31 Carver Street across road at right.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.04318''

	[[Image:Aerial-bernal-hts-looking-south-nd-AAB-6743.jpg]]		[[Image:Aerial-bernal-hts-looking-south-nd-AAB-6743.jpg]]

	'''In the mid-1920s Bernal Heights had no boulevard circling it. On the hillside are the letters spelling out "MAXWELL," an ad for an auto company at the time. The Islais Creek wetlands and Hunters Point are at the top of the photo.'''		'''In the mid-1920s Bernal Heights had no boulevard circling it. On the hillside are the letters spelling out "MAXWELL," an ad for an auto company at the time. The [[Islais Creek wetlands\|Islais Creek wetlands]] and Hunters Point are at the top of the photo.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

Ccarlsson at 06:05, 13 January 2020

2020-01-13T06:05:16Z

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Ccarlsson: added photo

2020-01-13T06:04:48Z

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

			[[Image:Bernal Heights Blvd circa 1940 wnp27.0513.jpg\|792px]]

			'''Bernal Heights Boulevard, c. 1940.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.0513''

	Vehicle access to the boulevard was obtained at Folsom Street, Bradford and Esmeralda avenues, and Anderson and Ellsworth streets, just as they are now. Of course, you might count the ungraded western extension of Mayflower Street on the west side of Carver, but that can be a harrowing ride for a low-slung car.		Vehicle access to the boulevard was obtained at Folsom Street, Bradford and Esmeralda avenues, and Anderson and Ellsworth streets, just as they are now. Of course, you might count the ungraded western extension of Mayflower Street on the west side of Carver, but that can be a harrowing ride for a low-slung car.

Lisaruth at 08:22, 20 January 2018

2018-01-20T08:22:47Z

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	On the other hand, daytime views from the roadside were as inspiring as they are now, and a climb to the tower would invariably reward hikers with a new adventure on every uphill trek. When kite fliers gathered en masse at the top on a breezy day, the positive energy could be exhilarating.		On the other hand, daytime views from the roadside were as inspiring as they are now, and a climb to the tower would invariably reward hikers with a new adventure on every uphill trek. When kite fliers gathered en masse at the top on a breezy day, the positive energy could be exhilarating.

	One time I thumbed through a city directory from the 1890s and happened on an entry listing a tiny saloon high up at 7 Prentiss Street, forty years before the boulevard was cut. In those days, few if any streets in the neighborhood were paved, and most existed as lines on paper in some city office. So up to 1935 it was possible to herd your goats from Cortland Avenue to their hillside pasture and wet your whistle while they chewed the weeds. The bar must have been in the basement of one of the long-gone structures. (In ~~190,0~~ there were 3,000 liquor licenses for a city of 300,000 men, women, and children.)		One time I thumbed through a city directory from the 1890s and happened on an entry listing a tiny saloon high up at 7 Prentiss Street, forty years before the boulevard was cut. In those days, few if any streets in the neighborhood were paved, and most existed as lines on paper in some city office. So up to 1935 it was possible to herd your goats from Cortland Avenue to their hillside pasture and wet your whistle while they chewed the weeds. The bar must have been in the basement of one of the long-gone structures. (In 1900 there were 3,000 liquor licenses for a city of 300,000 men, women, and children.)

	And, of course, there's the story of a phony gold strike on the hill at the same time. Or maybe it was 1876. But that will be a long-term research project for someone. You can't find it on the Internet, no matter what they tell you.		And, of course, there's the story of a phony gold strike on the hill at the same time. Or maybe it was 1876. But that will be a long-term research project for someone. You can't find it on the Internet, no matter what they tell you.

Lisaruth: changed date on bernal heights 1950s photo to 1938-1947. title of image still may be confusing to others in future!

2013-10-08T04:32:28Z

changed date on bernal heights 1950s photo to 1938-1947. title of image still may be confusing to others in future!

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	[[Image:Bernal-Heights-1950s 3024.jpg]]		[[Image:Bernal-Heights-1950s 3024.jpg]]

	'''By the ~~1950s~~, the ring road was built around the hill. At top, left of center, is a large PG&E gas storage tank, and just below it a small building with a large chimney, which was the [[Incinerator\|failed trash incinerator]].'''		'''By the mid-1930s, the ring road was built around the hill. This photo was probably taken sometime between 1938 and 1947. At top, left of center, is a large PG&E gas storage tank, and just below it a small building with a large chimney, which was the [[Incinerator\|failed trash incinerator]].'''

	''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''		''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''

Ccarlsson: added photo

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	[[Image:Bernal-Heights-1950s 3024.jpg]]		[[Image:Bernal-Heights-1950s 3024.jpg]]

	'''By the 1950s, the ring road was built around the hill.'''		'''By the 1950s, the ring road was built around the hill. At top, left of center, is a large PG&E gas storage tank, and just below it a small building with a large chimney, which was the [[Incinerator\|failed trash incinerator]].'''

	''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''		''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''

Ccarlsson: added photo

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	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

			[[Image:Bernal-Heights-1950s 3024.jpg]]

			'''By the 1950s, the ring road was built around the hill.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''


	In 1966, the boulevard was an irregular circle open to vehicle traffic all the way around the hill, a view-studded ride to nowhere torn out of pastoral slopes in 1935, a make-work WPA project supervised by the famous engineer, [[Michael M. O'Shaughnessy\|O'Shaughnessy]].		In 1966, the boulevard was an irregular circle open to vehicle traffic all the way around the hill, a view-studded ride to nowhere torn out of pastoral slopes in 1935, a make-work WPA project supervised by the famous engineer, [[Michael M. O'Shaughnessy\|O'Shaughnessy]].

Ccarlsson at 05:13, 6 September 2010

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	''Photo: Jerry Schimmel''		''Photo: Jerry Schimmel''

			[[Image:Bernal-Heights-Blvd-very-green-sunny-Jan-2010 5120.jpg]]

			'''Further east of Folsom, but otherwise the same view as above, this one during the wet winter of 2010.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	Vehicle access to the boulevard was obtained at Folsom Street, Bradford and Esmeralda avenues, and Anderson and Ellsworth streets, just as they are now. Of course, you might count the ungraded western extension of Mayflower Street on the west side of Carver, but that can be a harrowing ride for a low-slung car.		Vehicle access to the boulevard was obtained at Folsom Street, Bradford and Esmeralda avenues, and Anderson and Ellsworth streets, just as they are now. Of course, you might count the ungraded western extension of Mayflower Street on the west side of Carver, but that can be a harrowing ride for a low-slung car.
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	''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''		''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''

			[[Image:Bernal-Hts-Blvd-at-Esmeralda-w-erosion-after-Jan-storms-2010 5111.jpg]]

			'''Bernal Heights Boulevard, January 2010, just after heavy winter storm.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Peralta Street and Bernal Heights North Slope\|Prev. Document]] [[Widow O' Brien's Cow\|Next Document]]		[[Peralta Street and Bernal Heights North Slope\|Prev. Document]] [[Widow O' Brien's Cow\|Next Document]]

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Ccarlsson at 20:58, 2 August 2010

2010-08-02T20:58:40Z

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	''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''		''Jerry Schimmel was a professional social worker who moved to Bernal Heights in 1965, living first on Winfield Street and settling finally at the top of Prentiss Street. He was the director of the small community center at Precita and Alabama streets for four years from 1967 to 1971, and then remained active in neighborhood politics through the 1980s from whence he is now more or less retired. He has lived on Prentiss Street since December 1966. This article originally appeared on the Bernal History Project website [http://bernalhistoryproject.org/boulevard.shtml here].''

	[[Peralta Street and Bernal Heights North Slope\|Prev. Document]] [[Widow O'Brien's Cow\|Next Document]]		[[Peralta Street and Bernal Heights North Slope\|Prev. Document]] [[Widow O' Brien's Cow\|Next Document]]

	[[category:Bernal Heights]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]]		[[category:Bernal Heights]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1970s]]