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Ccarlsson: upgraded photo

2018-05-01T20:21:23Z

upgraded photo

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

	[[Image~~:File~~:Geneva & Mission 1937 wnp27.6331.jpg]]		[[Image:Geneva & Mission 1937 wnp27.6331.jpg]]

	'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1937'''		'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1937'''

Ccarlsson: upgraded photo

2018-05-01T20:19:59Z

upgraded photo

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

	[[Image:~~excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933~~.jpg]]		[[Image:File:Geneva & Mission 1937 wnp27.6331.jpg]]

	'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue ~~1933~~'''		'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1937'''

	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA, courtesy OpenSFHistory.org''

	[[Image:Geneva-Ave-south-at-Naples-1926-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Geneva-Ave-south-at-Naples-1926-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

Lisaruth: changed credit on 1926 and 1928 SFPL photos which came from C.R. collection

2016-07-13T00:18:34Z

changed credit on 1926 and 1928 SFPL photos which came from C.R. collection

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	'''Geneva Avenue at Mission, c. 1930s.'''		'''Geneva Avenue at Mission, c. 1930s.'''

	''Photo: ~~Charles Ruiz~~ collection''		''Photo: C. R. collection''

	[[Image:Geneva-from-Mission 2789.jpg]]		[[Image:Geneva-from-Mission 2789.jpg]]
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	'''Geneva Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''		'''Geneva Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library~~, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection~~''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

	[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]
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	'''Geneva Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''		'''Geneva Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library~~, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection~~''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

	The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"		The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"

Ccarlsson at 19:20, 12 July 2014

2014-07-12T19:20:01Z

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	[[Image:Geneva-Ave-south-at-Naples-1926-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Geneva-Ave-south-at-Naples-1926-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

	'''~~Geneve~~ Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''		'''Geneva Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
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	[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

	'''~~Geneve~~ Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''		'''Geneva Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''

Ccarlsson: added new photo

2014-07-12T06:37:31Z

added new photo

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	'''Geneve Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''		'''Geneve Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''

			[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Geneve Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''

	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
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	Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.		Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.

	[[Image:Geneva-~~Ave~~-~~southeast~~-~~near~~-~~Brookdale~~-~~Ave~~-~~1928~~-~~SFPL~~.jpg~~\|720px~~]]		[[Image:Geneva-and-Mission-w-Excelsior-sculpture-and-Popeyes-and-Vietnamese-Pho 2817.jpg]]

	'''~~Geneve Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue~~, ~~1928~~.'''		'''Intersection of Geneva and Mission, 2014, with Excelsior district sculpture in front of Popeye's and a Vietnamese soup restaurant across the street.'''

	~~''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection~~''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]		[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]

Ccarlsson: changing neighborhood to Excelsior only and added new photo

2014-07-12T06:19:47Z

changing neighborhood to Excelsior only and added new photo

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	''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''		''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''

			[[Image:Geneva-from-Mission 2789.jpg]]

			'''Geneva from Mission Street, July 2014.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]		[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]
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	[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]		[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior~~/Visitacion Valley~~]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1920s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]

Ccarlsson: added Charles Ruiz photos

2014-07-02T04:03:37Z

added Charles Ruiz photos

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

			[[Image:Geneva-Ave-at-Mission-c-1930s.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Geneva Avenue at Mission, c. 1930s.'''

			''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''

	[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]		[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]
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	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:Geneva-Ave-south-at-Naples-1926-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Geneve Avenue south at Naples Street, 1926.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''

	The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"		The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"
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	Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.		Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.

			[[Image:Geneva-Ave-southeast-near-Brookdale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Geneve Avenue southeast near Brookdale Avenue, 1928.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''


	[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]		[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]]		[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:1920s]]

Aiobrec13: Changed credits from Greg Garr to Private Collection

2014-06-16T23:33:40Z

Changed credits from Greg Garr to Private Collection

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	'''Streetcar on Geneva Avenue, Amazon Theatre behind it, 1933.'''		'''Streetcar on Geneva Avenue, Amazon Theatre behind it, 1933.'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]		[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]
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	'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1933'''		'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1933'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"		The final death was saved for the passing of the neighborhood itself. As all the older Italian and Irish patriarchs started to pass on, and the early '70s grew into the late '70s, Crocker Amazon started to take on a new ethnic character. One Sunday afternoon, my dad and I noticed Crocker Park -- an ill-kept ballpark more suitable for getting loaded than anything else -- transform into an amazing field of white shirts. In those white shirts were Samoans playing cricket of all things! More and more Samoans arriving each year, led to more elaborate cricket picnics and a new face was placed on Crocker Park. The old Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue--famous for its ill-conceived kiddie matinees such as "The Boston Strangler" and "The Vampire Lovers" -- became The Apollo Theater, and almost overnight began showing Filipino films. The marquee would stay unchanged for months at a time, and I'll never forget the marque for "And Pang Babalik -- Staring Cowboy Nora!"

Lisaruth: consolidating categories

2009-01-18T07:39:33Z

consolidating categories

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:39, 18 January 2009
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	[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]		[[Crocker Amazon Tract 1926\| Prev. Document]] [[Vis Valley \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]]		[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Samoan]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:1930s]]

Lisaruth at 06:41, 18 January 2009

2009-01-18T06:41:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:41, 17 January 2009
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	'''Streetcar on Geneva Avenue, Amazon Theatre behind it, 1933.'''		'''Streetcar on Geneva Avenue, Amazon Theatre behind it, 1933.'''

			''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]

			'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1933'''

	''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
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	Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.		Crocker Amazon has gone through a full life cycle of a city neighborhood, from "safe" isolation to multicultural integration and diversity. But in reality, that veneer of safety never characterized the "real life" of the neighborhood anyway.


	~~[[Image:excelvis$amazon-theatre-1933.jpg]]~~

	~~'''Early bus and streetcar passing the Amazon Theater on Geneva Avenue 1933'''~~

	~~''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''~~