THE CROCKER-AMAZON - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 02:07, 7 October 2019

2019-10-07T02:07:37Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:07, 6 October 2019
Line 49:		Line 49:


	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[Philosopher's Way at McLaren ~~ParkW~~ \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[Philosopher's Way at McLaren Park\|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]

Ccarlsson: fixed navigation for renamed page

2019-10-07T02:05:42Z

fixed navigation for renamed page

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:05, 6 October 2019
Line 49:		Line 49:


	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren ~~View N-NW~~ \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[Philosopher's Way at McLaren ParkW \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]

Lisaruth: changed credit on 1929 and 1944 SFPL photos which came from C.R. collection

2016-07-13T00:20:02Z

changed credit on 1929 and 1944 SFPL photos which came from C.R. collection

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:20, 12 July 2016
Line 13:		Line 13:
	'''Mission Street south from Excelsior, 1920s.'''		'''Mission Street south from Excelsior, 1920s.'''

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

	Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.		Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.
Line 39:		Line 39:
	'''Mission Street north at France Street, 1929.'''		'''Mission Street north at France Street, 1929.'''

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

	[[Image:Mission-n-from-Persia-Ocean-Ave-bacground-at-left-published-in-News-Call-Bulletin-during-WWII-as-part-of-HomeFront-series-May-2-1944-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Mission-n-from-Persia-Ocean-Ave-bacground-at-left-published-in-News-Call-Bulletin-during-WWII-as-part-of-HomeFront-series-May-2-1944-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]
Line 45:		Line 45:
	'''Mission Street north from Persia, May 2, 1944.'''		'''Mission Street north from Persia, May 2, 1944.'''

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

Ccarlsson: added new photos

2014-07-12T19:27:07Z

added new photos

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:27, 12 July 2014
Line 51:		Line 51:
	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:2010s]]

Ccarlsson: added new photos

2014-07-12T19:26:29Z

added new photos

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 When my father, a mixed-blood Italian-Filipino went to apply for one of the spanking new homes sprouting up all over the San Bruno mountains in the late 1950's, the salesman for Sunstream Homes--the contractor building the new neighborhood of "Southern Hills," a community of identical homes that would later be immortalized in the song "Little Boxes" -- made a point of informing him that the sales staff would "keep the niggers out of the neighborhood, you can be assured of that." A comforting thought to the aspiring white working class, but not altogether truthful. There was a black family in the neighborhood; they lived down on Curtis Street, and in the racially intolerant climate of the early 1960's they had to swallow their pride and just take all the racist shit on the chin. And there were also families like ours, who could conveniently hide our ethnic heritage so that we could fit in with all the white catholic, republicans on our block.
-And for a good number of years, Southern Hills and the Crocker Amazon became the "white flight" haven developers hoped it would be. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Baltimore Way was filled with healthy boys with crew-cuts riding their Schwin Stingray bikes, young girls making mud-pies, Dads mowing their backyard lawns, filling the air with the trebly blare of a Giants' games blasting out of transistor radios, Moms in the kitchen cooking dinner, and everything seemed safe and very American-dream like. But that was just the surface, because there was no shortage of [[White Hatred|hate and bad vibes]] floating around.
+[[Image:Sons-of-Italy-available 2816.jpg]]
 [[Image:Mission-north-at-France-1929-SFPL.jpg|720px]]

Ccarlsson: changing neighborhood to Excelsior only

2014-07-12T19:22:37Z

changing neighborhood to Excelsior only

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:22, 12 July 2014
Line 39:		Line 39:
	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior~~/Visitacion Valley~~]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]]

Ccarlsson: added Charles Ruiz photos

2014-07-02T03:50:06Z

added Charles Ruiz photos

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:50, 1 July 2014
Line 8:		Line 8:

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

			[[Image:Mission-Street-south-from-Excelsior-1920s.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Mission Street south from Excelsior, 1920s.'''

			''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''

	Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.		Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.
Line 16:		Line 22:

	And for a good number of years, Southern Hills and the Crocker Amazon became the "white flight" haven developers hoped it would be. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Baltimore Way was filled with healthy boys with crew-cuts riding their Schwin Stingray bikes, young girls making mud-pies, Dads mowing their backyard lawns, filling the air with the trebly blare of a Giants' games blasting out of transistor radios, Moms in the kitchen cooking dinner, and everything seemed safe and very American-dream like. But that was just the surface, because there was no shortage of [[White Hatred\|hate and bad vibes]] floating around.		And for a good number of years, Southern Hills and the Crocker Amazon became the "white flight" haven developers hoped it would be. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Baltimore Way was filled with healthy boys with crew-cuts riding their Schwin Stingray bikes, young girls making mud-pies, Dads mowing their backyard lawns, filling the air with the trebly blare of a Giants' games blasting out of transistor radios, Moms in the kitchen cooking dinner, and everything seemed safe and very American-dream like. But that was just the surface, because there was no shortage of [[White Hatred\|hate and bad vibes]] floating around.

			[[Image:Mission-north-at-France-1929-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Mission Street north at France Street, 1929.'''

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

	[[Image:Mission-n-from-Persia-Ocean-Ave-bacground-at-left-published-in-News-Call-Bulletin-during-WWII-as-part-of-HomeFront-series-May-2-1944-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]		[[Image:Mission-n-from-Persia-Ocean-Ave-bacground-at-left-published-in-News-Call-Bulletin-during-WWII-as-part-of-HomeFront-series-May-2-1944-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]
Line 27:		Line 39:
	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1920s]]

Ccarlsson: added Charles Ruiz photos

2014-06-07T00:27:27Z

added Charles Ruiz photos

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:27, 6 June 2014
Line 7:		Line 7:
	'''Early days on the Excelsior's exotic-named streets. Here we look northward along Paris from Italy Street in the late 1920s.'''		'''Early days on the Excelsior's exotic-named streets. Here we look northward along Paris from Italy Street in the late 1920s.'''

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

	Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.		Baltimore Way is the last street in San Francisco as you head south toward Brisbane and into the San Bruno Mountains. At least that's what we thought as kids. You see, Brisbane street signs were blue with white letters and San Francisco street signs were white with black letters; and though Canyon Drive (the next street over the hill from Baltimore) was etched in suburban blue, our street--the twisty, windy Baltimore Way--was San Francisco black & white all the way. We weren't suburban kids; we were city kids because our zip code and street sign told us so, and that provided us with an intangible sense of pride.
Line 16:		Line 16:

	And for a good number of years, Southern Hills and the Crocker Amazon became the "white flight" haven developers hoped it would be. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Baltimore Way was filled with healthy boys with crew-cuts riding their Schwin Stingray bikes, young girls making mud-pies, Dads mowing their backyard lawns, filling the air with the trebly blare of a Giants' games blasting out of transistor radios, Moms in the kitchen cooking dinner, and everything seemed safe and very American-dream like. But that was just the surface, because there was no shortage of [[White Hatred\|hate and bad vibes]] floating around.		And for a good number of years, Southern Hills and the Crocker Amazon became the "white flight" haven developers hoped it would be. On a sunny Sunday afternoon Baltimore Way was filled with healthy boys with crew-cuts riding their Schwin Stingray bikes, young girls making mud-pies, Dads mowing their backyard lawns, filling the air with the trebly blare of a Giants' games blasting out of transistor radios, Moms in the kitchen cooking dinner, and everything seemed safe and very American-dream like. But that was just the surface, because there was no shortage of [[White Hatred\|hate and bad vibes]] floating around.

			[[Image:Mission-n-from-Persia-Ocean-Ave-bacground-at-left-published-in-News-Call-Bulletin-during-WWII-as-part-of-HomeFront-series-May-2-1944-SFPL.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Mission Street north from Persia, May 2, 1944.'''

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

Lisaruth: consolidating categories

2009-01-18T07:41:16Z

consolidating categories

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:41, 18 January 2009
Line 21:		Line 21:
	[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]		[[Dan White's Incredibly Cosmopolitan Neighborhood \| Prev. Document]] [[McLaren View N-NW \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]]		[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:Italian]] [[category:Filipino]] [[category:racism]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]]

Ccarlsson: Protected "THE CROCKER-AMAZON": personal account [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-06T05:58:40Z

Protected "THE CROCKER-AMAZON": personal account [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

← Older revision	Revision as of 22:58, 5 January 2009
(No difference)