The Portola District - Revision history

Lisaruth: removed Magdalen Asylum from caption on Muybridge photo, needs further research to confirm

2025-08-27T15:41:17Z

removed Magdalen Asylum from caption on Muybridge photo, needs further research to confirm

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	'''~~Magdalen Asylum~~ from Silver Avenue, late 19th century.'''		'''View from Silver Avenue, late 19th century.'''

	''Photo: Edweard Muybridge''		''Photo: Edweard Muybridge''

Ccarlsson at 19:49, 5 April 2023

2023-04-05T19:49:20Z

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	'''Magdalen Asylum from Silver Avenue.'''		'''Magdalen Asylum from Silver Avenue, late 19th century.'''

	'''Photo ~~late 19th century by~~ Edweard Muybridge''		''Photo: Edweard Muybridge''


	[[Joseph Alemany\| Prev. Document]] [[Excelsior Picnic c 1890 \|Next Document]]		[[Joseph Alemany\| Prev. Document]] [[Excelsior Picnic c 1890 \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Portola]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Gold Rush]] [[category:1920s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Portola]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Gold Rush]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1890s]]

Lisaruth: added current photo of silver ave.

2020-03-10T22:38:44Z

added current photo of silver ave.

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

			[[Image:Silver and Merrill March 2020 792 p.jpg]]

			'''On Silver Avenue at Merrill, looking west, March 2020.'''

			''Photo: Ryan Kuang''

	In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.		In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.

Ccarlsson: moved Magdalen Muybridge image here because on Silver Ave.

2017-01-21T06:26:28Z

moved Magdalen Muybridge image here because on Silver Ave.

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	''--by Chris Ortiz'', 731 Girard Street, San Francisco, California 94134.		''--by Chris Ortiz'', 731 Girard Street, San Francisco, California 94134.

			[[Image:Magdalen-Asylum-from-Silver-Ave-Muybridge tf7s2010tr-FID4.jpg]]

			'''Magdalen Asylum from Silver Avenue.'''

			'''Photo late 19th century by Edweard Muybridge''

Ccarlsson: added SFMTA photo

2016-09-06T06:50:49Z

added SFMTA photo

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	In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.		In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.

			[[Image:Silver-Ave-and-San-Bruno-Av-Nov-3-1910 U02853.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Silver Avenue and San Bruno Avenue, November 3, 1910.'''

			''Photo: [http://sfmta.com/photo SFMTA Photo] U02853''


	Today the Portola District, approximately one square mile tucked in the southeast section of The City, has a very high percentage of owner-occupied single-family homes, many schools and churches and a busy 9-block business strip along San Bruno Avenue. It is not a well-recognized neighborhood. It is not part of the Excelsior from which it is separated by the McLaren Ridge, nor the Bayview from which it is separated by Silver Terrace (a contiguous part of Portola until the construction of Bayshore Freeway). It is similar in size to Bernal Heights, which always gets recognized as a separate neighborhood. Maybe it is because Bernal sits on a height, while Portola is a valley originally defined by the Alemany trough (which covers lslais Creek), McLaren Ridge and Stony Hill. Its nicknames, long since discarded, were Little Jerusalem and The Flat.		Today the Portola District, approximately one square mile tucked in the southeast section of The City, has a very high percentage of owner-occupied single-family homes, many schools and churches and a busy 9-block business strip along San Bruno Avenue. It is not a well-recognized neighborhood. It is not part of the Excelsior from which it is separated by the McLaren Ridge, nor the Bayview from which it is separated by Silver Terrace (a contiguous part of Portola until the construction of Bayshore Freeway). It is similar in size to Bernal Heights, which always gets recognized as a separate neighborhood. Maybe it is because Bernal sits on a height, while Portola is a valley originally defined by the Alemany trough (which covers lslais Creek), McLaren Ridge and Stony Hill. Its nicknames, long since discarded, were Little Jerusalem and The Flat.

Ccarlsson: upgraded Gaar photo

2014-09-26T22:11:12Z

upgraded Gaar photo

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	''by Chris Ortiz''		''by Chris Ortiz''

	[[Image:excelvis$silver-avenue-west-c-1924.jpg]]		[[Image:excelvis$silver-avenue-west-c-1924.jpg\|720px]]

	'''Silver Avenue looking westerly from Merrill St. towards Vienna, c. 1924'''		'''Silver Avenue looking westerly from Merrill St. towards Vienna, c. 1924'''

Ccarlsson: changing neighborhood to Excelsior only

2014-07-12T20:07:37Z

changing neighborhood to Excelsior only

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	[[Joseph Alemany\| Prev. Document]] [[Excelsior Picnic c 1890 \|Next Document]]		[[Joseph Alemany\| Prev. Document]] [[Excelsior Picnic c 1890 \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Excelsior~~/Visitacion Valley~~]] [[category:Portola]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Gold Rush]] [[category:1920s]]		[[category:Excelsior]] [[category:Portola]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Gold Rush]] [[category:1920s]]

Aiobrec13: Changed credits from Greg Garr to Private Collection

2014-06-16T23:34:45Z

Changed credits from Greg Garr to Private Collection

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	'''Silver Avenue looking westerly from Merrill St. towards Vienna, c. 1924'''		'''Silver Avenue looking westerly from Merrill St. towards Vienna, c. 1924'''

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

	In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.		In 1869 the Homestead Association filed with the SF Department of Streets and Maps a plan which delineates the blocks and streets as they exist today in the Portola District except that Berlin has been changed to Brussels and College was renamed Colby. Yet in the early years of 1900 the Portola District remained largely agricultural with the few existing streets as yet unpaved. Cattle grazed on the hills. To the west side of Charter Oak Avenue, a street mostly lost under the 101 Freeway, were numerous greenhouses growing flowers. To the east extending to the bay (not as far east as today) were truck gardens. Along San Bruno Avenue were businesses whose owners often lived with their families above their stores. During the Gold Rush era, produce for Yerba Buena, as it was then known, came down by boat from Stockton and Sacramento. In the early 1900's trucking produce in from the Portola District to the former [[Produce Market\|Produce Market]], where the Golden Gateway has been developed, probably made food a bit less expensive. The likely customers for the cut flowers from local greenhouses were the boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and well-to-do -residents.

Ccarlsson: Protected "The Portola District": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-06T06:28:33Z

Protected "The Portola District": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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Ccarlsson: PC and protected

2009-01-06T06:28:19Z

PC and protected

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Chris Ortiz''

	[[Image:excelvis$silver-avenue-west-c-1924.jpg]]		[[Image:excelvis$silver-avenue-west-c-1924.jpg]]