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

			[[Image:Mission-Promotion-Association-building-1909.jpg]]

			'''Mission Promotion Association headquarters, 1909. Same building as Taqueria La Cumbre today.'''

			''Photo: courtesy Ocean Howell''

			[[Image:Mission-Promotion-Association-1909-meeting-in-hall.jpg]]

			'''Gathering of local Irish businessmen in the Mission Promotion Association hall, 1909.'''

			''Photo: courtesy Ocean Howell''

	[[Image:Luccas-Ravioli-22nd-and-Valencia 20190413 162104.jpg]]		[[Image:Luccas-Ravioli-22nd-and-Valencia 20190413 162104.jpg]]

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	''by Brad Wieners, 1997''		''by Brad Wieners, 1997''

	[[Image:~~mission$roxie~~.jpg]]		[[Image:22nd and Valencia 1944 wnp27.50132.jpg\|800px]]

			'''22nd and Valencia, 1944.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.50132''

			[[Image:Valencia Street at 16th c 1910 wnp33.03313.jpg\|800px]]

	'''~~Roxie Cinema on~~ 16th ~~near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses~~, ~~has survived the videotape revolution!~~'''		'''West side of Valencia Street at 16th, c. 1910.'''

	''Photo: ~~Chris Carlsson~~''		''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp33.03313''

	Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.		Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.
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	From the beginning, Valencia Street featured an ethnically mixed population, evinced, among other things, by an 1866 court case, over a plot of land within what is now the Mission Dolores, between Paula and Candelario Valencia and John Cabot. In the late 1880s, 21st and Valencia sported one of the West's best nurseries, (according to the nursery itself), and many of the casualties in the 1906 quake were attributed to the collapse of the Valencia Hotel.		From the beginning, Valencia Street featured an ethnically mixed population, evinced, among other things, by an 1866 court case, over a plot of land within what is now the Mission Dolores, between Paula and Candelario Valencia and John Cabot. In the late 1880s, 21st and Valencia sported one of the West's best nurseries, (according to the nursery itself), and many of the casualties in the 1906 quake were attributed to the collapse of the Valencia Hotel.

	In the 20th century, if photographs don't lie, Valencia Street had already established the mix of residences and businesses it has today. Prints from the turn-of-century reveal storefronts, bars and elegant Victorians. More recently, in the late 1970s, Valencia earned a reputation as a place "where the women are." With the Women's Building, on 18th Street near Valencia, the Cafe Artemis, Amelia's, Esta Noche, and Old Wives' Tales, not to mention the transformation of 777 Valencia from a mortuary to the New College, Valencia had, by 1983, already gained notice as an "emerging bohemia." Under the headline, "The Women's District," Margot Patterson Doss of the ''Chronicle'' wrote that Valencia "looks like Lower Nowhere," yet "serves a mix that includes Mexican, Central American, South American, Native American, Caucasian, Black and other ethnic groups, as well as gay of both genders."		In the 20th century, if photographs don't lie, Valencia Street had already established the mix of residences and businesses it has today. Prints from the turn-of-century reveal storefronts, bars and elegant Victorians. More recently, in the late 1970s, Valencia earned a reputation as a place "where the women are." With the [[THE WOMEN'S BUILDING\|Women's Building]], on 18th Street near Valencia, the Cafe Artemis, Amelia's, Esta Noche, and [[Carol Seajay, Old Wives Tales and the Feminist Bookstore Network\|Old Wives' Tales]], not to mention the transformation of 777 Valencia from a mortuary to the New College, Valencia had, by 1983, already gained notice as an "emerging bohemia." Under the headline, "The Women's District," Margot Patterson Doss of the ''Chronicle'' wrote that Valencia "looks like Lower Nowhere," yet "serves a mix that includes Mexican, Central American, South American, Native American, Caucasian, Black and other ethnic groups, as well as gay of both genders."

			[[Image:Gantner-Maison-Domergue Funeral Home 777 Valencia street 1964 AAC-4962.jpg]]

			'''The Gantner-Maison-Demoergue Funeral Home at 777 Valencia Street in 1964 (later New College of California in the 1980s-1990s, now The Chapel nightclub and restaurant).'''

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

	Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrés'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.		Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrés'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.

			[[Image:Taqueria-La-Cumbre 20170320 142412.jpg]]

			'''Taqueria La Cumbre, which claims to be the original inventor of the Mission burrito, is in the Spanish colonial revival structure that was the headquarters of the Mission Promotion Association in 1909 (an local business organization of mostly Irish members).'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:Luccas-Ravioli-22nd-and-Valencia 20190413 162104.jpg]]

			'''Lucca's Deli, much beloved landmark at 22nd and Valencia, seen here in 2019 before it closed for good in 2020.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:mission$roxie.jpg]]

			'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


	[[1990's Valencia \|Prev. Document]] [[Gentrifying Valencia \|Next Document]]		[[1990's Valencia \|Prev. Document]] [[Gentrifying Valencia \|Next Document]]

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	Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrés'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.		Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrés'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.

	~~''by Brad Wieners, 1997''~~

Ccarlsson: Protected "Valencia's Story": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-02T08:47:57Z

Protected "Valencia's Story": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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

			''by Brad Wieners''

	[[Image:mission$roxie.jpg]]		[[Image:mission$roxie.jpg]]

	'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.		Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.

Ccarlsson: categories

2008-07-29T06:43:47Z

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	'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!'''		'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

	Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.		Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.
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	In the 20th century, if photographs don't lie, Valencia Street had already established the mix of residences and businesses it has today. Prints from the turn-of-century reveal storefronts, bars and elegant Victorians. More recently, in the late 1970s, Valencia earned a reputation as a place "where the women are." With the Women's Building, on 18th Street near Valencia, the Cafe Artemis, Amelia's, Esta Noche, and Old Wives' Tales, not to mention the transformation of 777 Valencia from a mortuary to the New College, Valencia had, by 1983, already gained notice as an "emerging bohemia." Under the headline, "The Women's District," Margot Patterson Doss of the ''Chronicle'' wrote that Valencia "looks like Lower Nowhere," yet "serves a mix that includes Mexican, Central American, South American, Native American, Caucasian, Black and other ethnic groups, as well as gay of both genders."		In the 20th century, if photographs don't lie, Valencia Street had already established the mix of residences and businesses it has today. Prints from the turn-of-century reveal storefronts, bars and elegant Victorians. More recently, in the late 1970s, Valencia earned a reputation as a place "where the women are." With the Women's Building, on 18th Street near Valencia, the Cafe Artemis, Amelia's, Esta Noche, and Old Wives' Tales, not to mention the transformation of 777 Valencia from a mortuary to the New College, Valencia had, by 1983, already gained notice as an "emerging bohemia." Under the headline, "The Women's District," Margot Patterson Doss of the ''Chronicle'' wrote that Valencia "looks like Lower Nowhere," yet "serves a mix that includes Mexican, Central American, South American, Native American, Caucasian, Black and other ethnic groups, as well as gay of both genders."

	Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''~~entrs~~'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.		Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrés'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.

	''by Brad Wieners, 1997''		''by Brad Wieners, 1997''

	~~Contributors to this page include:~~

	'~~'Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist ''~~		[[1990's Valencia \|Prev. Document]] [[Gentrifying Valencia \|Next Document]]

	~~Wieners,Brad - Writer~~		[[category:Mission]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:1980s]] [[category:1860s]] [[category:women]] [[category:1776-1823]]

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[[Image:mission$roxie.jpg]]

'''Roxie Cinema on 16th near Valencia, one of the city's most stalwart small movie houses, has survived the videotape revolution!'''

Valencia Street takes its name, according to historian Louis K. Loewenstein, from either Jose Manuel Valencia or his son, Candelario Valencia. It's unclear from documents at the California Historical Society if Valencia Street pre-dates the formal naming of San Francisco, in 1847, but Valencia Street is at least 149 years old.

Jose Manuel Valencia traveled north with Juan Bautista de Anza's company from Sonora, Mexico in 1775, and when Anza returned to Mexico, it appears Valencia pressed on with a smaller group, led by Moraga, that established a post where the Presidio is today. That would put Valencia Senior in the region 60 years ahead of El Paraje de Yerba Buena, the predecessor to San Francisco.

From the beginning, Valencia Street featured an ethnically mixed population, evinced, among other things, by an 1866 court case, over a plot of land within what is now the Mission Dolores, between Paula and Candelario Valencia and John Cabot. In the late 1880s, 21st and Valencia sported one of the West's best nurseries, (according to the nursery itself), and many of the casualties in the 1906 quake were attributed to the collapse of the Valencia Hotel.

In the 20th century, if photographs don't lie, Valencia Street had already established the mix of residences and businesses it has today. Prints from the turn-of-century reveal storefronts, bars and elegant Victorians. More recently, in the late 1970s, Valencia earned a reputation as a place "where the women are." With the Women's Building, on 18th Street near Valencia, the Cafe Artemis, Amelia's, Esta Noche, and Old Wives' Tales, not to mention the transformation of 777 Valencia from a mortuary to the New College, Valencia had, by 1983, already gained notice as an "emerging bohemia." Under the headline, "The Women's District," Margot Patterson Doss of the ''Chronicle'' wrote that Valencia "looks like Lower Nowhere," yet "serves a mix that includes Mexican, Central American, South American, Native American, Caucasian, Black and other ethnic groups, as well as gay of both genders."

Even as some of the establishments that identified Valencia as a gathering place for women closed over the last five years, (others like Good Vibrations, and Osento, it should be pointed out, have flourished since then), Valencia has emerged from bohemia to become a place, like Columbus Avenue in North Beach, where the ''entrs'' are. And, though picking a turning point for this latest phase is somewhat arbitrary, most of the merchants and residents I spoke to, (a few dozen over two months), think of two auspicious openings: Esperanto and Val 21. Both opened within the last 5 years.

''by Brad Wieners, 1997''

Contributors to this page include:

''Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist ''

Wieners,Brad - Writer

[[1990's Valencia |Prev. Document]] [[Gentrifying Valencia |Next Document]]