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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Photo Essay</font></font> </font>'''
[[Image:excelvis$alemany-boulevard-1910.jpg]]
[[Image:excelvis$alemany-boulevard-1910.jpg]]


'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.'''
'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.'''


''photograph: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1911.jpg]]
 
'''1911'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1920s.jpg]]
 
'''Late 1920s'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1930.jpg]]
 
'''1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg]]
 
'''1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany I-280 islais-creek-1980s.jpg]]
 
'''1980s, Interstate-280 has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
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Revision as of 18:11, 19 January 2011

Historical Photo Essay

As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1911

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

Late 1920s

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1980s, Interstate-280 has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA


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