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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. '''  ''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
[[Image:View-of-Corona-Heights-and-southeast-across-Mission-from-Buena-Vista-1886.jpg|720px]]


[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]
'''1886 view southeast from Buena Vista hill. Corona Heights in foreground, Liberty Hill with a smattering of houses on it behind that. The [[Jewish Cemetery|Jewish Cemetery]] is visible where Dolores Park is today.'''


'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.'''
''Photo: Private collection''


''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
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'''Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.'''
''Photo: Private collection''
[[Image:BVCORONA.jpg|720px]]
'''Corona Heights behind promotional shot for new car, 1920s.'''
''Photo: Private collection''
[[Image:Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg]]
'''Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.'''
''Photo: © 1969 Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.''
[[Image:Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg]]
'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.'''
[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)'']
[[Image:1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg]]
'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards [[Dominik Mosur|Julia Randall Museum]] on Corona Heights, 1965, former [[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights|quarry site]].'''
[[Image:Corona-hts-from-20th-and-Diamond-July-26-2009 0739.jpg]]
'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
[[Image:Corona-hts-from-top-of-gold-mine-hill-overlook 0679.jpg]]
'''Corona Heights with Buena Vista Park behind it, viewed from the top of the Gold Mine Hill overlook, south to north.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
[[Image:Corona-hts-from-roosevelt-view-point 0892.jpg]]
'''Corona Heights from Roosevelt Avenue.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
[[Image:Corona-hts-from-west 0900.jpg]]
'''Seen from the west.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
[[Image:Corona-hts-park-from-west-gate 0897.jpg]]
'''Seen from the west gate.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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Latest revision as of 15:25, 14 June 2020

Unfinished History

View-of-Corona-Heights-and-southeast-across-Mission-from-Buena-Vista-1886.jpg

1886 view southeast from Buena Vista hill. Corona Heights in foreground, Liberty Hill with a smattering of houses on it behind that. The Jewish Cemetery is visible where Dolores Park is today.

Photo: Private collection

Corona-Heights-1926.jpg

Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.

Photo: Private collection

BVCORONA.jpg

Corona Heights behind promotional shot for new car, 1920s.

Photo: Private collection

Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg

Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.

Photo: © 1969 Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.

Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)

1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg

Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.

Corona-hts-from-20th-and-Diamond-July-26-2009 0739.jpg

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Corona-hts-from-top-of-gold-mine-hill-overlook 0679.jpg

Corona Heights with Buena Vista Park behind it, viewed from the top of the Gold Mine Hill overlook, south to north.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Corona-hts-from-roosevelt-view-point 0892.jpg

Corona Heights from Roosevelt Avenue.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Corona-hts-from-west 0900.jpg

Seen from the west.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Corona-hts-park-from-west-gate 0897.jpg

Seen from the west gate.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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