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


World War II era structures dotted the Mission.  This last one, at 20th and Shotwell, was destroyed to make room for condos in the early 2000s.
World War II era structures dotted the Mission.  This last one, at 20th and Shotwell, was destroyed to make room for condos in the early 2000s.
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[[Image:Quonsethut.JPG]]
[[Image:Quonsethut.JPG]]


'''1: The last WWII era quonset hut'''
'''The last WWII era quonset hut, a considerably less elegant structure than [[Shotwell Architectural Tour|what characterized the neighborhood]] since its [[REAL ESTATE SPECULATION STARTS|earliest development in the 19th century]].'''


''photo: Carla Leshne''
''photo: Carla Leshne''


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[[Image:View across dirt intersection of 20th and Shotwell to corner grocery store and bar run by Charles G. Friedrich Feb 1887opensfhistory wnp71.1614.jpg|800px]]
 
'''View across dirt intersection of 20th and Shotwell to corner grocery store and bar run by Charles G. Friedrich in February 1887.'''
 
''Photo: OpenSFhistory wnp71.1614''
 
[[Image:View across muddy intersection of 20th and Shotwell to northeast corner with meat market run by butcher Philip Faubel Feb 1877 opensfhistory wnp71.1613.jpg|800px]]
 
'''View across muddy intersection of 20th and Shotwell to northeast corner with meat market run by butcher Philip Faubel in February 1877.'''
 
''Photo: OpenSFhistory wnp71.1613''
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 28 April 2023

Unfinished History

World War II era structures dotted the Mission. This last one, at 20th and Shotwell, was destroyed to make room for condos in the early 2000s.

Quonsethut.JPG

The last WWII era quonset hut, a considerably less elegant structure than what characterized the neighborhood since its earliest development in the 19th century.

photo: Carla Leshne

View across dirt intersection of 20th and Shotwell to corner grocery store and bar run by Charles G. Friedrich Feb 1887opensfhistory wnp71.1614.jpg

View across dirt intersection of 20th and Shotwell to corner grocery store and bar run by Charles G. Friedrich in February 1887.

Photo: OpenSFhistory wnp71.1614

View across muddy intersection of 20th and Shotwell to northeast corner with meat market run by butcher Philip Faubel Feb 1877 opensfhistory wnp71.1613.jpg

View across muddy intersection of 20th and Shotwell to northeast corner with meat market run by butcher Philip Faubel in February 1877.

Photo: OpenSFhistory wnp71.1613



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