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''1957 photo: [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09400)''] | ''1957 photo: [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09400)''] | ||
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'''View from Twin Peaks, top: March 5, 1955; bottom: July 6, 2009.''' | |||
''1955 photo: [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P07658)''] ''2009 photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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Revision as of 19:15, 7 July 2009
Unfinished History
The view from Twin Peaks is world famous. Under the Burnham Plan of 1905 a straight boulevard would have ascended all the way to the top, but after the earthquake of 1906, the Burnham Plan was buried by events.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Stairs ascend from the Castro to Twin Peaks under proposed Burnham Plan
The famous view from Twin Peaks, here in 1906 a month after the big earthquake.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Close-up of 1906 view from Twin Peaks
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Classic tourist view of city from Twin Peaks, 1998.
Photo: Marina McDougal
View from south peak of Twin Peaks, April 2008, with California poppies in foreground.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
2007 photo: Chris Carlsson
1957 photo: Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09400)
View from Twin Peaks, top: March 5, 1955; bottom: July 6, 2009.
1955 photo: Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P07658) 2009 photo: Chris Carlsson