The Neighborhoods Include:
Richmond District
(North of Golden Gate Park, south of the Presidio, bounded by the ocean and Masonic Avenue.)Includes: Sea Cliff, Presidio Terrace, Jordan Park.
Recent Richmond District Additions
- Growing Up in the Richmond in the 1950s
Lafayette School, Balboa Street and more... - Tombstone Search
When the cemeteries were moved from the Richmond District, the remains went one place and the headstones another. - The Larkins Building
The Larkins Building on the NW corner of Arguello and Geary boulevards has in interesting and mostly unknown history. - Playland Auction Video, 1972
Video of footage of the 1972 auction of Playland Memorabilia and rides, including the carousel and Alpine Racer. - Balboa Theaters of San Francisco
The Richmond's beloved Balboa Theater wasn't the first.
Sunset District
(South of Golden Gate Park, north of Sloat Boulevard, bounded by the ocean on the west and Stanyan Street/Golden Gate Heights on the east.)Includes: Parkside, Golden Gate Heights, Parkway Terrace.
Recent Sunset District Additions
- 48th Avenue Grocery
Frances Kniffin Larkin, a Sunset District resident for over 80 years, remembers when "Your Market, My Deli" at 1460-48th Avenue was Brucker's in the 1930s. - Backyard History
Marty Larkin has added bit and pieces of San Francisco's history to the backyard of his Outer Sunset District home. - The Mothers Building
Once a primary stopping place for any trip to the Zoo. - Sunset School Demolition
The Sunset Cooperative Nursery School was demolished after 59 years to make way for a new school. - Doelger Brochure, 1940s
Henry Doelger Building Company brochure from about 1940. (3.1 mb PDF file)
West of Twin Peaks
Includes: West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Forest Hill, Balboa Terrace, Westwood Park, Miraloma Park and Sunnyside.
Recent West of Twin Peaks Additions
- House of Stone
In 1927, this house was the most popular destination in Forest Hill. - Streetwise - Up & Down West Portal
A walk on West Portal Avenue is a walk down Memory Lane. - Streetwise - Dad & Bill's Night Out
Memories of the 1950s fight against the Western Freeway. - Sherwood Forest
A tiny neighborhood on the side of Mount Davidson. - Homewood Terrace Orphanage
Jewish orphanage that faced Ocean Avenue from 1921 to 1960s
Lake Merced to OMI
Includes: Ingleside, Ocean View, Merced Heights, Lakeside, Parkmerced, Stonestown, Lakeshore, Ingleside Terraces.
Recent OMI Additions
- Pesce's Market
From 1909 to the 1980s, Pesce's Market served the Ocean View neighborhood on Sagamore Street. - OMI Context Statement
Historic Context Statement on the OMI neighborhoods (60 pages long). - Balboa Theaters of San Francisco
The Richmond's beloved Balboa Theater wasn't the first. - Death's Crossing
Revisiting what was one of the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco - Business as Usual on Ocean Avenue
Ocean Avenue, a street of firsts.

Architectural Drawing of Balboa Street Flats, 1911.
Topsy's Roost Postcard, 1930
Topsy's Roost Postcard, 1930
Coliseum Theater, 1995
Balboa Street at 37th Avenue, 1956
2522 46th Avenue, 1960
2028 Great Highway, 1996
1682 - 22nd Avenue backyard
43rd Avenue backyard, 1954
28th Avenue Backyard
Ingleside Racetrack, 1904
Twin Peaks Tunnel 1918
St. Francis Wood fountain
Eezy Freezy Market
18th Avenue and Vicente Street
Eda and Marge Pesce, 1977
Pesce's Market, 1910s
Ocean View Station
Mercedes Way, 1910s 