The Neighborhoods
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
- 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. - Sutro Heights "Bunkers"
John Martini demystifies the concrete structures in Sutro Heights - We Love the Fog
Woody LaBounty waxes poetic on the west side's Summer visitor
Playland Ticket 
Great Highway, 1910s 
Cabrillo and Great Highway, 1947 
Cabrillo 4th Grade 1958 
Seal Rock House, 1860s 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
- The Little Shamrock
The Sunset District's oldest business, and claimed to be one of the oldest bars in San Francisco. - We Love the Fog
Woody LaBounty waxes poetic on the west side's Summer visitor - Streetwise - The Sands of Time
Frank Dunnigan tells of St. Ignatius High School's move to the Sunset, and some student high jinks too. - The Breon Gate
Why is there a huge gate at 19th and Lincoln? - Ortega Branch Library Goodbye
Tearing down our recent history
Lower Great Highway, 1947 
Standard Heating, 1950s? 
Doelger Brochure, 1940s 
Standard Building Company, 1950s 
1338 12th Avenue, circa 1900 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
- 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 - Forest Hill Station
Laguna Honda or Forest Hill MUNI Subway Station
Twin Peaks Tunnel 1918 
St. Francis Wood fountain 
Eezy Freezy Market 
18th Avenue and Vicente Street 
180 Westwood Drive, 1922 Lake Merced to OMI
Includes: Ingleside, Ocean View, Merced Heights, Lakeside, Parkmerced, Stonestown, Lakeshore, Ingleside Terraces.
Recent OMI Additions
- 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. - OMI News, May 2, 1969
The Publication of the OMI Community Association in the early 1970s. - Ocean Avenue Firehouse
Stood from 1906 to 1957 at the corner of Ocean and San Jose Avenues.
Ocean View Station 
Mercedes Way, 1910s 
Ocean Avenue Walk, 2008 
Ocean Avenue Walk, 2008 
Harold Lloyd Movie on a Streetcar 
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Western Neighborhoods Project
300 Taraval Street San Francisco, CA 94116-1953
The Western Neighborhoods Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods.
The Western Neighborhoods Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods.