The Neighborhoods
The Neighborhoods Include:
Richmond District
(North of Golden Gate Park, south of the Presidio, bounded by the ocean and Arguello Boulevard.)Includes: Sea Cliff, Presidio Terrace, and we occasionally go east as far as Masonic Avenue.)
Recent Richmond District Additions
- Hydrant Seek
Jamie O'Keefe discusses the ebbs and flows of San Francisco's differing fire hydrants - SF West History Minute - Sutro's Tunnels
The story behind the mysterious tunnels through Point Lobos. - SF West History Minute - Sutro's Conservatory
Buried treasures under the lawn at Sutro Heights Park show the location of a long lost building - SF West History Minute - Remnant of a Richmond Dairy
The Gables stationery store at 5636 Geary Boulevard was once the home of an 1890s dairyman. - SF West History Minute - 38th Avenue and Balboa Street, Then and Now
Views of the corner of 38th Avenue and Balboa Street in 1951 and 2006.
Ohioan Wreck, 1938 
Sutro Baths Burning 1966 
Geary Street and 14th Avenue, 1911 
Family Dog 1969 
Clement Cultural Center Cabaret 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
- Parkside Memories: Oh, those windows!
Before television, the front window provided news and entertainment. - by Mimi Couper Loupe - Boy Scout Roadhouse
The first Beach Chalet had a long and moving history - SF West History Minute - Surf Theatre Memories
The Surf Theatre brought a wave of art films to San Francisco's Sunset District. - by Woody LaBounty - Parkside School May Day, 1938
Remembering the Parkside School May King and Queen. - by Mimi Couper Loupe - Roadhouse Archeology
Remnants of an early 20th century Ocean Beach roadhouse hidden inside a nondescript apartment building - SF West History Minute
Monkey Island 1962 
45th and Judah 1951 
The Chickery, 1920s 
Carey the Irish Plumber, 1951 
32nd Avenue and Taraval, 1910s West of Twin Peaks
Includes: West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Forest Hill, Balboa Terrace, Westwood Park, Miraloma Park, Midtown Terrace, Sherwood Forest, and Sunnyside.
Recent West of Twin Peaks Additions
- Birth of Westwood Park, Part 1
The creation of San Francisco's first residence park for the middle class. - by Woody LaBounty - The Original Balboa Theater, the Westwood
Ocean Avenue's first movie theater wasn't the El Rey. - by Woody LaBounty - Daniel Burnham's Twin Peaks Vision
The grand unfulfilled plan to remake western San Francisco. - by Rex Bell - Savano Luggage
A West Portal Family Business: Savano's Luggage - by Rosalie Savano - A Walk Along the Almshouse Road
Retracing an 1890s country walk through the city. - by Rex Bell
Baldwin & Howell Office, 1920s 
Westwood Park ad, 1916 
Portola Drive, 1918 
Westwood Park Gates, 1916 
15th Avenue and Wawona, 1938. OMI
Includes: Ingleside, Ocean View, Merced Heights, Ingleside Terraces.
Recent OMI Additions
- St. Emydius Catholic Church
San Francisco's Ingleside parish birthed by the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. - by Woody LaBounty - The Original Balboa Theater, the Westwood
Ocean Avenue's first movie theater wasn't the El Rey. - by Woody LaBounty - Geneva Carbarn
Built in 1901, The Geneva Carbarn and Powerhouse at Geneva and San Jose Avenue needs rehabilitation - SF West History Minute - Ingleside Coursing Park
Hounds once raced near today's City College of San Francisco. - by Woody LaBounty - Naming the Ingleside
How San Francisco's Ingleside District got it name. - by Woody LaBounty
Balboa Park Aerial 1925 
Alex Gdovin death, 1906 
Farley's Hall, 1910s 
St. Emydius Catholic Church, 1920s. 
St. Emydius Catholic Church, 2006. Lake Merced
Includes: Lakeside, Parkmerced, Stonestown, Lakeshore
Recent Lake Merced Additions
- Sutro Library
The Sutro Library reopens at their fancy new digs - SF West History Minute - A Family in Lakeshore Park
Home movie footage courtesy of the Prelinger Archives in the Gellert-built neighborhood south of Sloat Boulevard. - SF West History Minute - Sunstream Homes Sales Brochure
1950s sales brochure of the Standard Building Company, run by the Gellert Brothers. - Courtesy of the Prelinger Library - Walking the Lakeside Neighborhood
An Icelandic enclave near Stonestown - SF West History Minute - Lakeshore Park District
South of Sloat Boulevard, built by the Gellert Brothers in the 1940s and 1950s - by Woody LaBounty
Gemco Card 
Lowell High School Construction 
Lowell High School Construction 
Stonestown Ad, 1948 
Stonestown Apartments ad, 1951 
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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.