The Neighborhoods

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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

Shipwrecks at Lands End
At the particularly low tides you can see a number of shipwrecks at Lands End
Making Merry on Merrie Way
A long-time parking lot above the Sutro Baths site was once home to "pleasure grounds."
World War II in San Francisco
John Martini recounts how close the war came on Christmas Eve 1941
Confessions of a Junior Sex Fiend
Warning: Some explicit language/situations. Memories of a Richmond District boy discovering the opposite sex in the 1940s.
The Adventure of the Fake Rocks
One boy's 1940s adventure on the cliffs of Sutro Heights.

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

Pioneer Markets of the Outer Sunset
Early groceries nourished a new neighborhood.
The Ghosts of Sutro Forest
Historical Suicides in Sutro Forest leads to an imaginative night walk.
Jack O'Neill's First Surf Shop
Did the salt water sports innovator start in Santa Cruz or San Francisco?
The San Francisco Mariners Football Club
Remembering Pop Warner football in the Sunset District.
A Walk Along the Almshouse Road
Retracing an 1890s country walk through the city.

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

Daniel Burnham's Twin Peaks Vision
The grand unfulfilled plan to remake western San Francisco.
Savano Luggage
A West Portal Family Business: Savano's Luggage
A Walk Along the Almshouse Road
Retracing an 1890s country walk through the city.
Ingleside Coursing Park
Hounds once raced near today's City College of San Francisco.
Mystery Dividing Line
Funny shaped buildings in West Portal mark a link to San Francisco's Mexican era

OMI

Includes: Ingleside, Ocean View, Merced Heights, Ingleside Terraces.

Recent OMI Additions

Ingleside Coursing Park
Hounds once raced near today's City College of San Francisco.
Naming the Ingleside
How San Francisco's Ingleside District got it name.
Urban Realty Improvement Co. Sales Pamphlet, 1910
1910 brochure detailing Joseph A. Leonard's residential building offerings through the Urban Realty Improvement Company.
Engine Company 33
117 Broad Street is a historic 1890s firehouse and formerly the home of Engine Company 33.
McInerney & Kerrigan Market
An Ocean View grocery is uncovered by the clues in a 1911 image.

Lake Merced

Includes: Lakeside, Parkmerced, Stonestown, Lakeshore

Recent Lake Merced Additions

A Family in Lakeshore Park
Home movie footage courtesy of the Prelinger Archives in the Gellert-built neighborhood south of Sloat Boulevard.
Sunstream Homes Sales Brochure
1950s sales brochure of the Standard Building Company, run by the Gellert Brothers.
Walking the Lakeside Neighborhood
An Icelandic enclave near Stonestown
Lakeshore Park District
South of Sloat Boulevard, built by the Gellert Brothers in the 1940s and 1950s
Broderick-Terry Duel Reenactment
The 150th Anniversary of the last duel in California