Dewey Boulevard Then and Now

Dewey Boulevard

From the A.S. Baldwin survey of Adolph Sutro's estate in 1910: "San Miguel Ranch
"No. 57. Standing in Dewey Boulevard, near the Alms House Road, looking southwest."

Today, the homes of Forest Hill and Forest Hill Extension stand on each side of this road, which terminates into Dewey Circle and West Portal Elementary School.

Images: 1) A.S. Baldwin, Estate of Adolph Sutro, Deceased, March-April-May 1910. (Courtesy of the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.) 2) Dewey Boulevard, January 2003. (WNP photo)

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Dewey Boulevard Then and Now

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