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The "I am OMI" project was a result of the help and cooperation of many OMI groups, individuals, and foundations. We would like to thank the following organzations and individuals for their help and hard work to make "I am OMI" a reality:

Arts Connection, California Audio Arts, California Council for the Humanities, City College of San Francisco, Cultural Participation Project, Ingleside Branch Library, Ingleside Presbyterian Church, KPFA 94.1, Merchants on Ocean, Ocean View Recreation Center Safe Haven, OMI Beacon Center, OMI Business League, OMI Neighbors in Action, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and their Families, San Francisco Foundation, Southwestern Neighborhood Improvement Group (SNIG), Voice of Pentecost.

Sarah Ashcroft, Vini Beachem, Jacques Campos, Dennis Calloway, Ella Driscoll, Gina Fromer, Maude Furlough, Greg Gaar, David Gallagher, Norita Gonzalez-Blum, Reverend Roland Gordon, John Gross, Al and Mary Harris, Amanda Herman, Marilyn and Robert Katzman, Deborah Lattimore, Lonnie Lawson, Ray Miller, Florentina Mocanu-Schendel, Agnes Morton, Kathryn Nasstrom, Jan Nunes, Maria Picar, Patti Poole, Margaret Rea, Will Reno, Jason M. Rogers, Nicole Sawaya, Joel Schechter, Dorothy Randall Tsuruta, Royce Vaughn, Peter Vaernet, Dan Weaver, Geol Weirs, Margie Whitnah, Tori Wilson and Arnold Woods.

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This project is made possible by a grant from the CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES with generous support from the San Francisco Foundation, as part of the Council's statewide California Stories Initiative. The COUNCIL is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org.

Page launched 26 May 2003; updated 30 June 2005.

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  Farms, Fire and Forest

  Sutro's ownership of the old Rancho San Miguel ( Jan 1, 2005)
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  Streetwise: Urbano's Racetrack

  Urbano Drive is an oval laid exactly along the lines of the old Ingleside Racetrack, the last venue for horse racing in San Francisco. ( Jan 1, 2005)
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  The Talking Cat of the Ingleside District

  There was also some appeal in whatever mischief one could get into while most adults were still sleeping soundly. ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Streetwise: A Boxer's Death

  Alex Gdovin died from a punch to the chest that stopped his heart in a boxing match. ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Jockey House: 280 Byxbee Avenue

  The Last Remnant of The Ingleside Racetrack? ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Ingleside Terraces Sundial

  The story of this mysterious monolith ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Streetwise: The Burned Cross

  Patti Poole was six years old at the time, and stayed home from school while her parents talked to reporters and defended the people of Ingleside Terraces. ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Streetwise: Guns and Golf

  The 1859 duel between Broderick and Terry at Lake Merced. ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  Niantic Street Shacks

  Niantic Street is a tiny dead-end road trapped between Alemany Boulevard and the 280 freeway. ( Jan 1, 2006)
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  History of Ocean View

  Ocean View was a fine station and a community quickly built up around what is now the intersection of Alemany, Sagamore, Plymouth and Sickles. ( Jan 1, 2006)

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