The People

Some of the people who created, lived, and worked in the western neighborhoods of San Francisco:

• Streetwise: Remembering a Life Well-Lived
  More memories of Paul Rosenberg - by Frank Dunnigan
• Growing Up in the Richmond in the 1950s
  Lafayette School, Balboa Street and more... - by Victor F. Berardelli
• Carol Schuldt Interview, 2013
  Interview with Kelly's Cove legend and Queen of the Beach.
• Gary Silberstein Interview, 2013
  Interview with Kelly's Cove surfer, with tale of the 1959 washout.
• Jim Gallagher Interview, 2013
  Interview with Kelly's Cove surfer and historian.
• Patrick F. Cunneen Interview, 2013
  Interview with a Kelly's Cove runner, swimmer, and surfer.
• Paul Judge Interview, 2013
  Interview with a 1960s Kelly's Cove regular.
• Stan Adair
  Country living off 19th Avenue in the 1920s - by Stan Adair
• The Parkside and the Characters from Long Ago
  Remembering three interesting men from the Parkside District of the 1930s and 1940s. - by Mimi Couper Loupe
• Gracie Allen
  The famous comedienne was schooled in the Richmond District. - by John Freeman
• Gunslinger in the Avenues
  Wyatt Earp lived in the Richmond District in the 1890's - by Woody LaBounty
• Streetwise - The Finest, the Greatest, the Best
  A remembrance of St. Cecilia's Monsignor Harold Collins. - by Frank Dunnigan
• Streetwise - The Ties that Bind
  San Francisco families are more connected than can sometimes be believed. - by Frank Dunnigan
• The Reid Brothers
  Architects of the Cliff House, Fairmont Hotel, and Richmond District theaters.
• Madie Brown
  An ardent nature lover, Madie Brown organized a citywide preservation effort to make Mt. Davidson a public park. - by Jacquie Proctor
• Phoebe H. Brown
  The Great Earthquake and Fire brought her family to build Sea Cliff's first residence. - by Florence Holub
• Golden Gate Park Bums
  1937 article about the "bums" (some professional) who play baseball in Golden Gate Park - by Will Connolly
• The Safest Driver in the State of California
  The story of Nell A. Leavitt - by Woody LaBounty
• Streetwise: Doelger City
  No man had a greater impact on the Sunset District than builder Henry Doelger - by Woody LaBounty
• The San Francisco Mariners Football Club
  Remembering Pop Warner football in the Sunset District. - by Donna Fenanes
• Jack Coll
  Memories of the Richmond in the 40's - by Jack Coll
• Anna L. Conti
  An artist shows there's many ways to document a historical icon.
• Tales from Kelly’s Cove
  Stories and memories of a San Francisco surfing and community spot at Ocean Beach.
• Warren Crandall
  The spiritual heir of Playland-at-the-Beach
• My First Dance
  Rosemarie Green's first hop in Forest Hill - by Rosemarie Marshall Green
• Carl Larsen: The Gentle Dane
  Sunset District pioneer and benefactor. - by Lorri Ungaretti
• Mark Daniels
  Landscape architect of the Forest Hill residence park.
• The Sunset Developers
  Gellerts, Doelgers, and the Stoneson Brothers turned sand dunes into housing. - By Ken Zinns
• Father of the Richmond District
  Builder Fernando Nelson's Richmond District work. - by John Freeman
• Naming the Richmond District
  George Turner Marsh and the Birth of a Neighborhood - by Woody LaBounty
• Park-Presidio Improvement Association of San Francisco‘s Richmond District
  A report on a twentieth-century neighborhood group. - by Woody LaBounty and Lorri Ungaretti
• Rita Rivera Doyle
  Ocean Avenue fixture for over 30 years.
• Ella Driscoll
  Ella (Gross) Driscoll has lived in Ingleside Terraces since 1963, but grew up with a twin sister in the outer Sunset District
• Fred Van Dyke
  a surfing legend from the Sunset - by Lorri Ungaretti
• One Man's Family
  The long-running radio soap opera set in the Sea Cliff neighborhood. - by James O. Clifford, Sr.
• John and Irene Fay
  Longtime residents of the Sunset District.
• Confessions of a Junior Sex Fiend
  Warning: Some explicit language/situations. Memories of a Richmond District boy discovering the opposite sex in the 1940s. - by Christopher Newton
• Robert Fisher
  Sunset Heights, Columbus School and other memories
• The Ghosts of Sutro Forest
  Historical Suicides in Sutro Forest leads to an imaginative night walk. - by Rex Bell
• Streetwise: Gone But Not Forgotten
  Local celebrities and personalities that San Franciscans had a wave and a smile for. - by Frank Dunnigan
• John Freeman
  Shack carpenter, historian, and Richmond District native.
• RFK at G.E.T.
  The author remembers Robert Kennedy's 1968 visit to San Francisco. - by Hamilton Barrett
• Streetwise - The Generational Wave Goodbye
  The passing of a generation of helpful aunts, and a few uncles. - by Frank Dunnigan
• Rev. Roland Gordon
  25 years at Ingleside Presbyterian Church
• John Gross
  Product of a pioneering Ingleside family
• Henry H. Gutterson
  Supervising Architect of St. Francis Wood - by Richard Brandi
• Al Harris
  If you've attended a community group meeting in the OMI, you've likely met Al Harris.
• The Circle of History
  Chance meetings make for good history - by Woody LaBounty
• Remembering Mrs. Hunter
  Dance teacher Inez Hunter taught hundreds of children to dance. - by Jo Anne Quinn
• First Doelger Home Identified
  First Doelger House Discovered: 1427-39th Avenue
• Ron Jones
  Storyteller, Writer, Special Olympics Basketball Coach, and Sunset boy.
• Frank and Jennie Jue
  The Richmond district after nine kids and almost 50 years...
• Streetwise: Long Live the King
  Remembering King Norman and his kingdom of toys. - By Frank Dunnigan
• Westerly Winds: Early Aviation in the Outside Lands
  Robert G. Fowler/s flight from the Polo Fields to cross the country in 1911. - by John Freeman
• Joseph A. Leonard
  Builder of Jordan Park, Richmond Heights and Ingleside Terraces
• Leon Levy
  Leon Levy worked for almost 40 years as a pharmacist in the Inner Sunset. - by Lorri Ungaretti
• Streetwise: Willie Mays
  The Giants centerfielder moves to the western neighborhoods. - by Woody LaBounty
• Duncan McDuffie
  A first-person account of the building of St. Francis Wood from one of the partners of the real estate firm of Mason-McDuffie.
• 4 Star Memories
  Remembering visits to a Richmond District movie theater in the 1930s and 1940s. - by Ken Lewetzow
• Fernando Nelson
  Builder of West Portal, Parkway Terrace, and Merced Manor - by Richard Brandi
• Sand Dunes to a City Park
  Memories of Golden Gate Park and the Inner Sunset from 1920. - by Rosemarie Marshall Green
• Maria Fe Picar
  Growing up in OMI...
• Joe Politz
  The Joe from the Richmond's Joe's Ice Cream
• Patti Poole
  Ingleside Terraces experiences great and common...
• Mr. Hot Dog Rancho
  Memories of a western-themed hot dog and hamburger joint on Geary Boulevard. - by Woody LaBounty
• Sunset Reflections
  Timel's Creamery, World War II, and Sunset streetcars... - by Val J. Golding
• Streetcar Crash Remembered
  Jack Tillmany celebrates an unusual 60th anniversary
• Tillmany’s Ride
  The day two streetcars collided, making one ten-year-old rail fan very happy. - by Jack Tillmany
• The Adventure of the Fake Rocks
  One boy's 1940s adventure on the cliffs of Sutro Heights. - by Christopher Newton
• Richmond Memories from Ken Ross
  Selling Liberty Magazine, Sarge's pool hall, and the Coliseum Theater - Ken Ross
• Streetwise - Good Neighbor Sam
  Remembering Parkside Pharmacy and the good man who ran it. - By Frank Dunnigan
• Castles in the Sand
  Sand artist James J. Taylor's signature creations came to Ocean Beach in 1909. - by Woody LaBounty
• Grace Perego in Six Scenes
  Meet SF's First-Wave Feminist Housing Mogul - by Devin Smith
• Ralph L. Selleck
  Playland worker, postman, baseball and race fan - By Denise F. Selleck
• Memories: George R. Stanton
  Early twentieth century stories of Parkside sand dunes and rabbit hunts. - by George R. Stanton
• Robert Emmet Statue
  The Story of Irish Patriot Robert Emmet and his Monument in Golden Gate Park - by Robert O'Driscoll
• Charles Warren Stoddard
  The poet and writer remembered the sand dunes of the 1850s.
• Eliis and Henry Stoneson
  Builders of Stonestown and Lakeside
• 311 Parnassus Street
  Old San Francisco tales of the Connell family. - by Harold A. Lane, Jr.
• Barney Farley, a Character Study
  Boxing coach, roadhouse operator, saloon keeper, and Ingleside character for over fifty years. - by Woody LaBounty
• Streetwise: San Francisco‘s Women Supervisors
  A list of women who have served on San Francisco‘s Board of Supervisors. - by Frank Dunnigan
• Adolph Sutro
  The man who practically owned the western neighborhoods.
• Pat French Swendsen
  Memories from a long-time Richmond district resident.
• Jack Tillmany
  Jack Tillmany, an eminent collector of San Francisco movie theatre and transit photos. - by Jack Tillmany
• Peter Vaernet
  Brooks Park guardian...
• Lovie Lee Ward
  Ocean View Community Activist
• Minnie Ward
  Ocean View Community Activist
• Dan Weaver
  A view on Ocean Avenue's revitalization
• Streetwise: Remembering When
  The little clues in obituaries that identified old-time San Franciscans. - by Frank Dunnigan
• Johnnie "The Birdman" Williams
  John Williams had a trained bird act that he plied at both Ocean Beach and in the vicinity of the Cliff House from the late 1880s until 1907. - By John Freeman
• Mary Ada and Charles Williams
  A wife preserves a husband's love of the Parkside district.
• Ray F. Wilson
  Ingleside memories of smelly schools and unexploded mortar shells?
• John James Susko, golfer
  John Susko was an outstanding amateur golfer with a legacy that continues to benefit charitable causes. - by Mary-Ann Susko Orr
• The Gjoa and the Roald Amundsen monument
  A famous ship that spent decades in the Golden Gate Park - by Hamilton Barrett
• Parkside Memories: Oh, those windows!
  Before television, the front window provided news and entertainment. - by Mimi Couper Loupe
• Streetwise: When I'm 64
  Returning to St. Cecilia School for 50th eighth grade class reunion. - by Frank Dunnigan
• Powell-Wolff Fight, 1906
  Lew Powell and Willie Wolff fight below the Cliff House, July 4, 1906
• Parkside School May Day, 1938
  Remembering the Parkside School May King and Queen. - by Mimi Couper Loupe
• Sunset Community Improvement Club - 1947
  Civic-minded folk of the past in words and image.
• Arne Wong Interview, 2013
  Interview with Kelly's Cove surfer, artist, and reunion organizer.
• Streetwise: Giving Thanks in 2017
  Remembering San Franciscan Paul Rosenberg. - by Frank Dunnigan