Families on Roosevelt Way
Unfinished History
The beginnings of Roosevelt Way, shown here in 1916.
Poor families staked out plots on precarious slopes like these, long before views were such valuable commodities.
Photos: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Roosevelt and Saturn and Lower Terrace, October 23, 1925.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Roosevelt and Saturn, April 26, 1928.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Roosevelt Way and Saturn, 2009.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Roosevelt Way northeast from Fairbanks with Park Hill Ave going left at center, Sept. 27, 1928.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection