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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Vermont-Street-1950s.jpg]] | ||
''' | '''Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed [[Highway 101—50 years old|Highway 101]].''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org'' | ||
[[Image:pothill$vermont-street-c-1928.jpg]] | [[Image:pothill$vermont-street-c-1928.jpg]] | ||
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'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.''' | '''Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project'' | ||
[[Image:Mckinley square swings.jpg]] | [[Image:Mckinley square swings.jpg]] | ||
'''These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!''' | '''These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:pothill$vermont-street-1996.jpg]] | |||
'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1996''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ||
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[[category:Potrero Hill]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:roads]] [[category:transit]] | [[category:Potrero Hill]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:1940s]] [[category:roads]] [[category:transit]] [[category:1950s]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:15, 15 January 2022
Unfinished History
Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed Highway 101.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org
Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.
Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project
These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Foot of Vermont Street, 1996
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Vermont Street southward, 1927
Photo: San Francisco Public Works, via Potrero Hill Archives Project
Vermont Street southward, 1940s
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library