Vermont Street--San Francisco's Real Curviest Street!: Difference between revisions

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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

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