SF West History Minute
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- 48th Avenue Grocery
Frances Kniffin Larkin, a Sunset District resident for over 80 years, remembers when "Your Market, My Deli" at 1460-48th Avenue was Brucker's in the 1930s. - Backyard History
Marty Larkin has added bit and pieces of San Francisco's history to the backyard of his Outer Sunset District home. - The Mothers Building
Once a primary stopping place for any trip to the Zoo. - Sunset School Demolition
The Sunset Cooperative Nursery School was demolished after 59 years to make way for a new school. - House of Stone
In 1927, this house was the most popular destination in Forest Hill. - Tombstone Search
When the cemeteries were moved from the Richmond District, the remains went one place and the headstones another. - The Larkins Building
The Larkins Building on the NW corner of Arguello and Geary boulevards has in interesting and mostly unknown history. - Pine Lake's Many Names
An SF West History Minute on the different names for Pine Lake. - Balboa Theaters of San Francisco
The Richmond's beloved Balboa Theater wasn't the first. - Jimmy's Old Car Picnic
Jimmy's Old Car Picnic is an annual tradition in Golden Gate Park - Sutro Heights "Bunkers"
John Martini demystifies the concrete structures in Sutro Heights - We Love the Fog
Woody LaBounty waxes poetic on the west side's Summer visitor - Broderick-Terry Duel Reenactment
The 150th Anniversary of the last duel in California - Death's Crossing
Revisiting what was one of the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco - The Breon Gate
Why is there a huge gate at 19th and Lincoln? - Ortega Branch Library Goodbye
Tearing down our recent history - Twin Peaks Tunnel
The Twin Peaks Tunnel connected downtown with the west side in 1918 - Laffin' Sal
Is Laffin' Sal one of a kind? - New Shack Identified
Recent renovations yield a historic dicovery in the Castro... another 1906 Earthquake refugee cottage. - Business as Usual on Ocean Avenue
Ocean Avenue, a street of firsts. - Doggie Diner Head
The Doggie Diner Head, San Francisco Landmark #254 on Sloat Blvd - Honest Abe Avenue
Remnants of America's first highway - Narrow Sidewalks
Reusing one the the Sunset's great buildings - Mystery Monoliths of the Richmond
What are those things at 45th Avenue and Geary? - SF's Widest Street
What is the widest street in the City? It's in the outside lands. - Larsen Park
One man's gift to the City - Patron Saint Against Earthquakes
The story of the Ingleside's St Emydius - WNP Open House
People come from all over to meet in the Westen Neighborhoods - Saved Shack in the Zoo
1906's temporary building finds a permanent home at the zoo. - Parking Lot Secret History
A parking lot in more ways than one. - Inner Richmond History Walk
A stroll though the Richmond
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The Western Neighborhoods Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods.
The Western Neighborhoods Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods.