The Neighborhoods
The Neighborhoods Include:
Richmond District
(North of Golden Gate Park, south of the Presidio, bounded by the ocean and Masonic Avenue.)Includes: Sea Cliff, Presidio Terrace, Jordan Park.
Recent Richmond District Additions
- The Army Invades the Richmond District
The story of Camp Merritt - George K. Whitney Jr. Interview, 2002
Interview of George K. Whitney Jr. in 2002, discussing Cliff House, Sutro Baths, Playland, and Whitney Brothers businesses. - 708 Clement Street
From the Pioneer Potato Market in the 1910s to the Clement Street Bar & Grill in the 2010s. - Naming the Richmond District
George Turner Marsh and the Birth of a Neighborhood - Richmond Cheese Lovers
Some would argue that 22nd and Geary was once the Richmond District's heart of Mexican Cuisine.
Aerial of Outer Richmond, 1932 
Aerial of Outer Richmond, 1932 
Aerial of west San Francisco, 1920s? 
Sutro Heights Lion, 2005 
Sutro Baths Ice Rink Sunset District
(South of Golden Gate Park, north of Sloat Boulevard, bounded by the ocean on the west and Stanyan Street/Golden Gate Heights on the east.)Includes: Parkside, Golden Gate Heights, Parkway Terrace.
Recent Sunset District Additions
- Irving and Ninth Avenue Memories
Businesses and people around one intersection, circa 1959 - Streetwise - Irving Insights
Memories of Irving Street businesses - Kieser's Colonial Creamery
A neighborhood coffee shop on Irving Street that lasted almost 60 years. - Apartment Building's Secret Past
Is this Ocean Beach building more than it seems? - Streetwise - Noriega Neighbors
A walk down Noriega Street and Memory Lane
Taits at the Beach, Circa 1920 
Irving and Ninth Avenue, 1959 
Kieser's Colonial Creamery, 1946 
Kieser's Colonial Creamery staff, 1946 West of Twin Peaks
Includes: West Portal, St. Francis Wood, Forest Hill, Balboa Terrace, Westwood Park, Miraloma Park and Sunnyside.
Recent West of Twin Peaks Additions
- House of Stone
In 1927, this house was the most popular destination in Forest Hill. - Streetwise - Up & Down West Portal
A walk on West Portal Avenue is a walk down Memory Lane. - Streetwise - Dad & Bill's Night Out
Memories of the 1950s fight against the Western Freeway. - Sherwood Forest
A tiny neighborhood on the side of Mount Davidson. - Homewood Terrace Orphanage
Jewish orphanage that faced Ocean Avenue from 1921 to 1960s
St. Francis Wood walk, June 2010 
St. Francis Wood walk, June 2010 
Marjorie Ute and Cindy Skinner, 1969 
Ingleside Racetrack, 1904 
Twin Peaks Tunnel 1918 Lake Merced to OMI
Includes: Ingleside, Ocean View, Merced Heights, Lakeside, Parkmerced, Stonestown, Lakeshore, Ingleside Terraces.
Recent OMI Additions
- McInerney & Kerrigan Market
An Ocean View grocery is uncovered by the clues in a 1911 image. - Pesce's Market
From 1909 to the 1980s, Pesce's Market served the Ocean View neighborhood on Sagamore Street. - OMI Context Statement
Historic Context Statement on the OMI neighborhoods (60 pages long). - Balboa Theaters of San Francisco
The Richmond's beloved Balboa Theater wasn't the first. - Death's Crossing
Revisiting what was one of the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco
Broad Street and Capitol Avenue, 2010 
Poster for Lake Merced Exposition 
179 Broad Street, circa 1911. 
Eda and Marge Pesce, 1977 
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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.