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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 111: Beertown
John Freeman joins us to talk about days when Fulton Street in the Richmond District had an intoxicating reputation.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Feb 27, 2015
(above) Fulton & 9th Ave,
circa 1909
View east across 9th Avenue to Beertown. 'The Arbor' beer garden on the corner was once the 'Jockey Club' across from the Bay District Racetrack before being moved four blocks west. In distance is 'The Villa' roadhouse; McAllister Street streetcar #259.
Since the 1930s, Galli Construction has been a prominent builder of San Francisco residences. Galli built dozens of housing tracts and thousands of homes throughout the west side and is still in business to this day. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Apr 11, 2020)