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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 355: Francisco Heights

Francisco Heights was a 1930s public housing project that never was. Imagine 11 buildings for 2500 residents near present-day USF.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Dec 7, 2019

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 355: Francisco Heights Outside Lands Podcast Episode 355: Francisco Heights

(above) Odd Fellows Cemetery, Dec 26, 1933

View north to men grading Odd Fellows Cemetery. WPA workers moving earth while converting Odd Fellows Cemetery into Rossi Playground. Columbarium in center distance. Roosevelt Junior High (now Middle) School at far left.

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