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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 470: The Great Highway - Part 2
We resume our Great Highway story, covering the 1890s into the first two decades of the 20th century. You could say this period was when the Great Highway really came into its own. It was during this time, that several iconic landmarks made their first appearances, including the rise of Carville.
- Aug 20, 2022
(above) 48th & Judah,
circa 1905
Carville; several streetcars turned into residences; windmill and water tank
With roots back to the 1850s, St. Ignatius has been a Sunset District institution for over 40 years. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Jul 25, 2015)
From the 1930s to the 1960s children in unmotorized vehicles raced on the hills of the Sunset District. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Oct 25, 2014)