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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 65: Death's Crossing

Steam railroads and electric streetcar lines all once converged in the Ocean View neighborhood.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Apr 5, 2014

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 65: Death's Crossing Outside Lands Podcast Episode 65: Death's Crossing

(above) Alemany from Winnipeg, Feb 24, 1926

View northwest on Sickles from Winnipeg across the below-grade Ocean Shore Railroad (future route of Alemany Boulevard). The intersection of San Jose Avenue and Sagamore, with Merced Heights in the background. [Proposed Alemany Blvd north on Sickles from Winnipeg Ave.] [dpwbook36 dpw10183]
DPW Horace Chaffee

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