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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' | |||
'' | ''by Chris Carlsson'' | ||
Mission Creek has seen radical changes since the late 1970s (and even more radical changes since it once [[Lagoon and 1906 Mission|ran openly]] all the way to today's 17th and Valencia). Catellus Corporation, the spin-off of the former real estate division of Southern Pacific Railroad, donated over 40 acres of prime (land-filled) real estate to the University of California for a [[MISSION BAY|new biomedical campus]]. This in turn led to rapid and rampant development of a suburban aesthetic in the midst of San Francisco's last undeveloped expanse of space. The bohemian houseboat community along Mission Creek is slowly being surrounded by million dollar condominiums and biomedical research buildings. Here's a brief portrait in summer 2008: | |||
[[Image:Mission-creek-southwesterly-houseboats 3512.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission-creek-southwesterly-houseboats 3512.jpg]] | ||
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'''This view is much as it has looked for 30 years (except for the yellow top of an office building appearing behind the houseboats).''' | '''This view is much as it has looked for 30 years (except for the yellow top of an office building appearing behind the houseboats).''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Mission-creek-start-and-fwy 3545.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission-creek-start-and-fwy 3545.jpg]] | ||
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'''Both of these are looking east towards the Bay.''' | '''Both of these are looking east towards the Bay.''' | ||
''Photos: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Mission-Creek-northeasterly-condos 3487.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission-Creek-northeasterly-condos 3487.jpg]] | ||
'''The new north-easterly view | '''The new north-easterly view from the houseboats''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Mission-creek-south-w-campus-in-bkgrnd 3529.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission-creek-south-w-campus-in-bkgrnd 3529.jpg]] | ||
'''The view from the condos southward, houseboats with campus appearing behind it, Potrero Hill in distance.''' | '''The view from the condos southward, houseboats with UCSF campus appearing behind it, Potrero Hill in distance.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Mission-creek-cormorants-east-view 3539.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission-creek-cormorants-east-view 3539.jpg]] | ||
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'''Cormorants dry their wings in the late afternoon sun, August 2008. Efforts to restore native habitat along the banks of Mission Creek have led to a remarkable resurgence of birds and fish in the waterway.''' | '''Cormorants dry their wings in the late afternoon sun, August 2008. Efforts to restore native habitat along the banks of Mission Creek have led to a remarkable resurgence of birds and fish in the waterway.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Mission Creek overpass 0840.jpg]] | [[Image:Mission Creek overpass 0840.jpg]] | ||
'''Mission Creek overpass''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Missioncrk houseboats 0848.jpg]] | [[Image:Missioncrk houseboats 0848.jpg]] | ||
'''Mission Creek houseboats''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Missioncreek wickert-boat 0838.jpg]] | [[Image:Missioncreek wickert-boat 0838.jpg]] | ||
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'''Houseboats on Mission Creek, 2008, now surrounded by new condominium development across the creek, and the Mission Bay UCSF campus to their south.''' | '''Houseboats on Mission Creek, 2008, now surrounded by new condominium development across the creek, and the Mission Bay UCSF campus to their south.''' | ||
'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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''1996 Video: Chris Carlsson and Joel Pomerantz on a canoe ride'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 14 June 2010
Historical Essay
by Chris Carlsson
Mission Creek has seen radical changes since the late 1970s (and even more radical changes since it once ran openly all the way to today's 17th and Valencia). Catellus Corporation, the spin-off of the former real estate division of Southern Pacific Railroad, donated over 40 acres of prime (land-filled) real estate to the University of California for a new biomedical campus. This in turn led to rapid and rampant development of a suburban aesthetic in the midst of San Francisco's last undeveloped expanse of space. The bohemian houseboat community along Mission Creek is slowly being surrounded by million dollar condominiums and biomedical research buildings. Here's a brief portrait in summer 2008:
This view is much as it has looked for 30 years (except for the yellow top of an office building appearing behind the houseboats).
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Both of these are looking east towards the Bay.
Photos: Chris Carlsson
The new north-easterly view from the houseboats
Photo: Chris Carlsson
The view from the condos southward, houseboats with UCSF campus appearing behind it, Potrero Hill in distance.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Cormorants dry their wings in the late afternoon sun, August 2008. Efforts to restore native habitat along the banks of Mission Creek have led to a remarkable resurgence of birds and fish in the waterway.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Mission Creek overpass
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Mission Creek houseboats
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Houseboats on Mission Creek, 2008, now surrounded by new condominium development across the creek, and the Mission Bay UCSF campus to their south.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
{{#ev:archive|ssfMISSCRK|320}}
1996 Video: Chris Carlsson and Joel Pomerantz on a canoe ride
