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[[Image:pothill$vermont-street-1996.jpg]]
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'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1996 and 1928'''
'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1996'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


[[Image:pothill$vermont-street-c-1928.jpg]]
[[Image:pothill$vermont-street-c-1928.jpg]]


'''Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left, c. 1928'''
'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.'''
 
''Photo: [http://www.potreroarchives.com Potrero Hill Archives Project]''
 
[[Image:Mckinley square swings.jpg]]
 
'''These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Vermont-St-South-1927.jpg]]
 
'''Vermont Street southward, 1927'''
 
''Photo: San Francisco Public Works, via Potrero Hill Archives Project''
 
[[Image:Vermont-St.-South-1940s.jpg]]
 
'''Vermont Street southward, 1940s'''
 
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''


1996 photo by Chris Carlsson
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Latest revision as of 22:48, 12 September 2013

Unfinished History

Pothill$vermont-street-1996.jpg

Foot of Vermont Street, 1996

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Pothill$vermont-street-c-1928.jpg

Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.

Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project

Mckinley square swings.jpg

These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Vermont-St-South-1927.jpg

Vermont Street southward, 1927

Photo: San Francisco Public Works, via Potrero Hill Archives Project

Vermont-St.-South-1940s.jpg

Vermont Street southward, 1940s

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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