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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Photo Essay</font></font> </font>'''
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'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910, early construction in 1911, storm drain under construction in the late 1920s, completed in 1930, the new Alemany Blvd. in the 1960s, and finally Interstate 280 Freeway in the 1980s.'''
'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1911.jpg]]
 
'''1911'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1920s.jpg]]
 
'''Late 1920s'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1930.jpg]]
 
'''1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg]]


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'''1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.'''


== Photographs of Alemany Boulevard construction from 1910, 1911, the 1920's, 1930, the 1960's and 1980's. ==
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


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[[Image:Alemany I-280 islais-creek-1980s.jpg]]


''Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''
'''1980s, [[Before the I-280 Freeway|Interstate-280]] has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.'''


Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
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Historical Photo Essay

Excelvis$alemany-boulevard-1910.jpg

As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Alemany islais-creek-1911.jpg

1911

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Alemany islais-creek-1920s.jpg

Late 1920s

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Alemany islais-creek-1930.jpg

1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg

1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Alemany I-280 islais-creek-1980s.jpg

1980s, Interstate-280 has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA


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