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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
[[Image:Bayshore-and-Alemany-c-1926-best-guess.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Looking north towards the end of San Bruno Avenue, where it curves down to meet Bayshore Boulevard in Visitacion Valley, c. 1926. The house most at right with the double roofline in the photograph still stands there today.''' | |||
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection'' | |||
[[Image:excelvis$visitacion-valley-photo.jpg]] | [[Image:excelvis$visitacion-valley-photo.jpg]] | ||
'''Visitacion Valley from McLaren Park, former Brisbane Lagoon in distant flatlands, [[San Bruno Mountain | San Bruno Mountain]] on right horizon.''' | '''Visitacion Valley from McLaren Park, former Brisbane Lagoon in distant flatlands, [[San Bruno Mountain | San Bruno Mountain]] on right horizon, while in foreground at right edge of photo is the old [[Remembrance of Geneva Towers|Geneva Towers]], demolished in 1998.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Brisbane-lagoon-from-mclaren1205.jpg]] | |||
'''Another view, this one in 2008, of old landfill site in Brisbane Lagoon.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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[[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1940.jpg]] | [[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1940.jpg]] | ||
'''Southwest view in | '''Southwest view in 1950 from Bayview Hill across Brisbane Lagoon, site of San Francisco's garbage dump for over 40 years, Highway 101 causeway just taking shape.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1997.jpg]] | [[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1997.jpg]] | ||
'''Same view in 1997.''' | '''Same view in 1997, years after the [[SF's Southern Edge|Southern Pacific Bayshore yard]] had been abandoned, and mostly removed..''' | ||
''Photo: David Green'' | ''Photo: David Green'' | ||
[[Image:Candlestick Point land fill in preparation for freeway Feb 23 1956 AAF-0674.jpg]] | |||
'''Reverse view, south to north, from edge of San Bruno Mountain looking towards Bayview Hill in distance; Highway 101 causeway under construction, Feb. 23, 1956.''' | |||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | |||
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[[category: | [[category:Visitacion Valley]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:San Francisco outside the city]] [[category:1950s]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:06, 26 September 2014
Unfinished History
Looking north towards the end of San Bruno Avenue, where it curves down to meet Bayshore Boulevard in Visitacion Valley, c. 1926. The house most at right with the double roofline in the photograph still stands there today.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Visitacion Valley from McLaren Park, former Brisbane Lagoon in distant flatlands, San Bruno Mountain on right horizon, while in foreground at right edge of photo is the old Geneva Towers, demolished in 1998.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Another view, this one in 2008, of old landfill site in Brisbane Lagoon.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Southwest view in 1950 from Bayview Hill across Brisbane Lagoon, site of San Francisco's garbage dump for over 40 years, Highway 101 causeway just taking shape.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Same view in 1997, years after the Southern Pacific Bayshore yard had been abandoned, and mostly removed..
Photo: David Green
Reverse view, south to north, from edge of San Bruno Mountain looking towards Bayview Hill in distance; Highway 101 causeway under construction, Feb. 23, 1956.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library