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Unfinished History

1886 view southeast from Buena Vista hill. Corona Heights in foreground, Liberty Hill with a smattering of houses on it behind that. The Jewish Cemetery is visible where Dolores Park is today.

Photo: Private collection

Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.

Photo: Private collection

Corona Heights behind promotional shot for new car, 1920s.

Photo: Private collection

Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)

Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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 '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
-[[Image:ecology1$brick-factory-1880s.jpg]]
+[[Image:View-of-Corona-Heights-and-southeast-across-Mission-from-Buena-Vista-1886.jpg|720px]]
-'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. '''
+'''1886 view southeast from Buena Vista hill. Corona Heights in foreground, Liberty Hill with a smattering of houses on it behind that. The [[Jewish Cemetery|Jewish Cemetery]] is visible where Dolores Park is today.'''
-''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: Private collection''
-[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]
+[[Image:Corona-Heights-1926.jpg|720px]]
-'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.'''
+'''Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.'''
-''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: Private collection''
-[[Image:Corona-Heights-from-north-1926.jpg]]
+[[Image:BVCORONA.jpg|720px]]
-'''Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.'''
+'''Corona Heights behind promotional shot for new car, 1920s.'''
-''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: Private collection''
-[[Image:ecology1$grey-bros-corona-heights-quarry$factory_itm$brick-factory-1900.jpg]]
+[[Image:Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg]]
-'''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900'''
+'''Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.'''
+''Photo: © 1969 Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.''
+[[Image:Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg]]
+'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.'''
+[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)'']
+[[Image:1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg]]
+'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards [[Dominik Mosur|Julia Randall Museum]] on Corona Heights, 1965, former [[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights|quarry site]].'''
+[[Image:Corona-hts-from-20th-and-Diamond-July-26-2009 0739.jpg]]
+'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''
-[[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights | 1965 view towards quarry site]]
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+[[category:Ecology]] [[category:Castro]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:Hills]] [[category:Eureka Valley]] [[category:1880s]]