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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. '''
[[Image:View-of-Corona-Heights-and-southeast-across-Mission-from-Buena-Vista-1886.jpg|720px]]


Corona Heights Quarry, late 19th Century
'''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.'''


[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]
''Photo: Private collection''


'''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.'''
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'''Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.'''
 
''Photo: Private collection''
 
[[Image:BVCORONA.jpg|720px]]
 
'''Corona Heights behind promotional shot for new car, 1920s.'''
 
''Photo: Private collection''
 
[[Image:Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg]]
 
'''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)'']
 
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'''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''


''Photos: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA''




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[[category:Ecology]] [[category:Castro]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1900s]]
[[category:Ecology]] [[category:Castro]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:Hills]] [[category:Eureka Valley]] [[category:1880s]]

Latest revision as of 15:14, 26 September 2014

Unfinished History

View-of-Corona-Heights-and-southeast-across-Mission-from-Buena-Vista-1886.jpg

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-1926.jpg

Corona Heights seen from the north, 1926.

Photo: Private collection

BVCORONA.jpg

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

Photo: Private collection

Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg

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

Photo: © 1969 Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.

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.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)

1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg

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

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


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