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'''<font face = | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
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'''The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound, just past Vermont St. exit off Potrero Hill.''' | '''The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound, just past Vermont St. exit off Potrero Hill.''' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Cushman-April-10-1955-20th-and-Rhode-Island-towards-Nob-Hill-P07970.jpg]] | ||
'''View northward from 20th and Rhode Island on Potrero Hill, Hwy 101 in center of image, April 10, 1955.''' | |||
[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P07970)''] | |||
[[Image:pothill$hwy-101-1957.jpg]] | |||
'''The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound from 23rd Street overpass.''' | '''The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound from 23rd Street overpass.''' | ||
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''Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | ''Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Bayshore-Freeway-north-at-Army-St-offramp-freeway-ends-ahead-1956.jpg|720px]] | ||
'''Bayshore freeway north at Army Street offramp, 1956. The 101 freeway is still unfinished in distance.''' | |||
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection'' | |||
[[Image:Hwy-101-at-Army-w-Potrero-Hill-under-construction-1955 6748.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Highway 101 at Army under construction, 1955, with Potrero Hill in background.''' | |||
''Photo: Private Collector'' | |||
[[Image:Building-hwy-101-at-edge-of-Bernal-Heights-and-Cortland-1955 6750.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Building Highway 101 where it crosses Cortland Avenue alongside Bernal Heights, 1955.''' | |||
''Photo: Private Collector'' | |||
[[Image:Hwy-101-heavy-traffic-at-Vermont-St-exit-northerly 4019.jpg]] | |||
'''Highway 101 full of autos in 2014.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Hospital-Curve-heavy-traffic-hwy-101-w-Bernal-behind 4020.jpg]] | |||
'''Hospital Curve southbound, Highway 101, with Bernal Heights.''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:24VMT930.jpg]] | |||
'''In 1930 the Dutch Boy Paint Factory sat the corner of 24th and Kansas (above). By 1994 the west side of Kansas Street had been demolished and replaced by the 101 Freeway, hidden by eucalyptus trees in this 1994 image, and a new apartment building had replaced the paint factory (below).''' | |||
[[Image:24VMT993.jpg]] | |||
''Photos: | ''Photos: Private Collection (1930) and David Green (1994)'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 8 November 2014
Unfinished History
The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound, just past Vermont St. exit off Potrero Hill.
View northward from 20th and Rhode Island on Potrero Hill, Hwy 101 in center of image, April 10, 1955.
Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P07970)
The James Lick Freeway (Highway 101) in 1957, northbound from 23rd Street overpass.
Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Bayshore freeway north at Army Street offramp, 1956. The 101 freeway is still unfinished in distance.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Highway 101 at Army under construction, 1955, with Potrero Hill in background.
Photo: Private Collector
Building Highway 101 where it crosses Cortland Avenue alongside Bernal Heights, 1955.
Photo: Private Collector
Highway 101 full of autos in 2014.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Hospital Curve southbound, Highway 101, with Bernal Heights.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
In 1930 the Dutch Boy Paint Factory sat the corner of 24th and Kansas (above). By 1994 the west side of Kansas Street had been demolished and replaced by the 101 Freeway, hidden by eucalyptus trees in this 1994 image, and a new apartment building had replaced the paint factory (below).
Photos: Private Collection (1930) and David Green (1994)