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''photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
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[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.  Prev. Document]]  [[Bayshore views Next Document]]
[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.  Prev. Document]]  [[Bayshore views | Next Document]]


[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:Shoreline]] [[category:Water]] [[category:1920s]] [category:1970s]] [[category:Roads]] [[category:Trains]]
[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:Shoreline]] [[category:Water]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:Roads]] [[category:Trains]]

Revision as of 23:15, 16 August 2008

Bayvwhp$sierra-pt-1926.jpg

Train coursing the shoreline around San Bruno Mountain at tip of what is now Sierra Point, c. 1926

photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Bayvwhp$oyster-pt-1976.jpg

Oyster Point c. 1976. Brisbane Lagoon hasn't yet been filled as a dump, and there isn't yet any Highway 101.

photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill. Prev. Document]] Next Document