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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
[[Image:Jan-1-1883-snow-on-north-slope-Bernal-Hts.jpg]] | |||
'''Snow on north slope of Bernal Heights, Precita Creek in gulley at bottom, 1883.''' | |||
''Photo: St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School'' | |||
[[Image:bernlhts$peralta-st-1920.jpg]] | [[Image:bernlhts$peralta-st-1920.jpg]] | ||
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''photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ''photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image:Bernal-north-side 0304.jpg]] | |||
'''The once rather barren natural terrain of Bernal Heights takes on a lush, almost tropical appearance after winter rains. This is taken from the top of the Peralta Stairs at Samoset.''' | |||
[[Image:Peralta-stairs-view-northward 0306.jpg]] | |||
'''Just a landing lower than the image above, with the camera pointing northward down the Peralta Stairs (the right of way of Peralta is largely garden paths and stairways on this part of the hill).''' | |||
[[Image:Bernal-sculpture-garden-peralta-ave 5670.jpg]] | |||
'''Peralta turns northeast nearer the bottom of the hill, and in a vacant lot neighbors have erected this sculpture garden.''' | |||
[[Image:Aztec-stairs 5644.jpg]] | |||
'''Further west on the north side of Bernal, where Shotwell Street ascends beyond Mirabel (check the 1883 photo for where the streets are written in), the [http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/ New Deal WPA] built these stairs connecting Aztec Street and Shotwell in 1940.''' | |||
[[Image:Aztec-stairs-wpa-plaque 5639.jpg]] | |||
[[Image:Quake-shacks-on-shotwell-opp-aztec 5643.jpg]] | |||
'''These two small structures on Shotwell, opposite the Aztec stairs, are almost surely [[Bernal Heights 1906 Quake Shack survivors|1906 earthquake shacks]], of which there are a surprising number dotting the hill.''' | |||
[[Bernal Heights 1906 Quake Shack survivors | Prev. Document]] [[Widow O' Brien's Cow | Next Document]] | [[Bernal Heights 1906 Quake Shack survivors | Prev. Document]] [[Widow O' Brien's Cow | Next Document]] | ||
[[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:1920s]] | [[category:Bernal Heights]][[category:1920s]] [[category:1880s]] [[category:2000s]] [[category:Roads]] [[category:1940s]] | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 10 July 2009
Unfinished History
Snow on north slope of Bernal Heights, Precita Creek in gulley at bottom, 1883.
Photo: St. Anthony-Immaculate Conception School
Peralta Street eastward, c. 1920s
photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
The once rather barren natural terrain of Bernal Heights takes on a lush, almost tropical appearance after winter rains. This is taken from the top of the Peralta Stairs at Samoset.
Just a landing lower than the image above, with the camera pointing northward down the Peralta Stairs (the right of way of Peralta is largely garden paths and stairways on this part of the hill).
Peralta turns northeast nearer the bottom of the hill, and in a vacant lot neighbors have erected this sculpture garden.
Further west on the north side of Bernal, where Shotwell Street ascends beyond Mirabel (check the 1883 photo for where the streets are written in), the New Deal WPA built these stairs connecting Aztec Street and Shotwell in 1940.
These two small structures on Shotwell, opposite the Aztec stairs, are almost surely 1906 earthquake shacks, of which there are a surprising number dotting the hill.