SF's Southern Edge

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Sierra Point c. 1926

photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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

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Oyster Point c. 1976

photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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

[[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:1970s]]