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A Short History of the Sunset District


A Short History of the Sunset District - San Francisco History

On some maps, the area was described as the "Great Sand Waste." This part of the Outside Lands was added to the city of San Francisco in 1866. An 1868 map ...

Sunset District, San Francisco - Wikipedia

Attractions and characteristics · View of the "Inner Sunset District" facing Golden Gate Park · The commercial area on 9th Avenue and Irving Street has become a ...

The Sunset District: From Dunes to Cityscape - FoundSF

Some historians claim that Aurelius Buckingham, a developer who owned property in the Sunset, coined the term in 1886. Others say that the area got its name ...

History of Sunset District San Francisco

Sunset District was once a sand dune area, and its growth began in the 1870s and 1980s with the construction of Golden Gate Park.

See San Francisco's sandy Sunset District 100 years ago - SFGATE

In the early 1900s, the Sunset was mostly windswept sand dunes and considered inaccessible by most people. But, even though it did not receive ...

Category:Sunset - FoundSF

The Sunset District is a largely single family residential area built during the 1920s and '30s as an early San Francisco suburb.

Sunset native's determination to show district past fascinating not ...

The Sunset District comprises a bevy of sub-neighborhoods, all having their own history and attractions. The Parkside, for example, is named for ...

Neighborhood Throwback- Outer Sunset Edition - SFMTA

For our first “History in Motion” post of 2019, we bring you a brief look into the history of the Outer Sunset District. From sand dunes to ...

Historic Context Statement of the Oceanside A Neighborhood of the ...

Topography and Natural History of the Sunset District. Early Residents of the ... The simplest example of the shingled cottage type is a small, pitched or hipped- ...

Sunset District, San Francisco Facts for Kids

The Sunset District is the largest neighborhood within the city and county of San Francisco. Golden Gate Park forms the neighborhood's northern border, and the ...

Sunset Picturesque Period Revival Tracts Historic District

information regarding the neighborhood's development history, the role of small-scale builders, the career and influence of architect Charles O. Clausen ...

Inner Sunset: The Birth Of A Neighborhood Tour- San Francisco City ...

The story of the Sunset District began with windswept dunes and coastal scrub. Originally deemed hopeless and uninhabitable, the Sunset became a popular ...

Local Author Lorri Ungaretti Shares Sunset District History - Hoodline

As many locals know well, when San Francisco first became a city in 1850, the area now known ...

Sunset District (BECA Documentary) - YouTube

Laid out in a grid of pastel-colored row houses between Golden Gate Park and Lake Merced lies San Francisco's hidden gem, the Sunset ...

Inside the Outer Lands. Reflections on the Sunset District and…

The city London was describing had just burned to the ground in the aftermath of the devastating 1906 earthquake. Eventually, San Francisco ...

San Francisco's Sunset District - Arcadia Publishing

Located in the southwestern part of San Francisco, the Sunset District developed late because of its distance from downtown and because of the sand dunes ...

How the Sunset became "The Sunset" - San Francisco History

Nearly five years before the San Francisco Examiner coined the term "Sunset City" for the site of the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition, Wendell Easton, the ...

History and Psychology of Architecture in San Francisco's Outer ...

To call the Outer Sunset a “working-class” neighborhood today is a bit of a misnomer: The average house here now goes for about a million ...

Let's talk about THE SUNSET (Exploring San Francisco's ... - YouTube

San Francisco's Sunset District is big, but it's more than just a suburban labyrinth of single family housing.

History - Richmond District Real Estate

A short history of the sunset district · San Francisco's Sunset District neighborhoods include Golden Gate Heights, Inner Sunset, Outer Sunset, Parkside, and ...