Asta in Nick and Nora’s back yard; actually Pioneer Park behind Coit Tower. (Thumbnail image)
Month: September 2015
On The Western Edge – The Cliff House (Thumbnail image
A rare image of families going into the entrance of the old gingerbread Cliff House for a day at the beach, and families entering today’s Cliff House. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – The Cliff House fire (Thumbnail image)
For visitors to this site who are not familiar with San Francisco history; this was the fate of the gingerbread Cliff House in 1907. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – An over view
Exploring the west coast of San Francisco from the Cliff house, seen on the left in an aerial photo from the 1920’s, down to Fleishhacker’s Pool in a photograph from the same period (Maybe, the same day). The Pool House, destroyed by a fire in 2013, was still under construction. (Thumbnail image) The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – The Sutro Bathhouse (Thumbnail image)
The old Sutro Bathhouse ruins north of the Cliff House: The tic-tac-toe looking structure in the modern picture was where the pump house, that drew water from the ocean into the pool, was. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – The view from Sutro Heights
One of the premier attractions on the ocean side is still the Cliff House, seen here from Sutro’s Mansion when it was the gingerbread Cliff House which was later destroyed by fire in 1907. (Thumbnail image) The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – The Murphy Windmill and the streetcar bridge (Thumbnail image)
A then and now threesome; the top picture was taken in 1900 at the old streetcar bridge on the western edge of Golden Gate Park, two years before the Murphy Windmill was built. In the middle picture from the early 1940’s, streetcars were still crossing here. The bottom photo I took in August of 2015. The windmill that had become dilapidated by the 1970’s, has been restored, and the sails were set in motion again on this day.The embankment where the bridge crossed over, what is now Martin Luther King drive, can still be seen. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – Fleishhacker’s Pool (Thumbnail image)
At top, the old Fleishhacker’s Pool and Pool house in 1970 when they closed. The middle picture was taken in September of 2012. The pool was filled in and is now the parking lot of the San Francisco Zoo. The Pool House was destroyed by fire the year following my 2012 picture, and only the front door frame survives.The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
On the Western Edge – A past life (Thumbnail image)
And some people that I know had a past life on the Western Edge! Even Dianne agrees that must have been her. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco
On the Western Edge – 48th Avenue (Thumbnail image)
Nice to see that this Mom & Pop store on 48th, seen here in 1951, is still around. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 