A Then and Now Tour and History of San Francisco Through Films and Photography
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
“Form the wagons in a circle!” The Urbano Sundial in the Ingleside District is said to be the largest sundial in the world. This location used to be the Ingleside Track for horse racing. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
The sundial in the 1920’s. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
Development began around what used to be the racetrack. This looks like the 1940’s. The link below will allow you to see all of the posts for this series of pictures on the western edge of San Francisco.
I took this picture at 12:53. At first, I thought the sun was an hour late, and then I remembered that it was Daylight Savings Time, and you can’t move sundials forward one hour. (Thumbnail image)
San Francisco’s last duel, the David Broderick and David Terry duel, occurred in this little ravine near Lake Merced in September, 1859. David Broderick got the short end of the stick, and was shot dead.. The two concrete markers in the picture are where the two men were standing. 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 