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'''Peralta Street eastward, c. 1920s''' | '''Peralta Street eastward, c. 1920s''' | ||
''photo: | ''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image:Bernal-north-side 0304.jpg]] | [[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.''' | '''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:Feb 25 1936 Looking west towards intersection of Alabama and Waltham, landslide on north side of hill. DPW A4695 wnp26.152.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Similar view back on Feb. 25, 1936, looknig west towards intersection of Alabama and Waltham.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp26.152, DPW A4695'' | |||
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[[Image:Aztec-stairs 5644.jpg]] | [[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 [ | '''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 [[W.P.A. Construction in San Francisco (1935-1942)| New Deal WPA]] built these stairs connecting Aztec Street and Shotwell in 1940.''' | ||
[[Image:Aztec-stairs-wpa-plaque 5639.jpg]] | [[Image:Aztec-stairs-wpa-plaque 5639.jpg]] | ||
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'''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.''' | '''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 | ''Photos: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
[[Image:C1950 Woman standing by a car looking from Bernal Heights to downtown. wnp14.3485.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''A woman standing by a car with the northerly view from Bernal Heights to downtown behind her, c. 1950.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.3485'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 4 May 2020
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: Private 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.
Similar view back on Feb. 25, 1936, looknig west towards intersection of Alabama and Waltham.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp26.152, DPW A4695
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.
Photos: Chris Carlsson
A woman standing by a car with the northerly view from Bernal Heights to downtown behind her, c. 1950.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.3485