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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
[[Image:1907 Part of a Visitacion Valley set from Worden documenting Southern Pacific construction. View northerly toward the bay, from San Bruno Mountain above Brisbane. Bayview Hill in distance wnp15.760.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''1907 view of Visitacion Valley from the canyon where Brisbane Industrial Park is now. [[Bayview Hill|Bayview Hill]] is in the distance in this northeasterly view.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp15.760'' | |||
[[Image:1946 SP Bayshore yard Train heading South, View looking North to Bayview Hill wnp14.3444.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''Southern Pacific Bayshore train yard, looking north from south of City Limits, 1946.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp 14.3444'' | |||
[[Image:Bayshore-and-Alemany-c-1926-best-guess.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Looking north towards the end of San Bruno Avenue, where it curves down to meet Bayshore Boulevard in Visitacion Valley, c. 1926. The house most at right with the double roofline in the photograph still stands there today.''' | |||
''Photo: C. R. collection'' | |||
[[Image:excelvis$visitacion-valley-photo.jpg]] | [[Image:excelvis$visitacion-valley-photo.jpg]] | ||
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[[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1940.jpg]] | [[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1940.jpg]] | ||
'''Southwest view in | '''Southwest view in 1950 from Bayview Hill across Brisbane Lagoon, site of San Francisco's garbage dump for over 40 years, Highway 101 causeway just taking shape.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection'' | ||
[[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1997.jpg]] | [[Image:Brisbane lagoon sw 1997.jpg]] | ||
'''Same view in 1997.''' | '''Same view in 1997, years after the [[Bayshore Yard|Southern Pacific Bayshore yard]] had been abandoned, and mostly removed..''' | ||
''Photo: David Green'' | ''Photo: David Green'' | ||
[[Image:Candlestick Point land fill in preparation for freeway Feb 23 1956 AAF-0674.jpg]] | |||
'''Reverse view, south to north, from edge of San Bruno Mountain looking towards Bayview Hill in distance; Highway 101 causeway under construction, Feb. 23, 1956.''' | |||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | |||
[[Image:C1952 View north at US101, Candlestick Causeway toward Brisbane and San Francisco. Candlestick Park is not yet built.wnp37.02183.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''View north at Highway 101, c. 1952. Candlestick causeway between Brisbane and San Francisco, Candlestick Park is not yet built.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.02183'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 5 April 2023
Unfinished History
1907 view of Visitacion Valley from the canyon where Brisbane Industrial Park is now. Bayview Hill is in the distance in this northeasterly view.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp15.760
Southern Pacific Bayshore train yard, looking north from south of City Limits, 1946.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp 14.3444
Looking north towards the end of San Bruno Avenue, where it curves down to meet Bayshore Boulevard in Visitacion Valley, c. 1926. The house most at right with the double roofline in the photograph still stands there today.
Photo: C. R. collection
Visitacion Valley from McLaren Park, former Brisbane Lagoon in distant flatlands, San Bruno Mountain on right horizon, while in foreground at right edge of photo is the old Geneva Towers, demolished in 1998.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Another view, this one in 2008, of old landfill site in Brisbane Lagoon.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Southwest view in 1950 from Bayview Hill across Brisbane Lagoon, site of San Francisco's garbage dump for over 40 years, Highway 101 causeway just taking shape.
Photo: Private Collection
Same view in 1997, years after the Southern Pacific Bayshore yard had been abandoned, and mostly removed..
Photo: David Green
Reverse view, south to north, from edge of San Bruno Mountain looking towards Bayview Hill in distance; Highway 101 causeway under construction, Feb. 23, 1956.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
View north at Highway 101, c. 1952. Candlestick causeway between Brisbane and San Francisco, Candlestick Park is not yet built.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.02183