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[[Image:bayvwhp$trestle-view-1916.jpg]]
[[Image:Quesada from 3rd Jun 11, 1919 wnp36.02171.jpg|792px]]


'''Southerly view from railroad trestle across the industrial zone built over the filled-in Islais Creek wetlands, c. 1916'''
'''Looking west along Quesada Avenue from approx. Third Street, June 11, 1919'''


''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org, wnp36.02171''


[[Image:bayvwhp$quesada-and-3rd-1919.jpg]]
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'''Looking west along Quesada Avenue from approx. Third Street, June 11, 1919'''
'''Looking west along Quesada Avenue from approx. Third Street, June 11, 1919'''


''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Quesada-garden-from-3rd-street-2007 3742.jpg]]
 
Quesada and 3rd Street, August 2007. The community [http://quesadagardens.org/ garden] occupying the center median has come to life in the past few years.
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Annette-smith-at-Quesada-Gardens 7402.jpg]]
 
'''Annette Smith, one of the founders of the revitalized Quesada Community Garden, 2008.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
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''Video, October 7, 2013: The Sights and Sounds of Bayview is a storytelling project between the San Francisco Arts Commission and local public radio KALW 91.7FM with funding from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.''
 
[[Image:HPCQuesadaRevere.jpg|720px]]
 
'''Third Street at Quesada and Revere, c. 1940s.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection''
 
[[Image:bayvwhp$3rd-street-1996.jpg]]
 
'''Third Street just south of Quesada, Bayview's main drag, in 1996.''' 
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Third-Street-Feb-2008 7393.jpg]]
 
'''Third Street in 2008, with the new T-line streetcar restored to its center.'''


[[Image:Quesada-and-3rd-2008 3742.jpg]]
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


Quesada and 3rd Street, August 2008. The community [http://quesadagardens.org/ garden] occupying the center median has come to life in the past few years.  
A lovely account of the history of Quesada Gardens is [https://www.kalw.org/show/crosscurrents/2017-10-24/neighbors-are-doin-it-for-themselves-at-quesada-gardens-initiative here on KALW CrossCurrents], 2023.


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Latest revision as of 10:53, 11 July 2023

Unfinished History

Quesada from 3rd Jun 11, 1919 wnp36.02171.jpg

Looking west along Quesada Avenue from approx. Third Street, June 11, 1919

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org, wnp36.02171

Bayvwhp$quesada-and-3rd-1919.jpg

Looking west along Quesada Avenue from approx. Third Street, June 11, 1919

photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Quesada-garden-from-3rd-street-2007 3742.jpg

Quesada and 3rd Street, August 2007. The community garden occupying the center median has come to life in the past few years.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Annette-smith-at-Quesada-Gardens 7402.jpg

Annette Smith, one of the founders of the revitalized Quesada Community Garden, 2008.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3AYawkMRJ4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Video, October 7, 2013: The Sights and Sounds of Bayview is a storytelling project between the San Francisco Arts Commission and local public radio KALW 91.7FM with funding from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

HPCQuesadaRevere.jpg

Third Street at Quesada and Revere, c. 1940s.

Photo: Private Collection

Bayvwhp$3rd-street-1996.jpg

Third Street just south of Quesada, Bayview's main drag, in 1996.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Third-Street-Feb-2008 7393.jpg

Third Street in 2008, with the new T-line streetcar restored to its center.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

A lovely account of the history of Quesada Gardens is here on KALW CrossCurrents, 2023.

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