Irish Hill then and now: Difference between revisions
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'''View north in 2012 from Irish Hill stump.''' | '''View north in 2012 from Irish Hill stump.''' | ||
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'''View westward from top of Irish Hill stump in 2012. Hard to believe that this hill once connected to that hill in the distance above the roof and beyond the I-280 freeway that passes between them now.''' | |||
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Revision as of 16:37, 22 August 2012
Unfinished History
Irish Hill c. 1890
Photo: courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum
Same 1890 image in a fuller panorama
Photo: courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum
File:Pothill$union-iron-shipyards-1995.jpg
1995 view from 19th St. and Pennsylvania of shipyards and Hwy 280 where Irish Hill used to be. . .
Photo: Chris Carlsson
This is what's left of Irish Hill today, near 20th and Illinois, a remnant of its former self in the midst of an industrial area.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
1995 view from 20th due south at Irish Hill.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
2012 view of the stump of Irish Hill from corner of 22nd and Illinois.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
An unexpected and "unnatural" island of invasive species, fennel and eucalyptus, clusters at the top of the remains of Irish Hill in 2012.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
View north in 2012 from Irish Hill stump.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
View westward from top of Irish Hill stump in 2012. Hard to believe that this hill once connected to that hill in the distance above the roof and beyond the I-280 freeway that passes between them now.
Photo: Chris Carlsson