19th Century Velodromes in SF: Difference between revisions
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[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg|800px]] | [[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg|800px]] | ||
'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this | '''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this c. 1898 photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain|Calvary Cemetery]].''' | ||
''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032'' | ''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032'' | ||
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Revision as of 18:19, 19 February 2020
Unfinished History
The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this c. 1898 photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the Calvary Cemetery.
Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032
In the 1890s there was a velodrome at the site of the former Southern Pacific Hospital on the NW corner of Fell and Baker. It opened in November, 1896 closed around 1898/99. By 1899 the Velodrome had been dismantled and the wooden track moved to the Olympic Grounds in the Sunset.
In the early 1890s there were "velodrome" races at Central Park at 8th and Market Street as well as at the Mechanics' Pavilion that was destroyed in the 1906 fire.
Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.
Cartoon about "scorchers" (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.