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This is an excerpt from a 2-hour interview, part of the Shaping San Francisco [http://www.shapingsf.org/ecology_emerges.html "Ecology Emerges"] oral history collection, with long-time San Francisco environmental writer Harold Gilliam (conducted by Chris Carlsson). In this short clip he tells how he was lured to Washington DC to work for the Stewart Udall Interior Dept. under LBJ, where he was able to help derail plans to run a northern Bay Bridge from apx. Telegraph Hill to Angel Island to a new freeway up the Tiburon Peninsula. Below are images and proposed routes for this never-built bridge. | This is an excerpt from a 2-hour interview, part of the Shaping San Francisco [http://www.shapingsf.org/ecology_emerges.html "Ecology Emerges"] oral history collection, with long-time San Francisco environmental writer Harold Gilliam (conducted by Chris Carlsson). In this short clip he tells how he was lured to Washington DC to work for the Stewart Udall Interior Dept. under LBJ, where he was able to help derail plans to run a northern Bay Bridge from apx. Telegraph Hill to Angel Island to a new freeway up the Tiburon Peninsula. Below are images and proposed routes for this never-built bridge. | ||
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[[Image:Tiburon-bridge-aerial-image-4047626058 3082fe0c70 o.jpg]] | [[Image:Tiburon-bridge-aerial-image-4047626058 3082fe0c70 o.jpg]] | ||
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'''Proposed Central Freeway along 7th Avenue, 1956''' | '''Proposed Central Freeway along 7th Avenue, 1956''' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Freeway-demolition 0032.jpg]] | ||
'''The deconstruction of the Embarcadero Freeway, 1990''' | '''The deconstruction of the Embarcadero Freeway, 1990''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Demolition-of-Embarcadero-freeway-via-Michael-Kiesling-FB n.jpg]] | |||
'''Demolition of Embarcadero Freeway.''' | |||
''Photo: Michael Kiesling via Facebook'' | |||
[[Image:Demolition of Embarcadero July 1991 wnp72.16966d.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Demolition of Embarcadero Freeway, July 1991.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp72.16966d'' | |||
[[Image:Embarcadero-freeway-on-waterfront-from-above-1960s.jpg]] | |||
'''Embarcadero Freeway early 1960s, before highrises made it to the edge the City.''' | |||
''Photo: Shaping San Francisco'' | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Embarcadero Freeway 1959 Mike Fusello FB.jpg]] | ||
''' | '''In 1959, the idea that freeways could relieve traffic was still somewhat plausible, before every local highway was jammed with traffic within a few years.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: courtesy Mike Fusello via Facebook'' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Ferry-and-fwy-1985.jpg]] | ||
'''Embarcadero | '''Freeway hides historic ferry building in this 1985 photo until [[The Embarcadero Reborn|its demolition in 1990]].''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Embarcadero-Freeway-near-Vaillancourt-and-Ferry-Bldg 00020004 Chuck-Gould.jpg]] | ||
''' | '''Embarcadero Freeway at apx. Clay Street, Ferry Building hidden at center left, c. 1969.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: © Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.'' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Freeway stump at 3rd w bridge in 1970s via Gabriel Patrick Navarra FB.jpg|720px|thumb]] | ||
''' | '''Freeway stump of Interstate-280 where it originally ended construction at 3rd Street near King. Later it was torn down to accommodate the [[MISSION BAY|Mission Bay]] plans and the new [[Pac Bell Ballpark|Giants stadium]] just east of this spot.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Gabriel Patrick Navarra via Facebook'' | ||
[[Image:1948-trafficways-plan-with-southern-crossing-and-most-city-fwys-3897327276 33754ebfce o.jpg]] | [[Image:1948-trafficways-plan-with-southern-crossing-and-most-city-fwys-3897327276 33754ebfce o.jpg]] | ||
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[[Image:Giants Park Bridge southern crossing summer2013 bridge H.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Early 1960s fantasy of new bridge adjacent to the then-brand new Candlestick Park.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Panhandle freeway sketch 4182299464 3687674da0 o.png|720px]] | |||
'''Plans for Panhandle Freeway.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Eric fischer Looking east toward Fillmore, between Fell and Oak, from the 1948 Transportation Plan for San Francisco 3890829846 8741707330 b.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''1948 vision of easterly view towards Fillmore between Fell and Oak.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Eric fischer panhandle freeway 3890404604 4106262c2e o.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''Route of proposed Panhandle freeway.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:1966-recommended-routes-for-panhandle-and-golden-gate-freeway.jpg]] | |||
'''1966 recommended routes for Panhandle and Golden Gate freeways, after they had been defeated twice in previous years.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Golden-gate-freeway-alternative-F using-wave-organ 4271148016 3fe3c58a86 o.jpg]] | |||
'''Golden Gate Freeway alternative F using St. Francis Yacht Harbor breakwater.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Sunset ggp-freeway 3890403956 615e95517f o.jpg]] | |||
'''Sunset-Golden Gate Park freeway plans.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Richmond freeway.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Richmond-Golden Gate park freeway plans.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:7th-Avenue-interchange.jpg]] | |||
'''The 7th Avenue/Lincoln Avenue interchange for the Crosstown Freeway where it would have met the Sunset-Golden Gate Park Freeway!''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Ggp-southeast.jpg]] | |||
'''More of the same interchange.''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[[Image:Gg-park-fwy-route drescher.jpg]] | |||
'''One route proposed for the freeway through (under) Golden Gate Park.''' | |||
''Image courtesy Tim Drescher'' | |||
[[Image:Gg-park-panhandle-freeway-plan-on-aerial-photo drescher.jpg]] | |||
'''Panhandle/Golden Gate Park Freeway route plan on aerial photo.''' | |||
''Image courtesy Tim Drescher'' | |||
[[Image:Freeway-interchange-at-fell-and-oak drescher.jpg]] | |||
'''Freeway interachange at Fell and Oak Streets, if plans had ever been approved.''' | |||
''Image courtesy Tim Drescher'' | |||
[[Image:Yerba Buena Island rotary c 1950 plan.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''1950 plan to flatten Yerba Buena Island to serve as a hub for multiple bridge/freeways to intersect there in mid-bay!''' | |||
''Image: courtesy Eric Fischer'' | |||
[http://www.cahighways.org/maps-sf-fwy.html Maps and photos of San Francisco's original freeway plans] | [http://www.cahighways.org/maps-sf-fwy.html Maps and photos of San Francisco's original freeway plans] | ||
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[http://www.pcpages.com/sanfrancisco/ images and maps of many San Francisco freeways that were never built and some that were] | [http://www.pcpages.com/sanfrancisco/ images and maps of many San Francisco freeways that were never built and some that were] | ||
[[The Freeway Revolt | Freeway Revolt 1958-64]] | [[The Freeway Revolt | Freeway Revolt 1958-64]]<br><br> [[Second Freeway Revolt|Second Freeway Revolt]] | ||
[[MUNI History III: Financial Problems--The Depression, War and Merger |Prev. Document]] [[Highway 101 in 1957 |Next Document]] | [[MUNI History III: Financial Problems--The Depression, War and Merger |Prev. Document]] [[Highway 101 in 1957 |Next Document]] | ||
[[category:transit]] [[category:Sunset]] [[category:downtown]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] | [[category:transit]] [[category:Sunset]] [[category:downtown]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1960s]] [[category:1990s]] |
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This is an excerpt from a 2-hour interview, part of the Shaping San Francisco "Ecology Emerges" oral history collection, with long-time San Francisco environmental writer Harold Gilliam (conducted by Chris Carlsson). In this short clip he tells how he was lured to Washington DC to work for the Stewart Udall Interior Dept. under LBJ, where he was able to help derail plans to run a northern Bay Bridge from apx. Telegraph Hill to Angel Island to a new freeway up the Tiburon Peninsula. Below are images and proposed routes for this never-built bridge.
Thanks to Eric Fischer for making these images, and many more, all in high resolution, available at his flickr account.
Proposed Central Freeway along 7th Avenue, 1956
The deconstruction of the Embarcadero Freeway, 1990
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Demolition of Embarcadero Freeway.
Photo: Michael Kiesling via Facebook
Demolition of Embarcadero Freeway, July 1991.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp72.16966d
Embarcadero Freeway early 1960s, before highrises made it to the edge the City.
Photo: Shaping San Francisco
In 1959, the idea that freeways could relieve traffic was still somewhat plausible, before every local highway was jammed with traffic within a few years.
Photo: courtesy Mike Fusello via Facebook
Freeway hides historic ferry building in this 1985 photo until its demolition in 1990.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Embarcadero Freeway at apx. Clay Street, Ferry Building hidden at center left, c. 1969.
Photo: © Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.
Freeway stump of Interstate-280 where it originally ended construction at 3rd Street near King. Later it was torn down to accommodate the Mission Bay plans and the new Giants stadium just east of this spot.
Photo: Gabriel Patrick Navarra via Facebook
In the 1940s the California Dept. of Highways came up with various plans to blanket San Francisco with freeways. This is a version proposed in 1948 by San Francisco's Planning Department.
Thanks to Eric Fischer for making this map, and many more, all in high resolution, available at his flickr account.
Early 1960s fantasy of new bridge adjacent to the then-brand new Candlestick Park.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Plans for Panhandle Freeway.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
1948 vision of easterly view towards Fillmore between Fell and Oak.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Route of proposed Panhandle freeway.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
1966 recommended routes for Panhandle and Golden Gate freeways, after they had been defeated twice in previous years.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Golden Gate Freeway alternative F using St. Francis Yacht Harbor breakwater.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Sunset-Golden Gate Park freeway plans.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Richmond-Golden Gate park freeway plans.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
The 7th Avenue/Lincoln Avenue interchange for the Crosstown Freeway where it would have met the Sunset-Golden Gate Park Freeway!
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
More of the same interchange.
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
One route proposed for the freeway through (under) Golden Gate Park.
Image courtesy Tim Drescher
Panhandle/Golden Gate Park Freeway route plan on aerial photo.
Image courtesy Tim Drescher
Freeway interachange at Fell and Oak Streets, if plans had ever been approved.
Image courtesy Tim Drescher
1950 plan to flatten Yerba Buena Island to serve as a hub for multiple bridge/freeways to intersect there in mid-bay!
Image: courtesy Eric Fischer
Maps and photos of San Francisco's original freeway plans
images and maps of many San Francisco freeways that were never built and some that were