It’s no surprise that they got rid of 13th Avenue in 1917–people are a superstitious lot, after all. And you might not know if there was ever a 49th Avenue instead of […]
‘The Front Steps’: Whatever Happened To First Avenue?
‘The Front Steps’: Naming Richmond Streets
A city like San Francisco needs hundreds of street names, and you run out of obvious ones surprisingly quickly. On top of that, people turn out to have very strong opinions about […]
Sunset Streets Named for Pioneers, Civic Leaders
San Francisco is always in the process of naming and renaming streets, to honor new heroes or outstanding citizens or to remove the names of those deemed unworthy by today’s standards.
Richmond District streets named for pioneers, explorers and civic leaders
Although much more information is available today than was in 1897, there is still more knowledge to be discovered as to the origins of the diverse street names in San Francisco.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 