The transformation of San Francisco's Sunset District from a seemingly uninhabitable, windswept realm of sand dunes and shrub to a comfortable residential and commercial neighborhood is one of the city's most surprising stories. Originally outside of San Francisco's boundaries on federal land, the district was part of a large tundra-like expanse then forbiddingly called the Outside Lands. As changes overtook the established parts of the city around the turn of the century, the industrialized eastern edge seemed less hospitable to many citizens. These people looked to the SunsetÃs open spaces and saw there a perfect place for building homes, shops, churches and schools.
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In this collection of vintage photographs compiled by Sunset historian and tour guide Lorri Ungaretti, readers will see the dramatic changes that transformed this portion of the hostile Outside Lands into the very livable area that San Franciscans know today. From early views of the dunes to the scrappy settlement known as (composed of discarded municipal railway cars), the curious Larsen Chicken Ranch which took up the equivalent of several city blocks, to the astonishing house-building frenzy of developer Henry Doelger, the Sunset's amazing history is as varied and surprising as the citizens one meets in the district.
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This is a fun, collectible book for anyone who grew up or lived in San Francisco's Sunset District. Nice pictures and a nice account of life in the city in previous years....
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This is a very enjoyable book, and a must for anyone who grew up in the Sunset District. Lots of interesting pictures, and an enjoyable stroll down memory lane. One minor complaint: the author says the Parkside portion of the Sunset Dist starts at Noriega; I believe it starts at Quintera or Rivera.
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I grew up in the Sunset. I even knew a few of the people named in some of the pictures. It brought back to mind many fond and precious memories.
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In the early 1800s, the western side of the San Francisco peninsula was owned by Mexico. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Courtesy Greg Gaar, Golden Gate Park, Sunset District, Great Highway, Nineteenth Avenue, Courtesy Emiliano Echeverria, Grace Guildea, Anne's Church, Lincoln Way, Fleishhacker Pool, Sloat Boulevard, Taraval Street, Twentieth Avenue, Lincoln High School, Ocean Beach, Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, Thirty-eighth Avenue, Larsen Park, Mother's House, Noriega Street, Outside Lands, Mud Lake, Thirty-second Avenue, Christine Riley New!
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In the early 1800s, the western side of the San Francisco peninsula was owned by Mexico. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Courtesy Greg Gaar, Golden Gate Park, Sunset District, Great Highway, Nineteenth Avenue, Courtesy Emiliano Echeverria, Grace Guildea, Anne's Church, Lincoln Way, Fleishhacker Pool, Sloat Boulevard, Taraval Street, Twentieth Avenue, Lincoln High School, Ocean Beach, Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, Thirty-eighth Avenue, Larsen Park, Mother's House, Noriega Street, Outside Lands, Mud Lake, Thirty-second Avenue, Christine Riley New!
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- The Public Library (In the High Street) by Graeme Kent in Front Matter, and page 23
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