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WNP’s Global Reach
Formerly at 500 Balboa Street Every now and then, I analyze the Web site statistics for outsidelands.org and I’m amused to find people reading about western San Francisco from Trinidad & Tobago,...
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You think we have a Trash Problem?
Put this in the “things weren’t better in the old days” file. Picnics at Children’s Playground apparently got a bit messy in the early 1900s. Thanks to the sfpix.com site for the photo.
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Irving Theater Ad in the Sunset News
Thanks to Vicky Walker, who donated a copy of the Sunset News to us last week. In it was this great ad for the Irving Theatre, which stood on Irving near 14th Avenue from 1926 to 1962. The movie...
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Amazing Historical Tribute to John McLaren Discovered
Western Neighborhoods Project board member Jamie O’Keefe came by the office the other day with an amazing piece of San Francisco history, a large framed artwork commemorating a party for long-time San...
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Laffing Sal Getting Around
We met our friend Peggy Vincent in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Western Neighborhoods Project had just gotten started. Peggy was toiling against the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
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Our 2013 Resolution
Welcome to 2013, although some people around the office have rebranded the year “20-Funston” to reflect our western San Francisco bias. (Feel free to explain this joke to your friends in North Beach...
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Secret Room Unearths San Francisco School District Memorabilia
SF Board of Education invoice ledgers contain purchasing records from 1909 - 1917 Purchasing records from the San Francisco Board of Education dating from 1909 to 1917 were recently uncovered after...
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Giving Tuesday
(Here’s where you can help WNP!) December 3, 2013 Dear WNP Supporter (if you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you are), After having my birthday on Black Friday (ugh), it’s with great relief that...
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