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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Photo Essay</font></font> </font>'''
[[Image:excelvis$alemany-boulevard-1910.jpg]]
[[Image:excelvis$alemany-boulevard-1910.jpg]]


'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910, early construction in 1911, storm drain under construction in the late 1920s, completed in 1930, the new Alemany Blvd. in the 1960s, and finally Interstate 280 Freeway in the 1980s.'''
'''As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1911.jpg]]
 
'''1911'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1920s.jpg]]
 
'''Late 1920s'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1930.jpg]]
 
'''1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg]]


''''''
'''1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.'''


== Photographs of Alemany Boulevard construction from 1910, 1911, the 1920's, 1930, the 1960's and 1980's. ==
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''


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[[Image:Alemany I-280 islais-creek-1980s.jpg]]


''Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''
'''1980s, Interstate-280 has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.'''


Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''


Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
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Revision as of 18:11, 19 January 2011

Historical Photo Essay

As seen from the Mission Viaduct, the proposed Alemany Boulevard along the course of Islais Creek, running down from Glen Canyon to the marshes between Bernal Heights and Bayview/Hunters' Point, 1910.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1911

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

Late 1920s

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

1980s, Interstate-280 has taken over the waterway, pushing Alemany Blvd. to its south.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

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