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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
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'''Glen Canyon Park''' | '''Glen Canyon Park''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
[[Image:Glen-Canyon-1905 Burnham.jpg]] | |||
'''Glen Canyon, 1905, looking south.''' | |||
''Photo: Burnham Plan'' | |||
[[Image:Glen Canyon - Islais Creek looking south 1903 opensfhistory wnp14.0999.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Glen Canyon looking south down Islais Creek, 1903.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0999'' | |||
[[Image:1915--Photograph with drawing of proposed San Miguel Reservoir Dam, copied from a magazine wnp4.1251.jpg|793px]] | |||
'''Photograph of bottom of Glen Canyon with proposed San Miguel Reservoir Dam, c. 1915.''' | |||
''Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org'' | |||
[[Image:OShaughnessy-and-Glen-Canyon-at-right-c-1930s.jpg|720px]] | |||
'''O'Shaughnessy Blvd. with Glen Canyon at right, 1930s.''' | |||
''Photo: C. R. collection'' | |||
[[Image:OShaughnessy nr Del Vale Nov 26, 1934 wnp27.5512.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''Shaping the future roadway: grading O'Shaughnessy Blvd. near Del Vale, Nov. 26, 1934.''' | |||
''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.5512'' | |||
[[Image:Glen Canyon southerly view 1942 wnp26.103.jpg|793px]] | |||
'''Glen Canyon, southerly view, 1942.''' | |||
''Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org'' | |||
[[Image:Glen-canyon-wooded-overview7156.jpg]] | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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''' | '''Glen Canyon looking northward. O'Shaughnessy Blvd. at left, Sutro Tower and [[Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]] at top of photo. At the top of the canyon, [[Glen Canyon Natural History|Islais Creek]] begins its journey to the bay, one of two remaining open creeks in San Francisco.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
[[Image:Glen Canyon 1961 Diamond Heights development underway wnp27.2880.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''Glen Canyon below the [[Diamond Heights|Diamond Heights]] landscaping and leveling underway in 1961.''' | |||
''Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 22 September 2023
Unfinished History
Glen Canyon Park
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Glen Canyon, 1905, looking south.
Photo: Burnham Plan
Glen Canyon looking south down Islais Creek, 1903.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0999
Photograph of bottom of Glen Canyon with proposed San Miguel Reservoir Dam, c. 1915.
Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org
O'Shaughnessy Blvd. with Glen Canyon at right, 1930s.
Photo: C. R. collection
Shaping the future roadway: grading O'Shaughnessy Blvd. near Del Vale, Nov. 26, 1934.
Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.5512
Glen Canyon, southerly view, 1942.
Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Across the street from 38 Sussex Street in Glen Park is the beginning of Ohlone Way. Named after the Indian tribe that lived in the Bay Area before the Europeans arrived, it looks more like an Indian trail than a city street. The rutted dirt tracks are completely surrounded by trees and underbrush, leading the imaginative walker to imagine him or herself transported back in time ... to an Ohlone settlement?
Just a few blocks west, Sussex Street dead-ends at Glen Canyon Park. You can walk down into the park, which is one of San Francisco's least known and most secluded urban wildernesses. Glen Canyon Park is gorgeously unspoiled.
--Dr. Weirde
Glen Canyon looking northward. O'Shaughnessy Blvd. at left, Sutro Tower and Twin Peaks at top of photo. At the top of the canyon, Islais Creek begins its journey to the bay, one of two remaining open creeks in San Francisco.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Glen Canyon below the Diamond Heights landscaping and leveling underway in 1961.
Photo: courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project, OpenSFHistory.org