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'''Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed [[Highway | '''Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed [[Highway 101|Highway 101]].''' | ||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org'' | ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org'' | ||
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'''Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.''' | '''Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.''' | ||
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'''Vermont Street southward, | '''Vermont Street southward, 1930''' | ||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ||
Latest revision as of 22:33, 23 September 2024
Unfinished History
Vermont Street looking south to the recently completed Highway 101.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org
Foot of Vermont Street, 1928. Less touristy than the famous Lombard Street, but just as winding, Vermont Street on the western slope of Potrero Hill, McKinley Square Park upper left.
Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project
These glorious swings, on which one could practically soar over the Mission District, are long gone now, replaced in the early 2000s by a very safe, fenced-in, infant swing set... humph!
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Foot of Vermont Street, 1996
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Vermont Street southward, 1927
Photo: San Francisco Public Works, via Potrero Hill Archives Project
Vermont Street southward, 1930
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library