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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1930.jpg]]
[[Image:101 and 280 Jun 24, 1930--wnp36.03941.jpg|793px]]


'''1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.'''
'''Approximately at intersection of today's freeways, Highway 101 and I-280, June 24, 1930.'''


''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03941''
 
[[Image:Alemany storm drain, looking east to Mt. St. Joseph in background West of Folsom Aug 1930--wnp36.03949.jpg|793px]]
 
'''August 1930. Note the building at upper right, which reappears in the following photos.'''
 
''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03949''


[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg]]
[[Image:Alemany islais-creek-1960s.jpg]]

Revision as of 23:29, 23 July 2018

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: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

1911

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Late 1920s

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Approximately at intersection of today's freeways, Highway 101 and I-280, June 24, 1930.

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03941

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

Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03949

1960, Islais Creek now completely buried beneath Alemany Boulevard.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

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

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA


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