SF's Southern Edge

Unfinished History

Northerly view from above San Bruno Mountain with railyards and San Francisco dump in foreground, SF city limits not far north of the bottom of the photo.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission


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Train coursing the shoreline around San Bruno Mountain at tip of what is now Sierra Point, c. 1926. Brisbane Lagoon hasn't yet been filled as a dump, and there isn't yet any Highway 101.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Oyster Point c. 1976.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Aerial view southward along the Highway 101 construction corridor in 1955, Brisbane Lagoon still being filled by San Francisco's garbage.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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