Brotherhood Way
Unfinished History
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Brotherhood Way (then Stanley Drive) being built by the Works Project Administration (WPA) in 1934, connecting Junipero Serra Blvd. with Lake Merced Drive, looking east towards Junipero Serra (white railing in distance at right).
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
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Brotherhood Way (then Stanley Drive) viewed from Junipero Serra looking westward towards Lake Merced, 1934.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Aerial shot in 1938 looking down on Brotherhood Way where it connects to Lake Merced Drive, photo by Harrison Ryker.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, courtesy DavidRumsey.com
1861 Wackenruder map of gully that later becomes Brotherhood Way.
Map: courtesy DavidRumsey.com
1929 Board of Public Works map showing gully that five years later was altered by WPA project to create Brotherhood Way.
Map: courtesy DavidRumsey.com
Stanley Drive (later Brotherhood Way) linking Alemany and Lake Merced Blvds., April 2, 1953.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Brotherhood Way between Junipero Serra and Lake Merced boulevards, June 10, 1961.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library