Precita Park and Nearby
Unfinished History
Precita Park, c. 1894, when it was known as Bernal Park, would fill up with earthquake shacks after the 1906 earthquake.
Photo: courtesy Chuck Poling, via Facebook
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View northeast of #25 streetcar turning from Alabama onto Precita when it was still known as Bernal Park, c. 1920s (Potrero Hill in background of this northeasterly view.)
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Streetcar turning at Alabama and Precita by Precita Park, c. 1938.
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Folsom between 26th Street and Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), Market Street Railway 36-line streetcar passing Cogswell College (in the background), 1939, later this is the site of the Bernal Dwellings public housing projects
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Nov. 2, 1939 Le Conte school on Cesar Chavez (then Army St.) west of Harrison, before widening.
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Nov. 3, 1939, Army east of Harrison.
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