http://mtdavidson.org/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:52:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.1 http://mtdavidson.org/lib/images/favicon.ico http://mtdavidson.org/ http://mtdavidson.org/sherwood_forest Sherwood Forest, located West of Twin Peaks on the southwest slope of Mount Davidson, is themed around the folklore of Robin Hood, containing the streets, Lansdale, Dalewood, and of course, Robinhood, the highest residential street in the city of Sa... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:49:18 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/great_depression Next: Chapter 5 World War II and Postwar Growth - Living the American Dream ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:32:54 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/contact Jacqueline Proctor See my new book at http://www.mtdavidson.org/harold_g._stoner Interview with the Author Restoring the Madie Brown plaque on Mt. Davidson http://sfwaterdistrict7.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebration-on-mt-davidson.html; http://www.yo... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:57:13 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/save_mt._davidson_park The San Francisco Forest Alliance has been formed to save the historic forest and trails on Mt. Davidson, Glen Canyon, and other parks in San Francisco. Learn how you can help at http://sfforest.net. Recent articles about what the City is planning... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:10:37 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/mount_davidson_park At 938 feet above sea level, Mount Davidson Park is on the highest of San Francisco’s hills. Located near the geographic center of the city, southwest of the crossroads of Portola Drive, O’Shaughnessy, and Laguna Honda Boulevards, it is ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:52:18 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/womens_suffrage The power of women in deciding where to purchase a home was apparent in this sewing circle around the sundial advertising Ingleside Terraces. “Progressive-era women were often responsible for the type of civic action that brought real change t... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:28:30 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/intro Mt. Davidson is not only the highest geographic point on the world famous San Francisco skyline (the peak with the cross on top through and to the left of the Bay Bridge above and covered with snow below) and home to the Annual Easter Sunrise Servic... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:30:28 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/easter_sunrise_service Civic leaders taking part in the citywide event include California Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and San Francisco District 7 Supervisor Sean Elsbernd. The program also features an SF Firefighters Honor Guard and musical perfo... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:10:48 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/jacqueline_proctor Jacqueline Proctor, grew up in the suburbs of Southern California, and fell in love with San Francisco when visiting as a child. In 1980 she fulfilled a lifelong dream to move here, making a home ever since with her husband and son in Miraloma Park.... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:13:52 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/miraloma_elementary_school Miraloma Park historian Rosalie Kuwatch writes, “Very early the Miraloma Park Improvement Club was aware of the need for a school. At the March 19, 1936 meeting of the Club it was discussed. A committee was formed and its successful petition r... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:24:23 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/westwood_park Westwood Park became possible when the west-of-Twin Peaks territory was captured, at least to the trolley trade, with the opening of the Twin Peaks Tunnel on February 3, 1918. Within a week, real estate developers like Baldwin & Howell consulted... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:50:12 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/city_for_all In the early 1960s, the rise in North Beach rents causes hipsters to move across the city to Haight-Ashbury, which became the headquarters of America’s “hippie movement.” The first lawsuit is filed accusing the San Francisco Unif... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:54:56 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/friends_of_mount_davidson_conservancy The Friends worked with the SFPUC to get the plaque honoring Madie Brown restored in 2010 http://sfwaterdistrict7.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebration-on-mt-davidson.html. See video of event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbk5NQM9q2o ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:50:52 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/madie_brown SPECIAL EVENT HONORING MADIE BROWN JUNE 5, 2010 “As chairman of arrangements, I have dared to dream that our President would press the button in Washington, D.C., which in turn would light for the first time this giant cross in San Francisc... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:48:33 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/timeline 1846 Rancho San Miguel, 4443 acres from Junipero Serra Blvd. to San Jose Avenue, granted to Don Jose de Jesus Noe, Mayor of Yerba Buena, by Mexican Governor Pio Pico. 1848 Gold discovered in California. 1850 California becomes a state. 1852... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:05:47 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/harold_g._stoner Find out more about this Limited Edition 160-page survey of the works of Harold G. Stoner featuring nearly 400 rare images at http://www.jacquieproctor.com/haroldstoner/ Harold Gordon Stoner is among only a handful of architects who determined t... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:26:32 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/forest_hill Forest Hill was surveyed in 1912 by architect/engineer Mark Daniels. The original subdivision of 654 parcels was developed by the Newell Murdoch firm and featured a decorative entrance with stairs (above left) for easy access to the Muni Metro sta... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:54:20 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/snow Snow falling in San Francisco is always an historic day and has been recorded to have happened one day in eleven different years between 1856 and 1976. The most snow recorded, 7 inches on Twin Peaks, fell on February 5, 1887. When snow fell on De... proctor@fwdlabs.com (Aaron) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:07:11 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/ingleside_terrace Ingleside Terraces, built near the popular Ingleside Inn (below) and on the site of the old Ingleside Horseracing Track, with commanding views of Merced Lakes and the Pacific Ocean, was one of the first subdivisions built on Sutro’s property. ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:44:14 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/birth_of_a_city San Francisco was first developed on what is now its most eastern boundary alongside San Francisco Bay. The first owner of the area now known as West of Twin Peaks was Don Jose de Jesus Noe, the last Mexican Alcalde (mayor) of Yerba Buena. The 4,4... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:43:35 +0100