http://www.mtdavidson.org/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:50:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.1 http://www.mtdavidson.org/lib/images/favicon.ico http://www.mtdavidson.org/ http://www.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) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:27:34 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/book You can order you own personally signed copy of this story of Mount Davidson, its neighborhoods, and the Mount Davidson Cross in San Francisco’s West of Twin Peaks District by contacting the author: jacquie@mtdavidson.org Images of America:... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:21:16 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/contact Jacqueline Proctor Interview with the Author Walking Tours Join Jacquie on an historic walking tour of Mt. Davidson. The San Francisco City Guides sponsored tour is free and starts at the 36 Muni line bus shelter on Myra Way at Sherwood St. on t... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:14:58 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/bibliography Benedict, William F. The Story of Mount Davidson. San Francisco, California: The Municipal Employee, 1928. Binkley, Cameron. A Cult of Beauty: The Public LIfe and Civic Work of Laura Lyon White. California Historical Society, 2005. Carmen, Betty. ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:13:55 +0100 http://www.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, 25 Apr 2006 12:46:39 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/mount_davidson_manor Bounded by Ocean Avenue and Monterey Boulevard between Westwood Park and Balboa Terrace, this neighborhood of single family detached tile roofed homes was built by Fernando Nelson, who built over 4000 San Francisco homes, from Victorians to Spanish ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:42:17 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/friends_of_mount_davidson_conservancy Friends of Mount Davidson Conservancy Co-founders of the Friends of Mount Davidson Conservancy: Glenn Gullmes; Ken Hoegger; Michele, Danielle, and Dave Bisho; Denise LaPointe; Jacquie Proctor; Bob and Michael DeLiso on Mount Davidson with unknown... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:56:09 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/liveable_neighborhoods The effort to quickly rebuild the city after the 1906 Earthquake put Burnham’s City Beautiful Plan on the back burner. Many residents left the city all together for suburbs being built on the Peninsula, East Bay, and Marin. The Chronicle rep... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:52:14 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/great_depression Next: Chapter 5 World War II and Postwar Growth - Living the American Dream ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:40:12 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/ww2_and_baby_boom World War II writes historian Tom Cole, “Threw the city into forty-six months of frenetic wartime activity that altered it in unexpected ways. As America’s major Pacific port, San Francisco was nearly overwhelmed by the needs of the coun... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:33:52 +0100 http://www.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) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:13:54 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/mount_davidson_cross The word Easter comes from Old English Eastre, from Parent Germanic Austron, a goddess of fertility and sunrise, celebrated in the spring. The first mountaintop Easter Sunrise event was held on Mount Rubidoux in Riverside, California in 1909. A cros... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:12:11 +0100 http://www.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) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:08:14 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/henry_j._brunnier Henry J.Brunnier came to San Francisco from his native Iowa after the 1906 Earthquake to help rebuild the City’s devasted railway system when he was 26 years old. An outstanding soil and strata engineer, Henry Brunnier’s preliminary work... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:06:03 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/balboa_terrace Balboa Terrace One of the earliest subdivisions on Mount Davidson, Balboa Terrace, was filed by Baldwin & Howell in 1912. However, most of the homes were built by Heuter Homes and designed by Harold Stoner in the 1920s, with Lang Realty Compa... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:14:58 +0100 http://www.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) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:08:13 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/miraloma_park Miraloma Park Miraloma Park was planned to become a “City in Itself,” a “suburban home center wherein they could use economics of mass production, thus bringing home ownership within the average means.” The neighborhood wa... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:56:04 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/westwood_highlands Views of Westwood Highlands construction by Baldwin and Howell in the 1920s north of a now completed Westwood Park and an aerial in 1937 after completion of the first phase. All 283 custom-built homes of the original Westwood Highlands tract were bu... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:17:12 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/west_of_twin_peaks_central_council The West of Twin Peaks Central Council organized in September of 1936 “to bring about cooperation and united action among all the home, civic, and improvement organization in the district known as ‘West of Twin Peaks.’” The C... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:13:33 +0100 http://www.mtdavidson.org/tower_market Tower Market Gourmet Gateway to West of Twin Peaks Thanks to the kindness of John Pommon for sharing these Tower memories with us! Visit John at www.antiquevideo.com Gallery In 1905, fifteen year old Mark Pommon left his native Zak... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:11:48 +0100