Some Midcentury Stories Out of Sunnyside Houses (index)

A short series of house-based local history—five stories touching on the perennial San Francisco themes of immigration, families, city-building, and self-making.

A Swedish Builder Rebuilds a Family on Joost Avenue
A Companion to Hollywood Starlets Settles Down on Baden Street
The Italian Craftsman Who Signed His Cabinets
Strothoff in Sunnyside, or How to Love the Utility Poles in the Street
Bridge-Builder and Muni Man on Congo Street
A House with Character(s): The Stolen Down-Payment, the Bigamist Builder, and Some Old Soldiers

Carl's two daughters, Vera (l) and Ruth in front of the house, about 1935. The pine tree that now predominates the front hadn't yet been planted. Courtesy Linda Doughty. — Carl’s two daughters, Vera (l) and Ruth in front of the house, about 1935. The pine tree that now predominates the front hadn’t yet been planted it seems. Courtesy Linda Doughty.

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