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Then and Now: Comparing changes in Sunnyside through photographs

Series of posts using photo comparisons of views on the streets of Sunnyside and nearby neighborhoods. Original photographs from as early as 1908, with most from the 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, and 1970s. Includes Ingleside, Glen Park, Mission Terrace, as well as long views that take in the area from a distance. Sources for early photos include OpenSFHistory.org, SFMTA Photoshelter, Jesse Cook scrapbooks, and Western Railways Museum archives.

Listed by post date, followed by an index by street or location. Made with Knight Lab JuxtaposeJS app. The slider photographs can be slow to load.

SORTED BY STREET, LOCATION, OR TYPE:

MONTEREY BOULEVARD

VIEWS

CONGO ST

CIRCULAR AVE

DETROIT ST

DIAMOND ST

EDNA ST

FOERSTER ST

HAVELOCK ST

HEARST AVE

JOOST AVE

JUDSON AVE

MANGELS AVE

MARSTON AVE

OCEAN AVE

SAN JOSE AVE

Sunnyside street-name changes, new and old

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Phelan Ave street sign. Photo: Amy O'Hair

By Amy O’Hair

Next week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors votes to approve changing the name of Phelan Avenue to Frida Kahlo Way. This is far from the first such change for this neighborhood’s streets, and a good occasion to look at the several other name changes over the years since its beginning.

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1891. Sunnyside homestead map. About 3’x6′. Photographed and montaged by Amy O’Hair. San Francisco History Center. San Francisco Public Library. View larger.
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Detail from southwest corner of Sunnyside homestead map. Only three of eight street names here are still in use. View larger. 

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