Western Neighborhoods Project
The Western Neighborhoods Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of western San Francisco neighborhoods.
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Location:
San Francisco, CA, 94116-1953
Phone:
415-661-1000
Mon - Thurs:
10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fri:
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project If you happen to be near a radio in the Bay Area this afternoon at 5:00pm, tune into KALW 91.7 FM. On the program Crosscurrents will be an interview with Woody LaBounty about the streetcar community of Carville-by-the-Sea.

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Western Neighborhoods Project SF Chronicle's Carl Nolte writes about the last Carville house today:

Source: www.sfgate.com
From the outside, the house on San Francisco's Great Highway looks pretty ordinary - it has two stories, and the brown shingles are faded by the sun, fog and wind from the ocean just across the street. But like a lot of things in San Francisco, this house is not what it seems.
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Western Neighborhoods Project hey folks, become a fan of the library, they have a nice page and blog

Stephen Tillisch
Stephen Tillisch
Thank you! Just became a fan!!
November 4 at 7:20pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Come out this Sunday and celebrate the release of



Carville-by-the-Sea: San Francisco's Streetcar Suburb, a new book by Woody LaBounty, which vividly recalls one of the quirkiest communities in San Francisco's rich history.


http://carville-book.com/

Time:1:00PM Sunday, November 1st
Location:Sunset Youth Services 3918 Judah Street
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Western Neighborhoods Project You thought the SF West History Minute would never come back. You were wrong:

Source: www.flickr.com
The developers of Westwood Highlands used decorative metal signs affixed to light standards to promote and identify the subdivision.
Rochelle Jacobs
Rochelle Jacobs
Go sprinkler!
October 28 at 10:17pm
Carlo Dorigoni
Carlo Dorigoni
That was a lot of walking.
October 29 at 9:39pm
Cecelia Pappadakis Fontillas

Cecelia Pappadakis Fontillas Sounds like fun, too bad I live behind the Redwood Curtain!! I think My husband and I will move back to the city when our last kid leaves the nest. After all my various moves, this will be my last. The place I belong

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Western Neighborhoods Project Roll Call: Who's coming to the WNP Meet-Up at the Cliff House? 7pm tonight!

October 19 at 2:00pm
Felicity
Felicity
wish I could be there -- I am on deadline -- wil try for next time.
October 19 at 8:13pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Stay in SF, people. It's worth it:

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Ocean Beach. Sunset. See you there.
Western Neighborhoods Project
Western Neighborhoods Project
They built it to keep you quality people in. How did you escape?
October 19 at 2:11pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Ordinarily we're not so excited about cars in Golden Gate Park, but this is an exception:

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The 21st annual old car picnic in Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park on October 11, 2009.
Carol Gould
Carol Gould
wow, had I known about this I would have totally gone...those cars are awesome. do they have a mailing list so I can find out about next year's event?
October 12 at 10:57am
Tammy Aramian
October 12 at 11:29am
Rochelle Jacobs
Rochelle Jacobs
oooooooooh, those cars will make one helluva a Carville someday!
October 12 at 9:37pm
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Source: www.outsidelands.org
Lakeshore, Lake Shore, Lakeshore Park, San Francisco, Gelllerts, Gellert Brothers, gellert, Standard Building, Standard Building Company, Sunstream, Sunstream homes, San Francisco neighborhoods, history
Rob
Rob
Love that neighborhood. Great article, with so much info I did not know.
October 8 at 7:57pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project
Our friend Rick Prelinger has some old home movie footage of it we're angling to get and post on the site.
October 12 at 10:48am
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Western Neighborhoods Project Some things change and some things don't in the western neighborhoods:

Source: www.outsidelands.org
Frank Dunnigan, San Francisco, San Francisco neighborhoods, history
Felicity
Felicity
This is a great roundup. I only regret that I didn't move to SF early enough to appreciate some of these things.
October 7 at 7:27pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Is there a reason to place all the articles and pictures on outsidelands.org on a map?

October 6 at 1:07pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Are those WWII machine gun nests in Sutro Heights?

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Did the Army install machine gun nests in Sutro Heights during World War II? Special guest star John Martini (retired National Park Service ranger) helps out.
Carlo Dorigoni
Carlo Dorigoni
I use to play there in the 60's. There were also some fake rocks there.
October 1 at 5:24pm
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Western Neighborhoods Project Another earthquake shack is apparently set to be razed. Its not in the Western Neighborhoods, but another little piece of our city's history is about to be lost.

Source: www.sfgate.com
www.curbedsf.com Cottage on Laidley St set to be demolished. Preservationists tend to cry foul when potentially historic San Francisco homes are set to be demolished. You may remember this one on making...
Karyn Ann Bosso
Karyn Ann Bosso
Wasn't there any way the actual cottage could have been removed and saved?
September 29 at 2:31pm
Dympna M. McGorrin Norte
Dympna M. McGorrin Norte
When I saw the cottage for sale I knew it would be torn down and something else built in its place.
September 30 at 1:21am
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Western Neighborhoods Project
Actually, in the educated opinion of Woody LaBounty, who watched the demolition, it was not an earthquake shack.
October 1 at 1:17pm
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Source: richmondsfblog.com
Woody LaBounty, local historian and founder of the Western Neighborhoods Project, has a new book coming out about one of the quirkiest communities ever to
Rochelle Jacobs
Rochelle Jacobs
Am I too late to get a first edition?
September 28 at 11:09pm
Western Neighborhoods Project
Western Neighborhoods Project
I saved one for you - Woody.
October 1 at 1:19pm