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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You're looking at crowds gathered in Lindley Meadow to see Jefferson Starship in May 1975. [Photo by Greg Gaar courtesy of Gaar & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp73.0652] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You're looking at homes on 8th Ave between Lawton and Moraga in Windsor Terrace circa 1953. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1063] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You're looking at roadwork on Sloat at 25th Ave with the Central Pumps station between 22nd and 23rd visible in the distance, March 1915. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for SFDPW courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.00738] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You're looking at 116 and 110 Alpine Terrace (left, right) near Duboce on September 2, 1949 and now. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.1063] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You're looking at a lineup of cars in front of homes on Seal Rock Avenue and Alta Mar Way in the June gloom of 1953. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.6935] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the latest episode of the "Outside Lands San Francisco" #podcast, we share the remarkable life of a pioneering Outer Sunset physician and pharmacist, Dr. Matilda Burns, thru the connected stories of 1396 La Playa Street and 4300 Judah Street. #SFHistory outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP6...

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You're looking at Cole and Alma on September 14, 1923, with a comparison from Google Street View today. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.03123] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You're standing on the Presidio wall looking north towards the Marina from Lyon near Pacific in March 1926. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.03376] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On the latest WNP podcast, Nicole is back from her sabbatical with special guest Stephanie Brown--the brand new Editor in Chief of our membership magazine! outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP6... #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Podcast #History

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Three young girls stand very still on the sidewalk of Miramar Ave near Southwood for this 1920 photo. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp15.1712a] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You're looking at a delivery truck for Sutro Market parked outside 1701-1703 9th Ave near Moraga, where the market run by Jos. Pera was located, in May 1920. [Photo by John Henry Mentz for URR courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.952] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You're looking at the Schwartz family enjoying the San Francisco sun on the lawn in front of their home at 116 Chaves near Del Sur c. 1953. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.2174] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You're looking at a track grinding streetcar on Judah near La Playa in 1970. Today, that's The SeaScape Inn on the left. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.0954] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You're looking east at Telegraph Hill and Yerba Buena Island in the distance from Lombard at Hyde in June 1922. The unpaved street you see will become the "crookedest in the world" and one of San Francisco's top tourist attractions. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector, wnp36.04175] #SFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You're looking at the backside of Sunnyside School from Hearst and Forrester, c. 1940. And if you're into more history about the neighborhood, check out Amy O'Hair's sunnysidehistory.org [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp26.1911] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You're looking at Jack Goldsworthy's gas station and Pontiac dealership on 16th and Irving, c. 1938. After Jack died in 2012, the building was sadly demolished; it's been an empty lot for years now. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp4.1604] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You're looking at a busy sidewalk scene in front of Quasar's Ice Cream Store on Haight near Cole circa 1967. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1266] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You're looking at new track laid being laid by United Railroads workers on Stanyan at Page in March 1906. The building at center (644 Stanyan) survives! [Photo by John Henry Mentz for URR from the McCormick Collection / OpenSFHistory, wnp60.0031] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can you help us pinpoint the location of this circa 1964 photograph? We think it might be somewhere in Cole Valley... [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.6101] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You're looking at Muni 6-line streetcar 178 cresting the hill at Clayton and Frederick in 1948. That's Mt. Olympus in the background. [Photo from the Jack Tillmany Collection courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp67.0263] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Two unidentified women enjoying Ocean Beach (seemingly dressed for anyplace but the beach) as a man pauses at the seawall behind them circa 1925. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.0613] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Theatre owner, producer, and philanthropist Walter Morosco's carriage pulled by an 8-horse team seen driving through Golden Gate Park circa 1900. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.2556] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Did you know our OpenSFHistory archive encompasses all of San Francisco? Including this view of two girls walking towards McLaren Park on Delta near Teddy in 1953. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1115] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You're looking at an M-Line streetcar passing Temple Methodist on 19th Ave at Junipero Serra in 1970. [Photo by John Harder courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1763] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A man walks towards the University of San Francisco campus across Fulton near Cole circa 1965. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.50138] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Pedestrians pause in front of an entrance to Westwood Park on Ocean and Miramar circa 1922. [Photo by Robert H. Kennedy courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.13053] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

You're looking at 246 Pacheco under construction at Marcela in Forest Hill circa 1912. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp15.1700] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Max Malliet on the hood of a car in the Richmond District (we're not sure exactly where) circa 1950. Can you help us pinpoint the location? [Photo from the Max Malliet Collection courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp33.01220] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography #History

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A passenger has just stepped off a Market Street Railway 2-line streetcar in front of Gilmore Gas Station on Clement at 32nd Ave in 1942. [Photo courtesy of Jack Tillmany & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp5.50690] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography #History #OpenSFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You're looking at a view of Golden Gate Heights from 21st and Pacheco in February 1928. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.04487] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You're looking at Forest Hill Station and the veteran-built wall around Laguna Honda Hospital on Laguna Honda Blvd in November 1929. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.02639] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You're looking at the 2nd iteration of the Parkside School on 25th Ave and Vicente (now Dianne Feinstein Elementary School) in May 1923. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SFDPW courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.0321] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You're looking at homes under construction on Colon near Greenwood circa 1920. [Photo from the Westwood Park Album courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.4325] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Coast Artillery soldiers lined up outside a barracks building at Fort Winfield Scott in the Presidio of San Francisco circa 1912. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.4791] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You're looking at a lovely lineup of trees on Belmont near Willard on August 2, 1922. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.02883] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Playing the 15th hole at Lincoln Park Golf Course with an outbound ocean liner, the Marin Headlands, and Point Bonita Lighthouse visible in the distance in the 1930s. [Photo from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp37.01763] #SFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Elevated view from Children's Hospital at California and Commonwealth looking over Jordan Park towards Mt. Sutro, Lone Mountain, St. Ignatius Church, and the Odd Fellows Cemetery, c. 1925. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp26.1319] #SFHistory #Photography #History

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You're looking at St. Mary's Hospital on the corner of Hayes and Shrader circa 1915. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp15.1017] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Work afoot on the Merced Manor Reservoir with the intersection of 22nd and Ocean and Mt. Davidson visible in the distance, March 1938. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.10075] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You're looking at undeveloped sand dunes in the vicinity of 46th and Vicente in August 1912. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.00212] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

You're looking at circa 1900 flats at 2328 Post St. near Divisadero with laundry drying on the line in back in 1951. All structures visible have been demolished. [Photo from the SF Assessors Negatives courtesy of WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp58.692] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

You're looking at Atlas Mortar Co. trucks and likely staff lined up on Anza Street with Lone Mountain visible in the distance, 1923. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp15.819] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday #OpenSFHistory

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A faded color view of crowds watching a performance at Stern Grove circa 1950. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.2226] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory #ThrowbackThursday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

You're looking at a hand-tinted lantern slide showing St. Ignatius Church and Lone Mountain in the distance from Buena Vista Park circa 1920. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp13.065] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory #WaybackWednesday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On this week's episode of the "Outside Lands San Francisco" #podcast, we chat with Alex Spoto. Get to know the leadership behind WNP by listening through the link below, on iTunes, Spotify, and wherever else you stream your pods! #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP6...

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Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Episode 605: Meet Alex Spoto

Nicole sits down with WNP's newest board member, Alex Spoto, to chat about dynamic approaches to history, his work at the Tenderloin Museum, and what makes the west side special. by Nicole Meldahl, Al...

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You're looking at homes along Arch St. near Shields in Merced Heights with a view towards Mt. Davidson, c. 1957. And we spy the El Rey Theater standing tall in the distance. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1685] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Dudley Carter's "Big Horn Mountain Redwood Ram," carved at the Golden Gate International Exposition, in front of City College circa 1945. [Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.7699] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday

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Western Neighborhoods Project @wnpsf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It's 1921 and a child and a ghostly figure stand in front of 146-148 Buena Vista Terrace at Roosevelt Way. [Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF DPW courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.02486] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday

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