This document summarizes a tour of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco using an old map from 1927 to trace how the area has developed over the past century. It notes how streets have been renamed, housing and neighborhoods have replaced an amusement park and sand dunes, and cemeteries were moved as the city developed over 80 years. The document encourages exploring the history of one's own house or neighborhood using city history center maps to see how the area has changed over time.
This document provides information about a walking tour hosted by the Euclid Historical Society on June 15, 2014 to explore Lilly Creek and the beaches of Euclid, Ohio. The tour will be led by Roy Larick and focus on the history of Lilly Creek, Utopia Beach, Arcadia Beach, and the surrounding areas. Details are provided about the creek's path and ecological features as well as the historical residences of Orrin Lilly and Isaac Newton, whose properties encompassed the land now occupied by the beaches.
West Des Moines grew from a small town in 1893 to a large suburb of Des Moines in 2008. In the early 20th century, it had a wooden racetrack that could seat 10,000 people and was home to the Des Moines Speedway. The document shows photos of various streets and intersections in West Des Moines from the 1960s compared to photos of the same locations in 2007-2008, demonstrating the transformation from rural areas to a more commercial and developed suburban area over the decades.
Blue Rock lies forgotten at the base of Cedar Hill. In the 1880s, the settlement rose on a sulfurous spring where Blue Rock and Doan Brooks meet. We explore the locale’s natural setting and historical players–and make sense of crazy landscape change. Hike great local terrain while learning the past, present and (possible) future of one of Cleveland’s special places.
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from MLK to Ambler Park. Here, we learn the natural base for Cleveland's early suburban development, 1890s-1910s. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
El docente considera que es importante enseñar historia para conocer el pasado y la evolución de las sociedades. Usa métodos como la lectura, discusión en clase y lluvia de ideas. Estos métodos han tenido resultados favorables como que los estudiantes recuerden fechas importantes. La escuela cuenta con libros de texto y recursos audiovisuales, pero se necesitan nuevas técnicas de enseñanza para mejorar la práctica docente de la asignatura.
The document discusses a new wireless video security system called iPATROL that aims to address issues with traditional alarm systems. iPATROL uses wireless and battery-powered cameras, motion sensors, and illuminators to capture and transmit short video clips to a monitoring center only when motion is detected. This helps eliminate false alarms and allows the monitoring center to verify if an intrusion is actually occurring before contacting police. The high integrity of iPATROL's verified video alarms has resulted in over 200 arrests in its first year in Australia, more than any other alarm system over 30 years.
This document provides information about a walking tour hosted by the Euclid Historical Society on June 15, 2014 to explore Lilly Creek and the beaches of Euclid, Ohio. The tour will be led by Roy Larick and focus on the history of Lilly Creek, Utopia Beach, Arcadia Beach, and the surrounding areas. Details are provided about the creek's path and ecological features as well as the historical residences of Orrin Lilly and Isaac Newton, whose properties encompassed the land now occupied by the beaches.
West Des Moines grew from a small town in 1893 to a large suburb of Des Moines in 2008. In the early 20th century, it had a wooden racetrack that could seat 10,000 people and was home to the Des Moines Speedway. The document shows photos of various streets and intersections in West Des Moines from the 1960s compared to photos of the same locations in 2007-2008, demonstrating the transformation from rural areas to a more commercial and developed suburban area over the decades.
Blue Rock lies forgotten at the base of Cedar Hill. In the 1880s, the settlement rose on a sulfurous spring where Blue Rock and Doan Brooks meet. We explore the locale’s natural setting and historical players–and make sense of crazy landscape change. Hike great local terrain while learning the past, present and (possible) future of one of Cleveland’s special places.
Walk the Doan Brook gorge from MLK to Ambler Park. Here, we learn the natural base for Cleveland's early suburban development, 1890s-1910s. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation. Supported with a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, 2014.
For 2016, Cleveland Heights Rocks and Waters walks Quilliams Creek, a major tributary of Nine Mile Creek within the city.
On sidewalks and forest paths, we follow Quilliams on its course to join Nine Mile.
Walk through the local geology, ecology and history of this important bluestone landscape.
Nine Mile Creek is a new member of the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern for watershed restoration. We’ll also discuss stream restoration issues.
El docente considera que es importante enseñar historia para conocer el pasado y la evolución de las sociedades. Usa métodos como la lectura, discusión en clase y lluvia de ideas. Estos métodos han tenido resultados favorables como que los estudiantes recuerden fechas importantes. La escuela cuenta con libros de texto y recursos audiovisuales, pero se necesitan nuevas técnicas de enseñanza para mejorar la práctica docente de la asignatura.
The document discusses a new wireless video security system called iPATROL that aims to address issues with traditional alarm systems. iPATROL uses wireless and battery-powered cameras, motion sensors, and illuminators to capture and transmit short video clips to a monitoring center only when motion is detected. This helps eliminate false alarms and allows the monitoring center to verify if an intrusion is actually occurring before contacting police. The high integrity of iPATROL's verified video alarms has resulted in over 200 arrests in its first year in Australia, more than any other alarm system over 30 years.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook West Branch as it cuts through the Berea Sandstone and Euclid bluestone layers of the Portage Escarpment. Trace a glacial meltwater channel from Edgehill Rd, northward through Coventry to Lake View Cemetery. At seven stops, see how early settlers established mills and quarries and, later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation around the NEORSD flood control dam at Lake View Cemetery.
US-28 (US-126) - A Scenic Road Trip through the Cascade RangeDonald Dale Milne
This document provides a summary of a scenic road trip along former US Route 28 and US Route 126 through central Oregon. The 131-mile route travels through the Cascade Mountain range, passing lava tubes, waterfalls, forests, and lakes. Points of interest mentioned include Redmond Caves, Cline Falls State Park, Sisters State Park, McKenzie Pass, Sahalie Falls, and the McKenzie River. The document describes the varied landscape and highlights recreational opportunities along the route.
The document summarizes the filming locations used for the 1928 Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in Sacramento, California. Large sets were constructed along the west bank of the Sacramento River, including a falling house set. In the background of shots, landmarks like the state capitol building and a city water filtration plant are visible. Buster Keaton arrives by train at the former Freeport station south of town. Shots were also filmed at a jail set built at the north end of the riverfront sets, and the final scene was filmed at Buster Keaton's own studio fence before he moved to MGM.
Buster Keaton filmed his 1928 movie Steamboat Bill, Jr. in Sacramento, California. Large sets were constructed along the west bank of the Sacramento River, including a falling house set. In the background of shots, landmarks like the state capitol building and a city water filtration plant are visible. Buster arrives by train at the former Freeport station south of town. The movie features sets like a jail and town built along the riverfront.
1) The document discusses past hurricanes that have impacted Sandwich, Massachusetts from the 17th century to present day, including damage caused by major storms in 1635, 1944, 1954, 1985, and 2007.
2) It also examines the potential impacts of future hurricanes, showing areas that could flood like Scorton Creek and highlighting evacuation routes that may be compromised if bridges close.
3) The author, Lucy Gauthier, took many photographs documenting storm damage and presenting the risks facing Sandwich from increasingly powerful hurricanes due to climate change.
Bushaway Presentation To Council By Ron Anderson 1dec08reawiki
The document summarizes the history of Bushaway Road in Wayzata, Minnesota from pre-1700 to present day. It describes the early Native American settlements in the area, the establishment of the road in the 1850s, and the construction of historic homes and estates along the road from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Many of the homes were commissioned by prominent local families and designed by renowned architects. The document highlights the road's cultural and historical significance to the community.
A look at sights along highway US-25 that we could have seen back in 1962, from the inland sea of the Great Lakes to the sea at an Atlantic Ocean harbor.
The document summarizes the history of Shelter Cove Resort & Marina, formerly known as Cascade Summit Resort and Odell Summit Lodge, located on the west end of Odell Lake in Oregon. It traces the resort's development from the late 1800s through the 1970s, including the expansion of transportation like railroads and highways that increased access to the lake and resort. Various individuals and families owned and operated lodges and businesses on the property over the decades. The most recently constructed lodge was destroyed by a fire in 1971, forcing closure of the resort operations.
The document discusses how maps illustrate the shrinkage of Plaquemine, Louisiana as it was consumed by the shifting Mississippi River over time. Between 1854 and 1930, the river eroded over two blocks of the town due to cave-ins along the levee. As the river moved eastward, it swallowed homes, businesses, and entire streets of the town. A series of maps from 1830 to 1930 show the river encroaching further into Plaquemine with each relocation of the levee.
In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follow Dugway Brook West Branch as it cuts through the Berea Sandstone and Euclid bluestone layers of the Portage Escarpment. Trace a glacial meltwater channel from Edgehill Rd, northward through Coventry to Lake View Cemetery. At seven stops, see how early settlers established mills and quarries and, later, cemeteries and schools. Learn the natural base for suburban development. Comprehend the issues for stream conservation around the NEORSD flood control dam at Lake View Cemetery.
US-28 (US-126) - A Scenic Road Trip through the Cascade RangeDonald Dale Milne
This document provides a summary of a scenic road trip along former US Route 28 and US Route 126 through central Oregon. The 131-mile route travels through the Cascade Mountain range, passing lava tubes, waterfalls, forests, and lakes. Points of interest mentioned include Redmond Caves, Cline Falls State Park, Sisters State Park, McKenzie Pass, Sahalie Falls, and the McKenzie River. The document describes the varied landscape and highlights recreational opportunities along the route.
The document summarizes the filming locations used for the 1928 Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in Sacramento, California. Large sets were constructed along the west bank of the Sacramento River, including a falling house set. In the background of shots, landmarks like the state capitol building and a city water filtration plant are visible. Buster Keaton arrives by train at the former Freeport station south of town. Shots were also filmed at a jail set built at the north end of the riverfront sets, and the final scene was filmed at Buster Keaton's own studio fence before he moved to MGM.
Buster Keaton filmed his 1928 movie Steamboat Bill, Jr. in Sacramento, California. Large sets were constructed along the west bank of the Sacramento River, including a falling house set. In the background of shots, landmarks like the state capitol building and a city water filtration plant are visible. Buster arrives by train at the former Freeport station south of town. The movie features sets like a jail and town built along the riverfront.
1) The document discusses past hurricanes that have impacted Sandwich, Massachusetts from the 17th century to present day, including damage caused by major storms in 1635, 1944, 1954, 1985, and 2007.
2) It also examines the potential impacts of future hurricanes, showing areas that could flood like Scorton Creek and highlighting evacuation routes that may be compromised if bridges close.
3) The author, Lucy Gauthier, took many photographs documenting storm damage and presenting the risks facing Sandwich from increasingly powerful hurricanes due to climate change.
Bushaway Presentation To Council By Ron Anderson 1dec08reawiki
The document summarizes the history of Bushaway Road in Wayzata, Minnesota from pre-1700 to present day. It describes the early Native American settlements in the area, the establishment of the road in the 1850s, and the construction of historic homes and estates along the road from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Many of the homes were commissioned by prominent local families and designed by renowned architects. The document highlights the road's cultural and historical significance to the community.
A look at sights along highway US-25 that we could have seen back in 1962, from the inland sea of the Great Lakes to the sea at an Atlantic Ocean harbor.
The document summarizes the history of Shelter Cove Resort & Marina, formerly known as Cascade Summit Resort and Odell Summit Lodge, located on the west end of Odell Lake in Oregon. It traces the resort's development from the late 1800s through the 1970s, including the expansion of transportation like railroads and highways that increased access to the lake and resort. Various individuals and families owned and operated lodges and businesses on the property over the decades. The most recently constructed lodge was destroyed by a fire in 1971, forcing closure of the resort operations.
The document discusses how maps illustrate the shrinkage of Plaquemine, Louisiana as it was consumed by the shifting Mississippi River over time. Between 1854 and 1930, the river eroded over two blocks of the town due to cave-ins along the levee. As the river moved eastward, it swallowed homes, businesses, and entire streets of the town. A series of maps from 1830 to 1930 show the river encroaching further into Plaquemine with each relocation of the levee.
Similar to Mapping San Francisco, 1927 & 2009 (11)
16. Onward to Laurel Heights We leave Sutro Forest, lower left, to go to Laurel Heights, upper center, from the shrunken forest to the cemeteries that are no longer there.
21. What is the history of your house or neighborhood? Was it an amusement park, a baseball field or a graveyard? Are you sure you want to know? If you do…
22. Find your city’s history center Your town’s history center probably has a revealing map. Just Google “city history centers” to find yours. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfhistory.htm http://history.oldcolo.com/http:// www.gothamcenter.org/ http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/ http://www.hammondindiana.com/history.htm
Editor's Notes
There are few things like an old map to show us how much an area has changed. I’ll start with a personal note. I went to college in my father’s college town, Austin, Texas. We went looking for the house he used to live in. He drove himself crazy driving around the neighborhood where he knew it had been. He was an engineer who worked overseas, so he was a champion navigator. He gave up and we went to have lunch at a restaurant. The placemats were copies of outdated maps of Austin. There on the map was Archway, the street he had lived on. When we retraced our steps, we discovered that two blocks of houses were razed to make a parking lot that was called “Archway Annex.”
This is a digital image of a street map of San Francisco drawn by Harrison Godwin dated 1927 that came from my husband’s grandparents’ house in San Francisco. People love to look at this map and pick out places they’ve lived in The City, as San Francisco is known, and to note changes to “the Town on the Hill.” the boxes along the bottom contain historical facts. There are cartoon-like characters all over this map depicting events and places. In the lower right-hand corner is a map of development in the Bay Area at the time. In the lower left-hand corner is an overview map of The City with historical notes around it. I thought it might a worthwhile project to make copies of this map and place them in collections and also to illustrate how a map can show important land use and even political changes. We will take a closer look at this unusual map and take a brief tour around The City to see how places have changed. We will also develop a real appreciation for the work archivists do when we see my pretty lowdown production values.There were a couple of challenges in getting copies. First I contacted the San Francisco Public Library’s History Center, which has the San Francisco History Center on the sixth floor. People research the history of their houses and neighborhoods there (http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfhistory.htm). The library did not have a way to make a copy of this map, which measures 28” x 35”. Also, I was advised against undoing the framing, since the map appears to be a newspaper page and could crumble if exposed to air at this point. I also contacted David Rumsey, whose outstanding map collection we know about from our class. Mr. Rumsey made the same suggestion as Dr. James Aber: Photographing the map. I took it to professional photographer Shirley Borba of Auburn, CA, who photographed and saved the map in three sizes; 8” x11”, 11” x 14” and 36” x 48”, because that is the largest size Kinko’s can print out. I then emailed the JPEGs to David Rumsey and the San Francisco Public Library’s History Center just so that other people would have copies of this unusual map. I photographed some of the changes to compare them to the old map, which recorded many of The City’s landmarks at the time.
This is a close-up of the map’s title, “Map of San Francisco showing principal streets and places of interest.” This one reveals quite a lot about the society at the time. On either side of Harrison Godwin’s name, we see a man giving a large bouquet to a lady with the inscription “The City That Knows How,” an old slogan about San Francisco. To the right of the medallion with Harrison Godwin’s name is a man banging his fist on the table over the inscription “san Francisco: The Ideal Convention City.” No idea what the two creatures wearing blue shorts next to the medallion. They look like wolves or wildcats, which is the mascot of a private high school in the city. Information about The City is contained in small boxes all over the map. Around the edges of boxes that contain historical facts with illustrations of the events in a somewhat cartoonish style, such as the discovery of the San Francisco Bay by Spanish explorers in 1769 and the discovery of gold in 1848. The box depicting the United States move on California in 1846 shows a United States officer knocking a Mexican off his feet.
There are a few boxes containing information about The City. Of course, these informative boxes block out portions of the city streets! These two, “Stage & Screen” and “Banks,” list “principal down town theaters” and banks of the day, respectively. I apologize for the poor production values. This project has given me new respect for archivists and all the map libraries we’ve seen during the course of our class together.
The 1927 map shows that development in the San Francisco Bay Area was mainly in the financial district and the industrial sections along the bay. Across the bay, development was mainly along the bay from Richmond to Oakland. A satellite map of the same area today shows more development all around the bay.
Here’s a Google Map of our tour today. We will start on the Great Highway along Ocean Beach, jot down to Ortega Street and 37th Avenue, then drive up Sunset Boulevard to Golden Gate Park, over to Sutro Forest and then down to the former site of four cemeteries and a baseball field. We will see compare what we see on the 1927 map to what is there now. We will see where residential neighborhoods replaced an amusement park, sand dunes, cemeteries and a baseball field as well as a forest in the middle of the city. We will also see street names changes and that a street that appears on Google maps really isn’t there.
Here is my son Jesse looking at the 1927 map. He is right across from Ocean Beach in San Francisco on a sidewalk along the Great Highway. The lot pictured here is still as empty as it was on the 1927 map and is now a conservation project. Across Balboa Street from this lot was the site of an amusement park labeled “Chutes on the Beach” on the 1927 map.
Balboa Street ends at the Great Highway at Ocean Beach. Looking at the 1927 map, we can see that “Chutes at the Beach”, an amusement park that included a large slide and a hot dog stand according to the map, was situated on the two city blocks south of the intersection of Balboa and the Great Highway. This amusement park, later known as ‘Playland at the Beach,” closed in 1972. In its place are two or three city blocks of condominiums built in the old bay window style. The pier shown on the 1927 map is no longer there.
When plans started to develop Golden Gate Park in 1870, the western part of The City was sand dunes. Here is an excerpt from the 1927 map that shows a man on a camel wondering how far to water. The area labeled “Sunset District”- west of Sunset Boulevard - is labeled “sand dunes.” The red balloon on satellite photo from Google Map is on the spot where the 1927 map shows a man on a camel. As you can see, not a sand dune in sight until Ocean Beach. Sunset Boulevard is the visibly greener, wider north-south artery in the satellite photo also near the red balloon. The southern edge of Golden Gate Park is in the top portion of both the satellite photo and the 1927 map.
Established in 1870, 1013-acre Golden Gate Park’s streets had descriptive names like North, South, and South Park drives. Two streets were renamed after tumultuous events of the 1960s, the assassinations of two leaders of social change, a president and a minister. North Drive was renamed John F. Kennedy Drive after President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. South Drive was renamed for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1983. Current maps alternate the new names with the old names.
You could still use the 1927 map to navigate through the park, although the street names – North, South and Middle drives – don’t appear on the map.
Sutro Forest, opened by Adolph Sutro on Arbor Day in 1886 when it was known as Mount Parnassus, was not as large in 1927 as it had been. According to our 197 map, the forest was bordered by 8th Avenue to the west, Parnassus on the north, Woodside on the south and Stanyan on part of the east. The illustration at the bottom of the forest shows a robber holding up a man where today on the same spot there is a neighborhood with a dozen streets weaving around the southern slope of the mountain. Laguna Honda is now below a hillside neighborhood that was not there in 1927, according to this map. The 1927 map shows a series of streets dead-ending at Stanyan Street, but I am not sure they did. They might On the left is an EarthExplorer portion of a 7.5-minute quadrangle map showing Sutro Forest. Inroads on Sutro Forest since 1927include development on the southeast slope of old Mount Parnassus and a great deal on the northern slope where UCSF Medical Center is now. Let’s see the forest up close at the end of Belgrave Street.
We drove in search of an entrance to Sutro Forest using the 1927 map. The 1927 map shows that Stanyan Street forms the eastern edge of the forest, so this block and entrance were carved out of the forest. Stanyan Street is behind us a half-block as we approach the path into the forest.
Maybe all maps needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Neither the old map or recent satellite photos reflect what I saw and photographed. As we see in the photo on the left, Stanyan Street ends at Belgrave, but the satellite photo shows Stanyan Street connecting to Clarendon. The 1927 maps shows Stanyan Street forming the eastern boundary of the forest and connecting to the ends of Clarendon, Mountain Spring, St. Germain and Palo Alto avenues. Maybe that portion of Stanyan was taken for building sites, but it looks awfully steep for a road. The edge of the forest is now a half-block away and newer houses were built up to the edge of the forest.
See Bigler Ave. on this satellite Google map? Well, it isn’t there. See how the gray strip depicting the street looks transparent? That’s because it’s overlaid over a satellite photo of the trees in yards that really are there. Bigler Avenue is not on the 1927 map either. Belgrave and Clarendon are on the 1927 map just as shown in this photo. That does mean that the 1927 map may not be completely accurate. It’s possible that Bigler Avenue met the same fate as many an alley in The City: All or some of many thoroughfares were incorporated into backyards.
Ballot measures about whether to move most cemeteries out of The City went before voters in 1914, 1924, 1925 and finally in 1937. Gravestones that were claimed were moved. Unclaimed gravestones went into building seawalls and other structures. This screenshot shows four cemeteries – Laurel Hill, Calvary, Masonic and Lake – and a baseball field that are no longer there. Ewing Baseball Field, we now know, was sold in 1939 and developed.
Our 1927 map, left, shows a baseball field and four cemeteries in most of the blocks bordered by Geary, Arguello, Fulton and Masonic. Ewing Field was sold for development in 1939, now only recalled in the name of Ewing Terrace, shown by the red balloon in the Google Map. In the upper portion of the old map, you’ll see that the green area is called “Lone Mountain,” now recalled in the name of a University of San Francisco campus, which you can see on the Google Map on the right labeled ”Lone Mountain Campus.” Graves were constantly moved from San Francisco as the city developed. No new graves were allowed in The City after 1900. Anza Street now goes through, connecting Arguello and Masonic streets.
These photos show the current uses for the site of the former Laurel Heights Cemetery. After the graves were moved to Colma, the area was opened for development. Laurel Street was the eastern boundary of the old cemetery, and Euclid Street is a new street put through the old cemetery. Euclid Street does not appear on our 1927 map as far as I can tell.
Post and Presidio were at the eastern boundary of Laurel Heights Cemetery, according to the 1927 map. Now The City’s bus terminal take up three city blocks along Presidio.
People love maps and they love looking at old maps to see how their town or region has changed. They love locating a place that used to be there and they love finding out the history of their houses and who used to live there. If you find an old map and find a way to preserve it and put it into a collection, you will be making someone happy.