Mendell & Oakdale
[Recreation & Parks] Burnett Recreation Center recently finished.
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North Beach Playground
[Recreation & Parks] Night view, boys playing baseball on blacktop.
North Beach
Hamilton Playground
View northeast from Scott Street across playground and restrooms to Uptown Theatre and Winterland in background. Present location of Western Addition library. [Recreation & Parks]
Lower Pacific Heights
Hamilton Playground
Elevated view southeast from Post and Scott towards City Hall over Hamilton Square. Configuration at this time (from right) was playground, baseball diamond, tennis courts, baseball diamond. Girls' High School (later Gateway Charter High School) at upper right. Playground is the present site of the Western Addition Library. Homes in center background across Geary are the present site of Raymond Kimball Playground. Homes in left background and portion of park were demolished for Western Addition redevelopment and Geary widening. In distance center on Geary are Beth Israel Synagogue and Albert Pike Scottish Rite Temple (later Jim Jones' Peoples Temple.) Taken from roof of Mount Zion Hospital. [Recreation & Parks]
Lower Pacific Heights
Post Near Broderick
View east on Post toward Broderick. A line of children getting on city bus marked Special School Coach and being checked in by a park counselor for bus ride. SF Municipal Railway White motor coach [Recreation & Parks]
Lower Pacific Heights
Hamilton Playground
[Recreation & Parks] Elevated view southeast over playground, baseball diamond and Girls' High School (later Gateway High School) at upper right. Playground is the present site of the Western Addition Library. Homes in left background across Geary are the present site of Raymond Kimball Playground. Portion of Hamilton Square demolished for Geary widening.
Lower Pacific Heights
Glen Park
[Recreation & Parks] Recreation Center under construction.
Glen Park
Glen Park
[Recreation & Parks] Recreation Center under construction.
Glen Park
Cabrillo Playground
[Recreation & Parks] View over tennis court to clubhouse.
Richmond Outer
J. P. Murphy Playground
View northeast over tennis courts to Mt. Sutro and Sutro Forest. [Recreation & Parks]
Forest Hill
City College site
View northeast to Havelock Street and being graded and prepared, then for Balboa Park, later City College of San Francisco. Previously the location of the the old Ingleside Jail (closed 1934), now CCSF athletic fields. Backs of houses located on Marston Ave. visible. Greenhouses and water tank. [Recreation & Parks]
Sunnyside
Ocean View Playground
[Recreation & Parks] In 2018, Minnie & Lovie Ward Recreation Center. View west to Capitol Avenue. Sheridan School building on left.
Oceanview
City College site
Men grading and preparing land, then Balboa Park. Location of current City College athletic fields, previously the location of the Ingleside Jail, demolished after it closed in 1934. View north-westerly toward homes built between 1923 and 1930 on 300 block of Judson Ave., west of Foerster St. Mt. Davidson in background. [Recreation & Parks]
Sunnyside
9th Ave near Ortega
View southwest across tennis courts under construction, Golden Gate Heights in the background. Grading for J.P. Murphy playground, and retaining wall for tennis and basketball courts. [Recreation & Parks]
Forest Hill
Lawton & 28th Ave
[Recreation & Parks] View west across open lot, future site of the Sunset Recreation Center and playground.
Sunset Outer