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The Willows & 18th St. Ravine in 3D and 1860s Mission Amusements
We’ve all seen the classic shot of the Willows, a 19th century Mission beer parlor between what would be Mission and Valencia on 18th: I’ve previously written about the Willows and the 18th St. Gulch...
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Aftermath
The day after. This is my favorite block of La Lengua. Just don’t go build something stupid here, OK? (click image to zoom) UPDATE: Fundraiser for the displaced La Lenguans who lost their homes in the...
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Mission In Space
Here we see a lovely view of clouds over the Pacific as seen from from the International Space Station: Waaait a second — that’s no solar panel truss, it’s a fire escape! Ahhh, it looks like I lost...
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Wide, Wide, Bernal and Capp
Longtime readers know that map scanologist Eric Fisher is a wonderful source of early 20th century constructo/destructo-porn. While many plans did not happen (a skytrain down Valencia St, for example,...
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1905 SF Sanborn Maps, Now in Color
Big historical map news — David Rumsey has scanned the Sanborn fire insurance maps for 1905 San Francisco. The black and white images you often see here in the Burrito Justice Time Machine are merely...
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Animated GIF from 1929
Real life has been interfering with important historical research. This must stop! Despite a busy day at work, I will bring history forward! Or something like that. Anyway, we’ve all seen the majestic...
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1940 Census Data Reveals Kick-Ass Chrono-Neighbors
The 1940 US Census data just came online! Needless to say it is rather fascinating. Here’s a sample sheet for the west side of Mission St between 29th and Valencia: Here’s a crop showing household...
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Miracle Mile, 1954 Style
Look what Mission dweller @fredsharples discovered under his floorboards! A page from a 1954 San Francisco Chronicle: 1954 San Francisco Chronicle found under my floorboards. Ad features "The Miracle...
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Obligatory Artsy Mission Sunday Streets Shot
(aka me desaturating and contrastifying HDR shots) I liked the dancing Lucha Libre guy: Hey, look, a guy on a bike with his iguana in a harness(with ‘Deep on his Trikeasaurus passing by): I suggested...
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Hashagen’s, meet La Taqueria
1956, via SFPL’s Flickr feed, vs today: Just think: the people drinking in Hashagen’s would only have to wait 33 years for animated GIFs, and then a bit longer for epickry such as this: I do wonder if...
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Big Hole in the Mission
When BART was built along Mission St, it was one of the first times a tunnel boring machine was used in America. (The construction history of BART is covered in utterly fascinating detail in this...
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SFMTA Time Machine
Last week the esteemed David Gallagher kindly pointed me to a photo of a streetcar from the SFMTA photo archives. here's one for @burritojustice Mission south of 29th 1904 – from the awesome...
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“Dude in Cole Hardware runs out exclaiming ‘it’s a volcano!!!'”
So Saturday the fire was in the sky. Some panoramas I made at 24th & Mission. I liked how this rabbit hole picture turned out: Hey Sutro: A Burrito Justice agent atop Upper Market took this...
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Obligatory Artsy Mission Sunday Streets Shot
(aka me desaturating and contrastifying HDR shots) I liked the dancing Lucha Libre guy: Hey, look, a guy on a bike with his iguana in a harness(with ‘Deep on his Trikeasaurus passing by): I suggested...
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