Charting the Past Using an Old MapCynthia McCarthy, 220-02, Fall 2009

Saving an Old Map

This old map has

many unusual features

This map lists existing

theaters and banks in 1927

Maps chart development

over eight decades

Our Tour Map

Let’s start at Ocean Beach

Housing replaces an

amusement park

Sand dunes become

neighborhoods

Kennedy & King drive changeNearly a century after Golden Gate Park’s

development, streets are renamed after slain

leaders

Golden Gate Park ca. 1927

Sutro Forest, 1927 & 2009

Sutro Forest on a foggy

dayEntrance to Sutro Forest from

Belgrave Street In the forest looking north

Take maps with a grain of

saltStanyan Street ends here But not according to Google!

Satellite photos show

a street that is not there!

Onward to Laurel HeightsWe leave Sutro Forest, lower

left, to go to Laurel Heights,

upper center, from the

shrunken forest to the

cemeteries that are no longer

there.

Cemeteries were moved

out of The City

Baseball field, cemeteries

gone

A new street was added

hereEuclid Street goes through

former cemetery Living residents only!

A bus barn now operates

where graves were

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…

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