Awesome Sunset Video

I'm only ten minutes into it, but can guarantee if are interested in the Sunset you will enjoy this Eye on The Bay episode about the Sunset, featuring Woody LaBounty of the Western Neighborhoods Project.

There are old photos and video, legends, and history. We'll forgive Brian Hackney for using the term "cookie cutter homes". Of particular interest to this blog are Rosseau and Carville homes, including an interior tour of a house made of two streetcars and a carriage.

And of particular interest to this blogger is Polly Ann Ice Cream. I am acquainted with one of the past owners.

It is a little over twenty minutes long. I'll be watching to see when it replays on Channel 5 so I can see it on a bigger screen. It appears to be from last September, but I just heard about it for the first time here.

Styles of Homes

There's a great new article on the Western Neighborhoods site about different styles of Doelger homes. Go check it out and read about the four styles identified to date.

Now, this isn't a Doelger, but an interesting specimen nonetheless.


The top is modern.


But this entryway is colonial.

Book Review - San Francisco's Sunset District

I recently bought a copy of San Francisco's Sunset District, by Lorri Ungaretti. It is full of historic photos. The one that I find most amazing is of 19th Avenue when it was a dirt road. I was also shocked to see a photo of "Bea" Lassiter when she owned Polly Ann Ice Cream. I've been acquainted with her for years and had no idea. Here's a story about Polly Ann, by the way.

I learned quite a bit of the history of the Sunset. But the photos are the highlight. One of the things I like to do is picture intersections as they were 50, 75, or 100 years ago. Now I can take my copy of the book out on my walks.

If you decide to order one, why not get it from The Western Neighborhoods Project?