Richmond District

Corner Store

In the Richmond District you can still get milk, beer, or a candy bar at the neighborhood market.

Civic Center

The Queen of California and the Booster Ball

All a sluggish San Francisco needed in 1921 was some pageantry and one killer dance party.

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Grab Bag #018

Employment for Woody, Grab Bags to the people.

Sunset District

The Milk Punch Janitress

Reading, 'riting, and rum? An 1895 conflict between an Inner Sunset roadhouse and a San Francisco school.

Woody life

San Francisco Story: Chapter 2

One year of San Francisco Story

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Grab Bag #017

Biplane autos, prison waffles, and the world isn't that different (good and bad).

Time Machine

San Francisco Time Machine

Woody's top 5 trips using a San Francisco Time Machine.

Western Addition

Tower Trouble

Much of the clean up after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire was done with muscle, including pulling down part of the tower of St. Dominic's Church.

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Grab Bag #016

Everyone put on your San Francisco Time Travel goggles...

Downtown

Atlas Displaced

Searching for surviving pieces of a unique 1874 San Francisco building.

Earthquake Shacks

Mother Minerva’s Fort

In 1926, a woman fought for her home made of three earthquake refugee shacks.

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Grab Bag #015

Earthquake, fires, and true love found... all in one Woody LaBounty Grab Bag.

Jackson Square

Life on Osgood Place

A long look at a short street near Jackson Square.

Presidio

Balloons Over the Presidio

Lobos Creek Valley's lighter-than-air days.

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Grab Bag #014

An apology, some grand views, and other Woody grab-baggery.

Cow Hollow

Accordion House

The San Francisco building which once had a keyboard parapet.

Downtown

House Cleaning Day

On March 3, 1907, San Francisco gave its rubble-strewn streets a good sweeping.

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Grab Bag #013

A writing, reading, and watching San Francisco history round-up.

Ocean Beach

The Legacy of Uncle Cliff

Cliff Kamaka ruled Fleishhacker Pool and influenced a generation of Kelly's Cove surfers.

Union Square

Castle on the Square

The mini-citadel which once faced Union Square.

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Grab Bag #012

Movie houses, monoku, and membership cards in one big Woody Grab Bag.

Ocean Beach

The Girl from Wyoming

Crossing the continent to San Francisco with $2, a horse, and a dog.

Sunset District

The House Built on Sand

A 1904 DIY house built in the barren sand dunes of San Francisco's Sunset District still stands today.

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Grab Bag #011

A man who sleeps a week, Karl Malden, my Dad, and where to eat in 1953.

Pacific Heights

The Irving Institute

The scholastic past of a grand California Street apartment building.