San Francisco Story (Page 6)

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1916 postcard of Clement Street

Richmond District

The Home Inside Green Apple Books

Green Apple Books hides an early Richmond District home in its core.

Sheep in Street

A Photographer in Butchertown

A discovered trove of photographs from the early 20th century leads to a bicycle mechanic in the Butchertown section of San Francisco's Bay View/Hunter's Point neighborhood.

Photos of men wearing fedoras

Woody Grab Bag #002

Random snippets of cognition and odd or historical detritus washed up on the beach of Woody LaBounty's consciousness

Celebrating the 4th in 1862

Celebrating the 4th in 1862

The city turned out bright and early to celebrate Independence Day in 1862, and we have the photographs to prove it.

Transit cars on sand dunes

Carville-by-the-Sea in 10 Slides

San Francisco's bygone bohemian community made of recycled transit cars at Ocean Beach.

Woody LaBounty with newspaper

Woody Grab Bag #001

Debut of the Woody Grab Bag, a San Francisco history hash.

View of arches on Fillmore Street

Western Addition

The Fillmore Arches

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, merchants tried to make Fillmore Street the city's new commercial center with some unique metal arches.

San Francisco Story Launches!

San Francisco Story Launches!

Stuff Woody likes, delivered weekly. Hello friends. Welcome to this new fun side project I've started as a way to share stuff I like about the city I love. You probably know my tastes: local history, quirky tales, little mysteries. You maybe know my style: fun, accessible, brief.