Woody life

A collection of 42 posts

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Grab Bag #74

The Domino Club, wet streets, neon, and being a kid in San Francisco.

Golden Gate Park

Rallying for the Rosary

In 1961, a lot of people said a lot of Hail Marys in Golden Gate Park's Polo Fields.

West Portal

The End of Empire

Eulogy for a San Francisco Neighborhood Theatre.

Embarcadero

The State Belt

The little railroad that once ran on San Francisco's waterfront.

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Grab Bag #72

Cool-building Grab Bag with a transcontinental bicyclist and freeway tossed in.

Haight-Ashbury

Branching Out

Answers at San Francisco's oldest public library building.

Bernal Heights

Precita Valley's Park

From garbage-pit-swamp to a Bernal oasis.

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Grab Bag #69

The Liberty Bell on the road, a mystery watch, and goodbye to the unique Jane Cryan.

San Francisco Zoo

Zoo Train

When old engine #1294 arrived at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Grab Bag #68

An Indian circus, lunch and disco dancing in a greenhouse, and Tiki Bob.

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Grab Bag #67

Daguerreotype haters, poetry, tanks, blimps, and baseball.

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Grab Bag #65

A San Francisco Grab Bag of queer tales, many about shoes...

Richmond District

Exploring Mountain Lake

In 1776, the Spanish arrived in today's San Francisco and camped in my childhood playground.

Cow Hollow

Campground for Socialists

In 1972, San Francisco's Union Street was the scene for upwardly mobile singles.

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Grab Bag #62

Pancake palace, the big orange bridge, a new book, and bowling (again).

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Grab Bag #60

The problems of man, more Barbary Coast history, and SFPD's first woman officer.

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Grab Bag #59

Thanksgiving history Grab Bag (the Woody has Covid Edition)

Mission District

Mission Miracle Mile

In 1949, Mission merchants sweet-talked San Francisco's mayor into a special status.

Civic Center

Fighting Flu in Civic Center

The Red Cross planned one thing and got another in 1918 San Francisco.

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Grab Bag #57

Salty diner memories and Jack the Ink Thrower's reign of terror.

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Grab Bag #56

Parades, grizzlies, and a new San Francisco time-machine destination.

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Grab Bag #52

Signs of the times and San Francisco views here and gone.

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Grab Bag #51

Three years of San Francisco Story means an over-long Grab Bag with German churches, Danish tug-of-war teams, bowling, and Woody wool-gathering.

Ocean Beach

Going Out

Life Saving at San Francisco's Ocean Beach

Castro

Bringing in the Light

An homage to Orphan Andy's diner in San Francisco's Castro District