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106 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Baker St, between 1906 and 2012, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about sewers, parking, streetcars and transit.

106
decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Baker St, between 1906 and 2012
Most of them in the 1920s · Open on the map, street by street

What keeps coming up

SewersSewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.9
ParkingWhere you could leave a car, and where you could not.8
Streetcars and transitStreetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.7
Clinics and hospitalsClinics, health centres and hospitals.6
SchoolsSchool sites bought, built and repaired.3
War and the militaryThe military in the city, and what the wars did to it.3

Decade by decade

Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.

  1. 2010s2
    Baker Street Foundation offers $100,000 for a Polo Fields gardener · 2012
  2. 2000s6
    Bike lanes set on Fell Street between Scott and Baker · 2005
  3. 1990s2
    Bicycle lanes and crosswalk changes set on Baker and Sutter Streets · 1997
  4. 1980s2
    Left turns banned at Turk and Baker, and on Mission Street · 1985
  5. 1970s3
    Traffic controls set at corners from Baker Street to Ortega Street · 1975
  6. 1960s7
    Turn rules set for Lyon and Baker Streets into Marina Boulevard. · 1967
  7. 1950s5
    Proposal by Supervisor Arnold for $237,113.19 for Joint Highway District No. 10 (outcome not in the record) · 1955
  8. 1940s10
    Proposed: $20,000 to put Marina District wires underground on Baker Street · 1945
  9. 1930s14
    Proposed: a fire engine house on Lombard Street near Baker · 1931
  10. 1920s40
    Payment of $11,625 to Albert R. Herman for Palace of Fine Arts land approved · 1927
  11. 1910s11
    Presidio and Ferries Railroad allowed to end service on Baker Street · 1913
  12. 1900s4
    Proposal to take over Turk Street roadway between Baker and Masonic (outcome not in the record) · 1909

The most notable decisions

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Every decision the record places on this street is here. Every line is written from one item in the minutes of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the city council, and links to the page it was printed on at the Internet Archive or in the Clerk's own files. Many of the Board's decisions name no street at all, and only the ones that do can be placed here. How the record was read · The whole city

See also

Streets near it on the record

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Overview

The city, drawn from its own recordEvery block, and what the Board of Supervisors decided there