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Buchanan St

120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Buchanan St, between 1907 and 2011, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about the rules for this street changed, schools, protests and appeals.

120+
decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Buchanan St, between 1907 and 2011
Most of them in the 1920s · Open on the map, street by street

What keeps coming up

The rules for this street changedRezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.25
SchoolsSchool sites bought, built and repaired.9
Protests and appealsA protest recorded at a hearing, or an appeal against a decision — brought by neighbours and by applicants alike.9
Land bought and soldLand changing hands with the city on one side of it.7
ParkingWhere you could leave a car, and where you could not.6
PG&E and the utilitiesThe gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.6

Decade by decade

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

  1. 2010s2
    $97,339 accepted for the Marina Green bicycle trail · 2011
  2. 2000s4
    Drinking without a permit banned in more city parks · 2001
  3. 1990s3
    Proposed: State grant to fund a child victim witness pilot project · 1991
  4. 1980s4
    Four-way stops adopted at Washington and Webster and Buchanan Streets · 1983
  5. 1970s3
    One-hour parking meters extended on Laguna, Webster and Sutter Streets · 1976
  6. 1960s1
    Banneker Homes allowed a ramp on the Buchanan Street sidewalk · 1969
  7. 1950s26
    Shops approved instead of heavy industry near Marina Boulevard · 1958
  8. 1940s6
    Land bought from Pacific Gas and Electric for the Yacht Harbor · 1946
  9. 1930s10
    Proposed: buildings near the Marina to be capped at forty feet · 1931
  10. 1920s40
    Payment of $2,050 to Isaac Greenblat for Alvarado School land on Buchanan Street approved · 1925
  11. 1910s16
    A Turk Street lot bought from Adele Keyser near Buchanan Street · 1919
  12. 1900s5
    City Street Improvement Company paid for paving Market Street with asphalt · 1908

The most notable decisions

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The street holds more than 120 decisions; this page carries the 120 most notable. 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

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Overview

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