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Parnassus Ave

120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Parnassus Ave, between 1906 and 1999, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1960s; often about railroads and spur tracks, permission to open something, protests and appeals.

120+
decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Parnassus Ave, between 1906 and 1999
Most of them in the 1960s · Open on the map, street by street

What keeps coming up

Railroads and spur tracksRail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.46
Permission to open somethingA shop, a clinic, a wrecking yard, a dispensary: uses that needed asking for.14
Protests and appealsA protest recorded at a hearing, or an appeal against a decision — brought by neighbours and by applicants alike.11
Oil tanks and boilersFuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.5
SewersSewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.5
PG&E and the utilitiesThe gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.4

Decade by decade

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

  1. 1990s6
    All-way stop adopted at Parnassus Avenue and Shrader Street · 1990
  2. 1980s4
    Proposed, approved later: Mayor asked to pay for trash cans on major streets · 1985
  3. 1970s7
    Sidewalk widths to be changed on Woodland Avenue south of Parnassus · 1974
  4. 1960s31
    Block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Parnassus and Kirkham adopted · 1964
  5. 1950s4
    Part of Second Avenue closed for good near Parnassus Avenue · 1955
  6. 1930s9
    University of California may lay steam lines under Parnassus Avenue sidewalk · 1931
  7. 1920s31
    Proposal to do street work on Parnassus Avenue and on Judah Street (outcome not in the record) · 1929
  8. 1910s24
    Committee told to negotiate buying the Spring Valley Water Company's properties · 1910
  9. 1900s4
    Failed: proposal for W. C. Raisch's Parnassus Avenue sewer extension · 1909

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

Streets near it on the record

Carl StSame block of the map, 28 decisions on recordHillway AveSame block of the map, 13 decisions on recordHill Point AveSame block of the map, 2 decisions on recordOfarrell St120+ decisions on record, next to it in the ranking

Overview

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