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120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Silver Ave, between 1908 and 2015, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about permission to open something, protests and appeals, sewers.

120+
decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Silver Ave, between 1908 and 2015
Most of them in the 1920s · Open on the map, street by street

What keeps coming up

Permission to open somethingA shop, a clinic, a wrecking yard, a dispensary: uses that needed asking for.11
Protests and appealsA protest recorded at a hearing, or an appeal against a decision — brought by neighbours and by applicants alike.9
SewersSewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.7
The rules for this street changedRezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.7
PG&E and the utilitiesThe gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.3
Blasting permitsPermission to set off explosives at a named place — street cuts, foundations, tunnels — revocable and usually time-limited.2

Decade by decade

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

  1. 2010s3
    Proposed, approved later: Taller buildings proposed for the Jewish Home at 302 Silver Avenue · 2015
  2. 2000s2
    One-way plan for Craut Street sent to committee · 2007
  3. 1960s20
    Failed: proposal to grant special permission on Goettingen Street south of Silver Avenue · 1961
  4. 1950s2
    Silver Avenue land bought for $70,000 for Silver Terrace Playground · 1950
  5. 1940s7
    Recreation Department budget approved with less for Silver Avenue playground · 1942
  6. 1930s29
    H. Moffat Co. sold land for $1,600 to widen Silver Avenue · 1938
  7. 1920s42
    Payments approved for Sunset tunnel, Hetch Hetchy and boulevard work · 1928
  8. 1910s14
    Jessie H. Brann sells land for $2,000 to extend Silver Avenue · 1915
  9. 1900s1
    Street levels to be changed on San Bruno and Silver avenues · 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

Streets near it on the record

San Bruno AveSame block of the map, 120+ decisions on recordGirard StSame block of the map, 48 decisions on recordSilliman StSame block of the map, 42 decisions on recordSharp120+ 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