Arthur Ave
33 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Arthur Ave, between 1912 and 2001, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1910s; often about railroads and spur tracks, parking, pg&e and the utilities.
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What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks6Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- Parking2Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- PG&E and the utilities2The gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.
- Land and buildings split up2A lot split in two, or a building divided into flats that sell separately.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2000s4Public access secured at Islais Landing Waterfront Park · 2001
- 1980s2Subdivision map approved for Bay Park at 675 Arthur Avenue · 1986
- 1970s4City takes over Jennings Street between Evans and Arthur Avenues · 1974
- 1960s1Sidewalk widths reset on Quint Street between Arthur and Bayshore · 1966
- 1950s3State tidelands permit accepted near Jennings Street and Arthur Avenue · 1954
- 1940s3$3,079.28 paid to Acme Lumber for land to widen Third Street · 1942
- 1930s2Pig keeping to be banned outside a strip near Arthur Avenue · 1932
- 1920s1Great Western Power allowed a dredger cut near India Basin · 1929
- 1910s13Beef cattle banned in the city except near Islais Street corrals · 1919
The most notable decisions
Pig keeping to be banned outside a strip near Arthur Avenue
Ordinance · 11 April 1932 ↗Beef cattle banned in the city except near Islais Street corrals
Ordinance · 31 March 1919 ↗Public access secured at Islais Landing Waterfront Park
Resolution · 25 June 2001 ↗$3,079.28 paid to Acme Lumber for land to widen Third Street
Resolution · 20 July 1942 ↗State tidelands permit accepted near Jennings Street and Arthur Avenue
Resolution · 1 November 1954 ↗Widening of Islais Street and Selby Street made official
Resolution · 22 December 1941 ↗City takes over Jennings Street between Evans and Arthur Avenues
Ordinance · 4 November 1974 ↗Sidewalk widths reset on Quint Street between Arthur and Bayshore
Ordinance · 6 September 1966 ↗Jennings Street rebuilt between Evans and Arthur Avenues, with new levels
Ordinance · 20 February 1973 ↗Paving ordered for Arthur Avenue, Academy Street and Lisbon Street
Ordinance · 30 October 1916 ↗
Where this comes from
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