Baker St
102 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, streetcars and transit, clinics and hospitals.
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What keeps coming up
- Sewers9Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- Streetcars and transit6Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- Clinics and hospitals6Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
- Parking5Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- Schools3School sites bought, built and repaired.
- War and the military3The military in the city, and what the wars did to it.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2010s2Baker Street Foundation offers $100,000 for a Polo Fields gardener · 2012
- 2000s5Bike lanes set on Fell Street between Scott and Baker · 2005
- 1980s2Left turns banned at Turk and Baker, and on Mission Street · 1985
- 1970s2Kevin Brown allowed a driveway and brick porch on Baker Street · 1974
- 1960s7Turn rules set for Lyon and Baker Streets into Marina Boulevard. · 1967
- 1950s5Supervisor Arnold moves $237,113.19 for Joint Highway District No. 10 · 1955
- 1940s10$20,000 moved to put Marina District wires underground on Baker Street · 1945
- 1930s14A fire engine house to be built on Lombard Street near Baker · 1931
- 1920s40Albert R. Herman paid $11,625 for Palace of Fine Arts land · 1927
- 1910s11Presidio and Ferries Railroad allowed to end service on Baker Street · 1913
- 1900s4City to take over Turk Street roadway between Baker and Masonic · 1909
The most notable decisions
Albert R. Herman paid $11,625 for Palace of Fine Arts land
Resolution · 25 July 1927 ↗Jefferson and Lyon land bought for the Palace of Fine Arts
Resolution · 18 July 1927 ↗A fire engine house to be built on Lombard Street near Baker
Ordinance · 4 May 1931 ↗Presidio and Ferries Railroad allowed to end service on Baker Street
Resolution · 31 March 1913 ↗New engine house proposed on Lombard Street near Baker Street
Ordinance · proposed · 11 May 1931 ↗Corner of Hayes and Baker streets to be rezoned for shops
Ordinance · 30 June 1924 ↗Hayes and Baker corner opened to shops for ninety days
Ordinance · 23 June 1924 ↗Lot on Landers Street near Sixteenth opened to shops
Ordinance · 29 October 1923 ↗$1,491.50 paid to Cass Gilbert for judging the library design competition
Resolution · 9 July 1914 ↗Left turns banned at Turk and Baker, and on Mission Street
Resolution · 30 September 1985 ↗
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