Boutwell St
26 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Boutwell St, between 1914 and 1961, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about land bought and sold, railroads and spur tracks.
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What keeps coming up
- Land bought and sold5Land changing hands with the city on one side of it.
- Railroads and spur tracks3Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1960s2Street levels on Boutwell Street proposed for change · 1961
- 1950s4Sidewalk widths dropped on Boutwell Street beside Islais Creek Channel · 1953
- 1930s4Alexander Neil buys city land on Boutwell Street for $450 · 1937
- 1920s12Two-family housing allowed on Boutwell Street north of Augusta Street · 1928
- 1910s4Order to improve Silver Avenue repealed · 1914
The most notable decisions
Two-family housing allowed on Boutwell Street north of Augusta Street
Ordinance · 30 April 1928 ↗Boutwell Street land to be condemned for the Bay Shore Boulevard
Resolution · 27 August 1928 ↗Lots at Steuben Street in Silver Terrace to be taken
Resolution · 23 July 1928 ↗Sidewalk widths dropped on Boutwell Street beside Islais Creek Channel
Resolution · 16 March 1953 ↗Order to improve Silver Avenue repealed
Ordinance · 27 July 1914 ↗Order to improve Silver Avenue to be repealed
Ordinance · 21 July 1914 ↗Sewers to be laid in Silver Avenue near San Bruno Avenue
Ordinance · 16 March 1914 ↗Alexander Neil buys city land on Boutwell Street for $450
Ordinance · 21 June 1937 ↗San Bruno Avenue and Boutwell Street closings are ordered
Resolution · 8 February 1932 ↗Way cleared to close San Bruno Avenue and Boutwell Street
Resolution · 8 February 1932 ↗
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