Broderick St
107 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Broderick St, between 1907 and 2009, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about cemeteries and funerals, the rules for this street changed, land and buildings split up.
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What keeps coming up
- Cemeteries and funerals15Burial and the trades around it, at their heaviest as the city closed its cemeteries.
- The rules for this street changed8Rezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.
- Land and buildings split up6A lot split in two, or a building divided into flats that sell separately.
- PG&E and the utilities5The gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.
- Streetcars and transit4Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- Taxis and garages3Taxicab stands and public garages, as the car arrived in the city.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2000s4Bus and truck weight limits set on Broderick and Eddy Streets · 2007
- 1990s1Aladdin Terrace sewer replacement, costing $39,610, sent to committee · 1995
- 1980s5Height limits to change near Bush and Broderick Streets · 1987
- 1960s17Geary, Octavia and nearby streets closed for good · 1961
- 1950s3Geary Expressway to be built from Broderick Street to Franklin Street · 1953
- 1940s22$110,000 to move the Geary Street streetcar tracks for Anzavista · 1947
- 1930s8Frank Ferrua swaps land on Lombard Street for Richardson Avenue · 1936
- 1920s16Buildings on Broderick Street and Flood Avenue must sit back · 1925
- 1910s26Bodies in Laurel Hill and Calvary cemeteries to be moved · 1913
- 1900s5Street levels changed on Broderick and Ellis streets · 1909
The most notable decisions
Bodies in Laurel Hill and Calvary cemeteries to be moved
Ordinance · 15 December 1913 ↗Graves to be cleared from Laurel Hill and Calvary cemeteries
Ordinance · 29 December 1914 ↗Order to dig up the cemeteries' graves would be repealed
Ordinance · 23 November 1914 ↗Four cemeteries declared a nuisance and ordered emptied of bodies
Resolution · 7 January 1914 ↗Geary Expressway to be built from Broderick Street to Franklin Street
Motion · 24 August 1953 ↗$3,300 paid to Margaret J. T. Reid for Fremont School land
Resolution · 1 May 1916 ↗Bodies to be removed from cemeteries between California and Fulton streets
Resolution · 22 December 1913 ↗$14,500 paid to Margaret Hayden for Starr King School land
Resolution · 8 January 1912 ↗Height limits to change near Bush and Broderick Streets
Ordinance · 14 December 1987 ↗Cemeteries between California and Fulton streets to be closed and moved
Ordinance · 19 August 1912 ↗
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