Commercial St
118 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Commercial St, between 1906 and 2023, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1910s; often about fire stations, sewers, oil tanks and boilers.
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What keeps coming up
- Fire stations25Engine houses and fire stations.
- Sewers21Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- Oil tanks and boilers9Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Clinics and hospitals9Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
- Schools7School sites bought, built and repaired.
- Police stations5Police stations and the sites bought for them.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2020s3Emperor Norton Place added to the 600 block of Commercial Street · 2023
- 1990s3$622,661 released to rebuild three Chinatown alleyways · 1999
- 1980s12Commercial Street closed to cars for a pedestrian mall · 1987
- 1960s3Rules adopted for stretches of Geary, Post, Sutter and Kearny. · 1967
- 1950s2Grant Avenue closed temporarily between Sacramento and Commercial Streets · 1954
- 1940s1Marine Cooks pledge war support; parents ask for bomb shelters · 1941
- 1930s4Commercial Street's north half to get sidewalks and a retaining wall · 1930
- 1920s15Allen & Company sells land for the Harbor Emergency Hospital · 1924
- 1910s57A. J. Raisch paid $9,186.15 for the Taraval Street line · 1918
- 1900s18$5500 for a two-story Harbor Police Station · 1906
The most notable decisions
A. J. Raisch paid $9,186.15 for the Taraval Street line
Resolution · 23 September 1918 ↗Allen & Company sells land for the Harbor Emergency Hospital
Resolution · 14 July 1924 ↗Moliterno's Clay Street building accepted for the Harbor Emergency Hospital
Resolution · 9 May 1910 ↗$55,959 to build Engine House No. 12 at Drumm and Commercial
Resolution · 11 May 1914 ↗Engine House No. 12 approved at Drumm and Commercial streets
Ordinance · passed · 2 February 1914 ↗$5500 for a two-story Harbor Police Station
Resolution · 1 November 1906 ↗Leasehold on Commercial Street bought for the Fire Department
Resolution · 15 January 1912 ↗Lot on Commercial Street taken for the Fire Department
Resolution · 4 January 1912 ↗Land at Drumm and Commercial streets chosen for the Fire Department
Resolution · 18 July 1910 ↗Cooper School proposed at the corner of Lombard and Jones streets
Ordinance · proposed · 12 January 1914 ↗
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