Commonwealth Ave
7 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Commonwealth Ave, between 1921 and 1984, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about the rules for this street changed, theatres and shows.
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What keeps coming up
- The rules for this street changed3Rezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.
- Theatres and shows2Theatres, cinemas and travelling shows.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1980s1Four-way stop set at Euclid and Commonwealth Avenues · 1984
- 1970s1Commonwealth Avenue closed for a block party between Euclid and Geary · 1977
- 1960s3Improvement ordered for Ripley Street between Peralta Avenue and Alabama Street · 1965
- 1920s2Henry Cowell Co. allowed a public garage at Battery and Filbert · 1921
The most notable decisions
Improvement ordered for Ripley Street between Peralta Avenue and Alabama Street
Ordinance · 29 March 1965 ↗Four-way stop set at Euclid and Commonwealth Avenues
Resolution · 30 April 1984 ↗Rezoning of a Commonwealth Avenue lot from shops to homes advances
Ordinance · 22 March 1965 ↗Henry Cowell Co. allowed a public garage at Battery and Filbert
Resolution · 9 May 1921 ↗Commonwealth Avenue rezoning from shops to homes put off to March
Ordinance · 22 March 1965 ↗Commonwealth Avenue closed for a block party between Euclid and Geary
Resolution · 11 October 1977 ↗
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