Harkness Ave
26 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Harkness Ave, between 1920 and 1992, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1950s; often about freeways, streets closed for a day, land bought and sold.
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What keeps coming up
- Freeways2The freeways, from the land bought for them to the fights about them.
- Streets closed for a day2Parades, street fairs, block parties, ground-breakings, festivals.
- Land bought and sold2Land changing hands with the city on one side of it.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1990s4Harkness Avenue closing changed, replacing an earlier order · 1992
- 1970s1Bishop Street to be improved with about $62,000 in city aid · 1971
- 1950s14Deal with the state for land to widen Portola Drive approved · 1953
- 1930s4Half-demolished city house at 537 Harkness Avenue to be auctioned · 1934
- 1920s3Sewers ordered for Harkness Avenue and Cowden Street · 1920
The most notable decisions
Deal with the state for land to widen Portola Drive approved
Resolution · passed · 31 August 1953 ↗Three vacant lots bought at Harkness Avenue and Oneota Street
Resolution · 22 March 1954 ↗An eight per cent share bought in two Harkness Avenue lots
Resolution · 30 June 1952 ↗A fifteen per cent share bought in two Harkness Avenue lots
Resolution · 30 June 1952 ↗Two vacant lots bought on Delta Street north of Harkness
Resolution · 31 March 1952 ↗Vacant lots bought on Bowdoin Street near Harkness Avenue
Resolution · 24 March 1952 ↗Vacant lots bought at Bowdoin Street and Harkness Avenue
Resolution · 28 January 1952 ↗Lots bought at Delta Street, Harkness Avenue and Bowdoin Street
Resolution · 14 January 1952 ↗City takes over Harkness Avenue and part of Goettingen Street
Ordinance · 27 October 1952 ↗Bishop Street to be improved with about $62,000 in city aid
Ordinance · 2 August 1971 ↗
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