Henry St
20 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Henry St, between 1907 and 2005, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1900s; often about railroads and spur tracks, streets closed for a day, schools.
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What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks3Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- Streets closed for a day2Parades, street fairs, block parties, ground-breakings, festivals.
- Schools2School sites bought, built and repaired.
- Parks and playgrounds2Playgrounds and recreation grounds.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2000s1Arts loan program proposed to move to Grants for the Arts · 2005
- 1970s2Opinion sought on halting downtown high-rises north of Market Street · 1978
- 1960s1
- 1930s3Traffic rule extended to the south side of Plum Street · 1937
- 1920s1Mayor to auction a house on land taken for Roosevelt Way · 1924
- 1910s5Golden Gate Iron Works to frame the Redding School for $24,000 · 1916
- 1900s7Clara W. Rogers gives land to extend Henry Street · 1907
The most notable decisions
Clara W. Rogers gives land to extend Henry Street
Ordinance · 28 February 1907 ↗Golden Gate Iron Works to frame the Redding School for $24,000
Resolution · 4 January 1916 ↗Golden Gate Iron Works gets $24,000 for the Redding School frame
Resolution · 27 December 1915 ↗Retaining wall ordered at the McKinley School on Henry Street
Ordinance · 16 November 1915 ↗Opinion sought on halting downtown high-rises north of Market Street
Resolution · proposed · 30 October 1978 ↗Traffic rule extended to the south side of Plum Street
Ordinance · 25 January 1937 ↗City land near Henry Street to be sold
Ordinance · 7 December 1936 ↗Mayor to auction a house on land taken for Roosevelt Way
Resolution · 28 July 1924 ↗Street levels set on Henry Street
Ordinance · 24 June 1909 ↗Southern Pacific allowed four spur tracks crossing King and Berry Streets
Ordinance · 24 June 1909 ↗
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