Lyon St
120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Lyon St, between 1906 and 2008, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about paving and grading, war and the military, oil tanks and boilers.
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What keeps coming up
- Paving and grading8Cutting streets to their official level and surfacing them.
- War and the military8The military in the city, and what the wars did to it.
- Oil tanks and boilers7Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Taxis and garages7Taxicab stands and public garages, as the car arrived in the city.
- Parking7Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- Railroads and spur tracks6Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2000s14Emergency fund to stop foreclosures sent to committee · 2007
- 1990s5Gift of $12,315.70 from the Jewetts for Lyon Street Garden upkeep · 1997
- 1980s2Kaiser Foundation Hospital allowed earthquake supports under O'Farrell Street sidewalk · 1989
- 1970s1Federal money sought to rebuild Geary Boulevard between Gough and Lyon · 1976
- 1960s6Congress asked to protest the Army's refusal over the Presidio site · 1969
- 1940s6Air raid wardens report on dim-out patrols and a citywide census · 1945
- 1930s18Warehouses and airplane landings would be barred north of Jackson Street · 1930
- 1920s36Albert R. Herman paid $11,625 for Palace of Fine Arts land · 1927
- 1910s18Van Ness Avenue to be paved in front of government property · 1914
- 1900s14City to remove Rudolph Hermann's obstructions and open Lyon Street · 1909
The most notable decisions
Warehouses and airplane landings would be barred north of Jackson Street
Ordinance · 3 March 1930 ↗Albert R. Herman paid $11,625 for Palace of Fine Arts land
Resolution · 25 July 1927 ↗Jefferson and Lyon land bought for the Palace of Fine Arts
Resolution · 18 July 1927 ↗Warehouses and terminals kept out of Pacific Heights and the Marina
Resolution · 7 August 1933 ↗Warehouses and airplane landings banned north of Jackson Street
Ordinance · 23 December 1929 ↗Warehouses and freight yards banned north of Jackson Street
Ordinance · 23 July 1928 ↗Roofing rules redrawn for the area between Lyon and Army streets
Ordinance · 5 July 1921 ↗Emergency fund to stop foreclosures sent to committee
Resolution · in progress · 23 October 2007 ↗Buildings capped at forty feet between Fillmore, Jackson and Lyon streets
Ordinance · 2 May 1927 ↗Congress asked to protest the Army's refusal over the Presidio site
Resolution · 17 November 1969 ↗
Where this comes from
The street holds more than 120 decisions; this page carries the 120 most notable. 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