Merchant St
54 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Merchant St, between 1907 and 2020, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about taxis and garages, land bought and sold, oil tanks and boilers.
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What keeps coming up
- Taxis and garages3Taxicab stands and public garages, as the car arrived in the city.
- Land bought and sold3Land changing hands with the city on one side of it.
- Oil tanks and boilers2Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Streetcars and transit2Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- Parks and playgrounds2Playgrounds and recreation grounds.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2020s1San Francisco Wine Society backed for a licence at 408 Merchant Street · 2020
- 2010s5Merchant Street to be named Harold 'Bud' Moose Lane · 2013
- 2000s1Adding Harold 'Bud' Moose Lane to Merchant Street sent to committee · 2008
- 1980s1Transamerica may close Merchant Street with a chain and plaza · 1980
- 1970s5Transamerica allowed a chain and planters across Merchant Street · 1975
- 1960s6Buildings on Kearny and Merchant Streets may now stand closer · 1965
- 1950s2Merchant Street sidewalk cut to three feet near The Embarcadero · 1953
- 1940s1Post-war plans for streets through the cemeteries sent to committee · 1944
- 1930s7$1,080 for a steel and glass pergola at the City Morgue · 1930
- 1920s6Vogt & Davidson to rebuild the women's jail on Dunbar Alley · 1929
- 1910s10Mysell Rollins Bank Note Company allowed a garage on Clay Street · 1915
- 1900s9City takes land for the county jail and a children's playground · 1908
The most notable decisions
City takes land for the county jail and a children's playground
Resolution · 20 July 1908 ↗Schmeidell Estate to sell land for the county jail and playground
Resolution · 15 June 1908 ↗City accepts Jesse G. Gobey's offer of Merchant Street jail land
Resolution · 13 January 1908 ↗Vogt & Davidson to rebuild the women's jail on Dunbar Alley
Resolution · 19 August 1929 ↗Buildings on Kearny and Merchant Streets may now stand closer
Ordinance · 11 October 1965 ↗$1,080 for a steel and glass pergola at the City Morgue
Resolution · 3 November 1930 ↗California Pacific Title paid for a share at Clay and Embarcadero
Resolution · 9 June 1930 ↗$55,000 to buy land by The Embarcadero between Clay and Merchant
Resolution · 3 March 1930 ↗Jesse G. Gobey paid for land on Merchant Street
Resolution · 20 January 1908 ↗Jesse G. Gobey paid $8,650 for his Merchant Street corner lot
Resolution · 13 January 1908 ↗
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