Parnassus Ave
120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Parnassus Ave, between 1906 and 1999, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1960s; often about railroads and spur tracks, permission to open something, protests and appeals.
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What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks46Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- Permission to open something14A shop, a clinic, a wrecking yard, a dispensary: uses that needed asking for.
- Protests and appeals11A protest recorded at a hearing, or an appeal against a decision — brought by neighbours and by applicants alike.
- Oil tanks and boilers5Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Sewers5Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- PG&E and the utilities4The gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1990s6All-way stop adopted at Parnassus Avenue and Shrader Street · 1990
- 1980s4Mayor asked to pay for trash cans on major streets · 1985
- 1970s7Sidewalk widths to be changed on Woodland Avenue south of Parnassus · 1974
- 1960s31Block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Parnassus and Kirkham adopted · 1964
- 1950s4Part of Second Avenue closed for good near Parnassus Avenue · 1955
- 1930s9University of California may lay steam lines under Parnassus Avenue sidewalk · 1931
- 1920s31Street work on Parnassus Avenue and on Judah Street · 1929
- 1910s24Committee told to negotiate buying the Spring Valley Water Company's properties · 1910
- 1900s4W. C. Raisch's Parnassus Avenue sewer extension put off indefinitely · 1909
The most notable decisions
Committee told to negotiate buying the Spring Valley Water Company's properties
Resolution · 19 September 1910 ↗E. W. Brown's Beach Street block to be a city dump
Ordinance · 6 October 1913 ↗Block bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Parnassus and Kirkham adopted
Resolution · passed · 13 October 1964 ↗Sidewalk widths to be changed on Woodland Avenue south of Parnassus
Ordinance · 3 June 1974 ↗United Railroads to hand over its share of streetcar takings
Ordinance · 17 January 1916 ↗Street work on Parnassus Avenue and on Judah Street
Departmental work · 1929 ↗$350 for a water main serving the Islais Creek Incinerator
Resolution · 4 August 1913 ↗Street work on Fourth Avenue between Kirkham Street and Parnassus Avenue
Departmental work · 1910 ↗All-way stop adopted at Parnassus Avenue and Shrader Street
Resolution · passed · 29 January 1990 ↗Traffic rule on Parnassus Avenue dropped
Resolution · 29 January 1990 ↗
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