Rhode Island St
117 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Rhode Island St, between 1907 and 2011, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about railroads and spur tracks, paving and grading, parking.
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What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks26Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- Paving and grading9Cutting streets to their official level and surfacing them.
- Parking6Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- Liquor licences5Bars, shops and restaurants — the licence following the address as it changes hands.
- Oil tanks and boilers3Fuel-oil tanks and boilers, each one licensed by name and capacity.
- Clinics and hospitals3Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 2010s4Bar licence approved for Project One Gallery on Rhode Island Street · 2011
- 2000s7Grocery store district at 17th and Rhode Island finally passed · 2003
- 1990s4Parking rules changed on Plymouth Avenue, Buchanan and Willow Streets · 1997
- 1980s4All-way stop adopted at 20th and Rhode Island Streets · 1987
- 1960s2David L. Vickery allowed a fence on Rhode Island Street · 1960
- 1950s2A list of streets including Pine, Mission and Vicente is adopted · 1951
- 1940s12New street opened and named Bridgeview Drive · 1941
- 1930s15Twenty-five year franchise offered to burn the city's garbage · 1931
- 1920s20Garbage to be burned at a new De Haro Street incinerator · 1929
- 1910s29Mayor vetoes the ban on taking back delivered merchandise · 1916
- 1900s18Ellen Dore paid $4,500 for land beside the Isolation Hospital · 1909
The most notable decisions
Ellen Dore paid $4,500 for land beside the Isolation Hospital
Resolution · 6 December 1909 ↗Ellen Dore sells land for $4,500 for the Isolation Hospital
Resolution · 26 November 1909 ↗Twenty-five year franchise offered to burn the city's garbage
Resolution · 1 June 1931 ↗A list of streets including Pine, Mission and Vicente is adopted
Resolution · passed · 18 June 1951 ↗Mayor vetoes the ban on taking back delivered merchandise
Ordinance · 23 October 1916 ↗Garbage to be burned at a new De Haro Street incinerator
Resolution · 10 June 1929 ↗Islais Creek garbage plant ordered near Army Street for $90,000
Ordinance · 29 April 1912 ↗City block on De Haro Street to be leased out
Ordinance · 9 August 1937 ↗$15,000 paid for garbage system land on Rhode Island Street
Resolution · 21 March 1910 ↗Grocery store district at 17th and Rhode Island finally passed
Ordinance · passed · 18 November 2003 ↗
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