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Street Naming Controversy--1909 - FoundSF

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In the late spring of 1909, a street renaming commission was appointed by Mayor Taylor to clear up the long-standing confusion from similar or duplicate street names. Street naming had been done with very little coordination or planning as San Francisco developed from the Mexican Village of Yerba Buena through the dramatic metamorphosis of the gold rush into a city. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, with new construction in the burned area and the development of new housing tracts with subsequent population expansion in the western and southern sections of the city, it seemed like an optimal time to address the street name confusion. There were four thoroughfares named Church and Virginia, all with different endings (avenue, street, boulevard, etc.). There were streets that were continuous, but changed names after a block or two, such as Grant Avenue into Dupont Street. There were three sets of numerical streets. First through Thirty-first streets ran from downtown into the Mission D

Street Naming Controversy--1909 - FoundSF Donate &#9829; << shapingsf.org Browse: Decade Neighborhood Population Theme Tours Give Categories : Transit 1900s Roads Encyclopedia Religion Richmond District Sunset Bayview/Hunter&#039;s Point What Links Here Add to the Archive: Add an Article Contribute --> Edit Article Upload Media Donate via Mazlo one time or monthly or become a Patreon patron Street Naming Controversy--1909 Historical Essay by John Freeman East Street's new name means Jumping-off place . In the late spring of 1909, a street renaming commission was appointed by Mayor Taylor to cl

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