Thank you for following along during our Visitacion Valley Month (#VisValleyHeritage), part of our Heritage in the Neighborhoods program. While we are looking forward to celebrating at Visitacion Valley Heritage Night soon (stay tuned for the date!), we’d like to share all that we’ve written during October 2021 so you may easily find what you missed.
From architectural resources and legacy businesses, to cultural communities and public art, we’ve spotlighted many of the things that make Visitacion Valley a hidden gem in San Francisco. We hope you learn something new and get excited to go out and explore the neighborhood in your own time.
Clockwise from upper-left: Visitacion Valley History Project member Betty Parshall poses with “the rock”; View to Schlage Locks administration building from Teddy and San Bruno Avenues in 1941 ( OpenSFHistory / wnp5.50043); home in Little Hollywood; Sunnydale kids on Beniamino Bufano’s “Bear and Head” sculpture. (Barbara Bernstein photograph © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.);
Visitacion Valley History
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Clockwise from upper-left: 198 Leland Street, part of one of the oldest grouping of buildings on Leland Avenue; Casa Bahia Loma in Little Hollywood, rumored haunt of Hollywood star Mae West; the brick homes, designed by Joseph Eichler; and A. Silvestri Co, a legacy business candidate operating in the former home of Sam’s Lodge and George’s Log Cabin.
Architectural Resources and Local Landmarks
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Clockwise from upper-left: The Visitacion Valley Pharmacy at 100 Leland Avenue, Teddy’s Market at 296-298 Teddy Avenue, Forty-Niner Cleaners at 51 Leland Avenue.
Visitacion Valley Legacy Businesses
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Visitacion Valley resident Neo Veavea shares some neighborhood secrets in this short video interview.
Video/Written Interviews with Visitacion Valley Residents
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David Gallagher helped partially solve the mystery of 2 Hahn Street, which was moved to Visitacion Valley in the 1940s.
…a History Mystery Partially Solved
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We’ve mapped Visitacion Valley’s standout public art. Click to browse!
Fun Stuff!
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We’d like to hear your favorite places, stories, and ideas for what preservation projects you’d like Heritage to focus on in Visitacion Valley. Reply to this email or email me, Kerri, at kyoung@sfheritage.org.