With boundaries spanning Silver and Geneva Avenues, Mission Street and McLaren Park, the Excelsior District’s cultural, commercial, and architectural profile has historically been as wide-ranging and diverse as its globally-inspired street names. Read more about the neighborhood’s history, which we originally spotlighted in March 2020.
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Video: Excerpt of Walter G. Jebe Sr.’s Oral History of the Excelsior District
Today we would like to share a recent video we came across,…
A City Landmark’s Little Excelsior Brother
400 Peru Avenue in March 2019, on Google StreetView. By William Beutner,…
Excelsior March Roundup: All Posts
Jerry Garcia’s first home at 121 Amazon Avenue. While we were looking…
Architecture Spotlight: 42nd Avenue & Alphonso Harrington
by Katherine Howard San Francisco's Outer Sunset District has gone through many…