http://mtdavidson.org/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:17:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.1 http://mtdavidson.org/lib/images/favicon.ico http://mtdavidson.org/ http://mtdavidson.org/intro At 925 feet above sea level, Mt. Davidson is not only the highest geographic point on the world famous San Francisco skyline (the peak with the cross on top through and to the left of the Bay Bridge above and covered with snow below) and home to the... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:51:35 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/friends_of_mount_davidson_conservancy The Friends worked with the SFPUC to get the plaque honoring Madie Brown restored in 2010 http://sfwaterdistrict7.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebration-on-mt-davidson.html. See video of event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbk5NQM9q2o ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:50:52 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/contact Jacqueline Proctor See my new book at http://www.mtdavidson.org/harold_g._stoner Interview with the Author Restoring the Madie Brown plaque on Mt. Davidson http://sfwaterdistrict7.blogspot.com/2010/06/celebration-on-mt-davidson.html; http://www.yo... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:49:31 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/madie_brown SPECIAL EVENT HONORING MADIE BROWN JUNE 5, 2010 “As chairman of arrangements, I have dared to dream that our President would press the button in Washington, D.C., which in turn would light for the first time this giant cross in San Francisc... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:48:33 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/timeline 1846 Rancho San Miguel, 4443 acres from Junipero Serra Blvd. to San Jose Avenue, granted to Don Jose de Jesus Noe, Mayor of Yerba Buena, by Mexican Governor Pio Pico. 1848 Gold discovered in California. 1850 California becomes a state. 1852... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:05:47 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/harold_g._stoner Find out more about this Limited Edition 160-page survey of the works of Harold G. Stoner featuring nearly 400 rare images at http://www.jacquieproctor.com/haroldstoner/ Harold Gordon Stoner is among only a handful of architects who determined t... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:26:32 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/forest_hill Forest Hill was surveyed in 1912 by architect/engineer Mark Daniels. The original subdivision of 654 parcels was developed by the Newell Murdoch firm and featured a decorative entrance with stairs (above left) for easy access to the Muni Metro sta... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:54:20 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/snow Snow falling in San Francisco is always an historic day and has been recorded to have happened one day in eleven different years between 1856 and 1976. The most snow recorded, 7 inches on Twin Peaks, fell on February 5, 1887. When snow fell on De... proctor@fwdlabs.com (Aaron) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:07:11 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/easter_sunrise_service A number of community leaders are expected to participate in the citywide event, including SF District 7 Supervisor Sean Elsbernd. The program also features an SF Firefighters Honor Guard presentation and musical performances by Lynne Miller of The... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:12:18 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/ingleside_terrace Ingleside Terraces, built near the popular Ingleside Inn (below) and on the site of the old Ingleside Horseracing Track, with commanding views of Merced Lakes and the Pacific Ocean, was one of the first subdivisions built on Sutro’s property. ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:44:14 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/birth_of_a_city San Francisco was first developed on what is now its most eastern boundary alongside San Francisco Bay. The first owner of the area now known as West of Twin Peaks was Don Jose de Jesus Noe, the last Mexican Alcalde (mayor) of Yerba Buena. The 4,4... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:43:35 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/liveable_neighborhoods The effort to quickly rebuild the city after the 1906 Earthquake put Burnham’s City Beautiful Plan on the back burner. Many residents left the city all together for suburbs being built on the Peninsula, East Bay, and Marin. The Chronicle rep... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:37:34 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/george_davidson Professor Davidson’s frequent connection with important events in the history of the United States is well illustraited by his assignments in 1867. In January he was detailed on duty as engineer of a party sent to the Isthmus of Panama to sear... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:34:08 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/mount_davidson_cross In 1909, encouraged by reformer Jacob Riis, the community began an Easter sunrise service at the mountaintop cross. This was the first event of its kind and the idea quickly spread. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Joseph Leonard, developer of Inglesi... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:09:12 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/miraloma_elementary_school Miraloma Park historian Rosalie Kuwatch writes, “Very early the Miraloma Park Improvement Club was aware of the need for a school. At the March 19, 1936 meeting of the Club it was discussed. A committee was formed and its successful petition r... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:52:06 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/monterey_heights Monterey Heights This small single-family neighborhood is nestled on the south slope of Mount Davidson. Bordered on the east by Yerba Buena Drive and San Jacinto Way on the west, it is crossed with “the woods” streets: Ravenswood, May... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:30:29 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/a.s._baldwin Archibald Stewart Baldwin (1857-1924) and J. R. Howell were the principals in the real estate firm of Baldwin and Howell, a successor to an earlier firm, McFee and Baldwin. Baldwin was born in Winchester, Virginia and came to California in 1879, and... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:09:55 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/westwood_park Westwood Park became possible when the west-of-Twin Peaks territory was captured, at least to the trolley trade, with the opening of the Twin Peaks Tunnel on February 3, 1918. Within a week, real estate developers like Baldwin & Howell consulted... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:27:34 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/book You can order you own personally signed copy of this story of Mount Davidson, its neighborhoods, and the Mount Davidson Cross in San Francisco’s West of Twin Peaks District by contacting the author: jacquie at mtdavidson.org Images of Ameri... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:21:16 +0100 http://mtdavidson.org/bibliography Benedict, William F. The Story of Mount Davidson. San Francisco, California: The Municipal Employee, 1928. Binkley, Cameron. A Cult of Beauty: The Public LIfe and Civic Work of Laura Lyon White. California Historical Society, 2005. Carmen, Betty. ... ajp@mindspring.com (Jacquie) Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:13:55 +0100