San Francisco's Excelsior District (CA) (Images of America)

A great history of a important neighborhood in; " The City. " I enjoyed this book almost as much as my parents did. They are both in their late '80's and grew up in and around; " The Excelsior. " An important addition to the history of The Greatest City In The World...

For all San Franciscans this is a good glimpse at what was, what is, and who knows what will be in the Excelsior District of San Francisco. For now (2016) Asians and Hispanics represent the majority demographics in the Excelsior. I hope future generations will document the Excelsior from Year 2000 onward with as much love and passion as Mr. Jebe to tell everyone what happened to the Asians and Hispanics. Nothing is forever, and the only constant is change. No amount of legislation, solicitation or social engineering can stop change. Gentrification has been around since man first crawled out of the swamp.

I gave it as a gift to a friend who grew up in the Excelsior District.

fascinating.

highly recommend this

This book tells about the interesting history of the Excelsior District part of San Francisco. Some of the interesting information in this book is as follows: In 1848, San Francisco had a population of only about 800 people. After the discovery of gold, San Francisco's population increased. In 1850 which was two years later, the population of San Francisco was up to 25,000 people. The Excelsior District of San Francisco has some very interesting street names. Residents can live on streets with street names of France, Russia, and Italy because all street names running perpendicular to Mission Street are named for countries, while streets parallel to Mission are named after capitals of countries. Weeping willow trees require a lot of water which is why they generally grow near rivers on lakes. Joe Obegi operates Joe's Hamburgers on Mission Street which has 18 different kinds of hamburgers and has won many awards. Chronicle sports cartoonist Robert Ripley later became famous for his Believe It Or Not Series and exhibition at Fisherman's Wharf. The Greateful Dead's Jerome (Jerry) Garcia was born August 1, 1942 at 121 Amazon St. in the Excelsior part of San Francisco.