- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Tennis court and playground construction along 15th Street beginning with cliff shoring, earth-moving work atop Corona Heights (once called Red Rock Hill), photographed on Jan 21, 1937.
The flattened areas just north of the hill’s summit rock outcrop and high above the playground were created by this effort.
Photo marked “To Level Off Hill to Prevent Slide – City and WPA officials have taken steps to level the crest of Red Rock Hill (sic) to prevent tons of dirt from rolling down on houses pictured under the cliff here.”
Healy report entry says: “Made a start on what is to be an important unit of the group of playgrounds. Photographs show the rugged character of the country being remoulded for recreational needs.”
Source notes
(1) View from Corona Heights Jan 21, 1937. Photograph in private collection (unknown photographer) showing view toward downtown San Francisco.
https://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp27.5553.jpg
(2) "San Francisco Improved," Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.
p. 66.* No. 34 Project 8978-6. (Two photos, p. 83.*)
* Internet archive links have a secondary page numbering system, thus pages 66 & 83 become146 & 182, respectively.
Healy Report entry:
https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscoimpr00heal/page/n145
Healy Report photos:
https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscoimpr00heal/page/n181
Site originally submitted by Joel Pomerantz on December 26, 2018.
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