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Beacon Point & Conch Point (1700s), Potrero Viejo (1830s–1860s), Butchertown (1830s–1960s), Southern San Francisco (1839; on some maps), Hunters Point Shipyard (1869–1939), Railroad Avenue (former name for "3rd Street"; 1886–1910), Bayview-Hunter's Point (1960s–present), Bayview Heights ("redevelopment" name; 2010s–present) – The Point (nickname), The Port (nickname), The Yard ...
In 1967, Robert Kennedy visited Bayview Hunters Point and spoke with Ruth Williams about the issues of poverty facing the community. Ruth Williams’ testimony before the United States Senate Appropriations Committee in 1970 led to the release of 30 million dollars of Housing and Urban Development funds to Bayview Hunters Point residents. The ...
The Hunters Point Power Plant (HPPP) was a fossil fuel-fired power plant in the India Basin neighborhood of the Bayview-Hunters Point area covering southeastern San Francisco, California, operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) from 1929 to 2006.
There is an undeveloped area within Piers 90–96 which the Port calls the Pier 90–94 Backlands. [19] The Butchertown/India Basin neighborhood was absorbed into Bayview–Hunters Point in approximately 1938, prior to World War II, when the United States Navy took over the Bethlehem Steel Hunters Point Dry Docks.
The Bayview Footprints Network maintains the neighborhood's longest-running blog, and the San Francisco Bay View is the local newspaper. Hunters Point Shipyard, a former Superfund site, and a polluting power plant have been focal points for environmental activists.
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The newspaper's distribution in its print edition extends to the larger San Francisco Bay Area and it is mailed to subscribers, including prisoners, across the United States. [2] Its name refers to the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. From its founding in 1976, the print edition was published weekly.
In 2009, after a series of reviews and delays, the Board of Supervisors approved a plan to develop the vacant land at Schlage Lock Factory and Southern Pacific Railway, naming it the Visitacion Valley Redevelopment Area. The plan also includes improvement to Leland Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard [30] That same year, all structures on the Schlage ...