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Cesar Chavez Street (formerly Army Street) [3] is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, United States. The street was renamed in 1995 in honor of American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez .
Cesar Chavez Street (San Francisco) (formerly Army Street) Idaho. César Chávez Lane (Boise, Idaho) New Mexico.
This is also backed up by various members of San Francisco's Department of Public Works on California's Gold episode "Crookedest Street" (#13011). [4] Unlike the famous block of Lombard Street, which is paved with red brick, Vermont Street is paved with concrete. Vermont Street runs parallel to and overlooks U.S. Route 101. [5]
Portola Drive is the extension of Market Street into the south and western portion of San Francisco; San Jose Avenue, a major commuter road, brings thousands of cars into San Francisco every day (aka the Bernal Cut) Van Ness Avenue acts as US 101 through the heart of San Francisco from the Central Freeway towards the northern section of the ...
Before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Van Ness Avenue was known as "the city’s grandest boulevard, lined with Victorian mansions and impressive churches" (San Francisco Chronicle). [6] After the earthquake, the street was used as a firebreak by the US Army , dynamiting almost all buildings on its eastern side in an ultimately successful ...
The Farm, (founded 1974) also known as Crossroads Community, [1]: 43 was an environmental art and performance art project that also operated as a community center.The Farm was located at the corner of Army Street (later renamed Cesar Chavez Street) and Potrero Avenue in San Francisco, California, from 1974 to 1987.
Mi Pueblo was founded by Juvenal Chavez, who emigrated from Mexico in 1984. Speaking no English at the time, Chavez took odd jobs while attending night school to learn English. At one point he worked as a janitor at Stanford University. [7] In 1986, he went into business with his brother running Chavez Meat Market. [4]
St. Luke's Hospital - founded in 1871, was originally located on Bernal Hill before moving to the Cesar Chavez (Army) Street location in the 1880s (sharing the site with the Bancroft Library) [14] [15] and merging with CPMC in 2007 [16]