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The street grid west of Larkin was laid out in the 1880s and soon acquired the name "The Fillmore" after the street hosting a new core commercial area. [3] Streetcar service on Fillmore started in July 1895; the following month the Fillmore Counterbalance was installed to traverse the steep 24.54% grade of Pacific Heights between Green and Broadway.
The Fillmore district was created in the 1880s to provide new space for the city to grow in an effort to address overcrowding. [11] After the 1906 earthquake Fillmore Street, which had largely avoided heavy damage, temporarily became a major commercial center as the city's downtown rebuilt and began a period where the district where migrant groups from Jews to Japanese and then African ...
Diagram showing how the Fillmore Tunnel would connect Harbor View with the Western Addition. Shortly after the directors of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) selected a site in the Harbor View district [clarification needed], the merchants along Fillmore formed the Fillmore Street Improvement Association (FSIA) to study the possibility of constructing a tunnel along Fillmore ...
Following the closure of the Haight Street Chutes, the amusement moved to Fulton Street in the Inner Richmond District, [5] [5] opening in May. [6] In 1909 the Fulton Chutes were closed, the property was sold to a developer. [7] Irving Ackerman, the son of the original owner relocated the operation to Fillmore Street. [8] [7] [9] [10]
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English: 1712 Fillmore Street is on the list of San Francisco Designated Landmarks for its history as Marcus Books and Jimbo's Bop City. Date 6 August 2017, 16:31:47
The Fillmore Counterbalance was a streetcar device operated by the Market Street Railway (MSRy) in San Francisco. It aided the company's 22 Fillmore line in traversing the steep northern slope of Fillmore Street from 1895 to 1941.
Fillmore District — a neighborhood in San Francisco, in the Western Addition section of the city. Pages in category "Fillmore District, San Francisco" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.