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Eureka Valley was part of the Mission Dolores subdivision but was not developed until the 1890s and the early 1900s. [6] The opening of the Market & Castro Street Cable Car line in 1886 opened Eureka Valley to development — primarily small wood-frame cottages and two-story flats. The only industry in the area was a mattress factory on the ...
Bion J. Arnold proposed a Mission–Sunset Tunnel in his Report on the Improvement and Development of the Transportation Facilities of San Francisco of March 1913. [2] In Arnold's scheme, the Mission–Sunset Tunnel would start at Eureka Valley station, which was proposed as the transfer station for passengers needing service through the Twin Peaks Tunnel.
The Twin Peaks Tunnel is a 2.27-mile-long (3.65 km) [2] light rail/streetcar tunnel in San Francisco, California.The tunnel runs under Twin Peaks and is used by the K Ingleside, L Taraval, M Ocean View and S Shuttle lines of the Muni Metro system.
The Castro District, commonly referred to as the Castro, is a neighborhood in Eureka Valley in San Francisco. The Castro was one of the first gay neighborhoods in the United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Having transformed from a working-class neighborhood through the 1960s and 1970s, the Castro remains one of the most prominent symbols of lesbian , gay ...
For nine years, nine months and nine days Moses was unbeaten in races, winning 122 in a row. No other athlete has come close to breaking that record. While the sports world was consumed with his ...
The house is a four-story structure in Baroque-Queen Anne style; it has several towers and the roof has bands of scalloped shingles alternating with plain. It stands on a site at the head of Eureka Valley and originally had 45 rooms; [1] The interior features an impressive foyer with grand staircase, carved fireplaces, mantels, and wood paneling, and fine stained glass.
A 58-year-old man accused of robbing a downtown Eureka bank had an immediate change of heart, California police reported. The man passed a note to a teller demanding cash, then ran away with the ...
Eureka Valley is located in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long and up to 10 miles (16 km) wide, with elevations varying from 2,870 feet (870 m) up to 8,456 feet (2,577 m).