Comments on: Walking through the Sand http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-252401 Jason Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:52:56 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-252401 Those trees look like conifers, the closest ones appearing to be pines. The most obvious answer then would be Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). It looks to me like the original regimented planting. Those trees look like conifers, the closest ones appearing to be pines. The most obvious answer then would be Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). It looks to me like the original regimented planting.

]]> By: sfjeff http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-252201 sfjeff Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:18:51 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-252201 And a question: In the second photo (Lover's Lane in the 1870's) there is a low line of trees just inside the Presidio Gate. I presume the planting of Eucalyptus trees throughout the Presidio came well after this photo was taken, yet these trees were most probably intentionally planted as well. Does anyone know the history of these trees - what kind they were and what happened to them? They're no longer there... I believe there are Eucalyptus on the East side of Lover's Lane and newly planted Monterrey Cypress on the west side. And a question: In the second photo (Lover’s Lane in the 1870′s) there is a low line of trees just inside the Presidio Gate. I presume the planting of Eucalyptus trees throughout the Presidio came well after this photo was taken, yet these trees were most probably intentionally planted as well. Does anyone know the history of these trees – what kind they were and what happened to them? They’re no longer there… I believe there are Eucalyptus on the East side of Lover’s Lane and newly planted Monterrey Cypress on the west side.

]]> By: sfjeff http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-252151 sfjeff Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:01:13 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-252151 Thanks Chris - I always love your history articles, both the writing and the photos. It always impresses me that you and others can visually orient landscapes completely different than what we see in today's streetscapes and give the vantage point from which the photo was taken. Great work! Thanks Chris – I always love your history articles, both the writing and the photos. It always impresses me that you and others can visually orient landscapes completely different than what we see in today’s streetscapes and give the vantage point from which the photo was taken. Great work!

]]> By: Peter Smith http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-252041 Peter Smith Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:09 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-252041 i'd rather ride with sand dunes than with cars. :) great stuff! i’d rather ride with sand dunes than with cars. :)

great stuff!

]]> By: Matt Todd http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-251871 Matt Todd Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:36:17 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-251871 I find this kind of history and information very interesting, and shared it with any friends that would appreciate it. Thanks for putting this together, and really looking forward to the next few articles! I find this kind of history and information very interesting, and shared it with any friends that would appreciate it. Thanks for putting this together, and really looking forward to the next few articles!

]]> By: Greg http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-251181 Greg Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:39:38 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-251181 This was fun to read, and I look forward to more. This was fun to read, and I look forward to more.

]]> By: Chris Ross http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-250801 Chris Ross Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:27:57 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-250801 Thanks for that article. Its great to revisit the early history of San Francisco. Under our feet are buried fresh water streams and lost lakes. Its hard to imagine seeing bears and coyotes fighting for the fish off the shore of the bay. It's so hard to believe how much its changed. Thanks for that article. Its great to revisit the early history of San Francisco. Under our feet are buried fresh water streams and lost lakes. Its hard to imagine seeing bears and coyotes fighting for the fish off the shore of the bay. It’s so hard to believe how much its changed.

]]> By: Nick http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-250791 Nick Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:13:02 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-250791 Nice article, worth the read. When I was a kid, our teachers would tell us about playing in the sand dunes in the Sunset in their youth. I couldn't imagine anything other than concrete and traffic. Something's been lost. Nice article, worth the read. When I was a kid, our teachers would tell us about playing in the sand dunes in the Sunset in their youth. I couldn’t imagine anything other than concrete and traffic. Something’s been lost.

]]> By: Ray Baxter http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/04/12/walking-through-the-sand/comment-page-1/#comment-250691 Ray Baxter Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:49:17 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=186851#comment-250691 Wow. Just wow. Thank you so much for the work that went into this post. It makes me want to go out revisit all of these sights and layer all of this history into my mind. Wow. Just wow.

Thank you so much for the work that went into this post. It makes me want to go out revisit all of these sights and layer all of this history into my mind.

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