‘Then and Now’: Balboa Street near 23rd Avenue

By San Francisco Richmond ReView on May 4, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Above: This June 1949 photo is looking west-northwest on Balboa Street toward 23rd Avenue. The eastbound Muni-31 streetcar line is rising out of the “Balboa dip.” The billboard advertises the Ice Follies at Winterland. Photo courtesy of a private collector/Western Neighborhoods Project/OpenSFHistory.

Below: This April 2024 photo shows the streetcar rails are gone and the overhead transportation wires have doubled from one to two each way. Longtime residents will remember when diesel buses were roaring up the hills on Balboa before they were replaced with today’s quieter electric vehicles. Photo by Michael Durand.

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