‘Then and Now’: 45th Avenue Between Kirkham and Lawton Streets

By Sunset Beacon on April 9, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Above: This photo looking north on 45th Avenue between Kirkham and Lawton streets was taken on Jan. 5, 1915. Part of 1544 45th Ave., built 1910, can be seen at right. Since most of the land in the Sunset District was sand dunes, sand is drifting onto the pavement at left. Photo courtesy of a private collector/Western Neighborhoods Project/OpenSFHistory.

Below: The same view 110 years later is barely recognizable with million-dollar homes lining the Outer Sunset street and any signs of sand are long gone. Photo by Michael Durand.

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