WELL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUN

Posted by Kevin Montgomery on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:50pm

Categorized: Back in the Day, Bicycles, Haight

Tagged: maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps maps, The Wiggle

Imagine this: a grassy bike ride all the way to work*, the neighborhood name NOPA doesn't exist and SFPD wouldn't be able to ticket cyclists at the ARCO station. Well, apparently back in distant year of 1928, the city could have made this a reality. The plan was to extend the panhandle all the way to Market st. along The Wiggle. The plan called for demolishing housing along the route, indicating our politicians of years past actually had a spine.

I have no idea why it never happened, but I bet that Great Depression thing had something to do with it.

(via Wikipedia)

* a grassy bike ride to work for people who actually live in the western part of the city... and work.