The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
NEW LOCALITIES
GROW STEADILY
This Due to the Fact That Fire
Retarded the Old Resi-
dence Section

1T is. noticeable" said a leading real
estate man, that the newer parts of
San Francisco, which were not dis
turbed by the coniagration, nave
grown in Importance steadily during
the last three years. A part of this un-
doubtedly is due to the fact that for a
time residential sites near the center OF
the city were not in condition to be
built up Immediately. This does not
explain the whole situation. fronting
on the Golden gate and abutting on the
Preside wall, is an area which Is de-
voted to handsome homes. Land was
obtainable in large lots in that section,
and men of money, pleased with the
outlook and the scenic delights, pur-
chased there and expended large sums
in the erection of fine houses. There
are no vacancies observable in that
region. This is not an exceptional con-
dition at all. The general facts relate
to all the suburbs of San FRANCISCO
and are illustrated in the picturesque
series OF towns and cities in southern
California. which have found improve
ments to be a splendid asset. Thereby
people have been attracted from the
! east and have made their permanent
homes, to the general betterment OF
realty values There is no question
that the same sort of attraction VIII
draw population TO San FRANCISCO:
Merchants as well as the owners OF
realty are intimately concerned III the
matter of improvements
.sThere is probably no section in the
city that has made more rapid strides
as a residential section than that prop
ertv in the Richmond district along
Lake street and California street. This
land is really an extension or the
Presidio Heights district put was
neglected until the fire came. The de-
velopment of this section started WIN
the putting on the market OF the Pay
District land company's property, the
Jordan tract and the Presidio terrace
and has worked out now as far as
Thirty-second avenue. In the last year
miles of streets have been bitumenlzeo
and sidewalked, and much work ma
been signed up for. Take for example
Lake street out to Twenty-fourth ave-
nue. California street from TWelItn te
/ Twenty-fourth avenues, Twenty-fourtn
avenue from California to Lake, and
! numerous other side streets such as
4 Ninth and Tenth avenues, Twenty
second avenue and others. Inc com
nletion of this street work has MADE II
4 attractive to the home seeker as IL does
away with the shifting sand In summer
| and the mud in winter. Another grea'
! helm has been the extension OF the
! IPann1nQlG COuucClAA6 bhO OS~~~-@ -
| mark with the Preside bet"eeI
Tbirteenth and Fourteenth avenues
work on the park having actually beer
commenced.
.aThe property along Lake street ant
from some of the avenues is naturall.
most attractive. The views obtain
able are unsurpassed, as they com
btne vistas of the Golden gate, tn'
Marin county mountains, the bay o
and fh
shore line of the Pacific ocean. AMI
character of property, with its mag
nificent views, forms an attraction
which will not only hold our resident
here. but will induce others to come
All that the section has needed in tn
past is now being supplied. The stree
work. as mentioned, and the rapid ca
service furnished by the Sutter stree
lines assure the large growth of tn
better class of homes or residences.
There is no lack of picturesqu
building sites in San Francisco, no
is there any scarcity of areas whicl
are capable of high improvements
This has been illustrated by the ex
, | tension of transportation lines tha
have made accessible the district nea
the affiliated colleges, the Sunset dis
, trict and other sections. There ar
, still handsome residential sites il
4 .aDunOdnce III the IcdIl VI lAc cll
that command splendid marine views
/ that are near hotels, theaters, school
and all other conveniences of grea
city, which have been vacant sine
1906.
Certain down town real estate men ar
devoting particular attention to Taylo
street between Clay and Jackson. For
D rnerly there were many handsome resi-
dences in Taylor street, but the nun
b1f - e<~
J toned is now few. Taylor street |
r nearly level and is made convenien
of access by the crossing of fou
! electric lines. The holdings in tha
section were large and some of tn
{; finest homes in the city were there
At present signs of FOR sale" are nu
. merous. From the street level the ba
of San Francisco and the handsom
eastern shore of the bay of San Fran
cisco are IN full view with the ship
ping and large part of the city.