The San Francisco call., 1910-03-26
SUPERB HIGHWAY
NfARS COMPLETION
Improvement That Means Much
for Richmond District and
All San Francisco

' The bouleVa rd that crosses the Rich
mond district and viii unite Golden
Gate park and the Presidio with a
splendid roadway. adorned with trees
and banks Of flowers and lawns, has
a'een cut through from Lake street to
" thin ono block of Golden Gate park.
From street to d or Fulton the work
men are making progress and before
the summer season is over a great at
traction viii have been completed.
At the park the boulevard entrance
TO the great pleasure ground has been
outlined and preliminary grading was
done at that spot some time ago. From
Lake street TO Point Lobos avenue
spaces for lawns, for tree plantations
and for drives and pedestrian paths
have been laid out for many months.
The shade trees and the shrubbery have
attained substantial growth and already
maj Ike the boulevard area look some
thing like the Park panhandle that runs
westwardly from Baker street.
DELAYED BY THE FIRE
some months ago work on the boule-
ward was resumed with Vigor. The
project would have been completed long
ago III il had not been that the fire of
1906 fnterfered with funds and made
t.lAL NELldlAuS A0i A4AOH6E IN OlueI
directions. During four or five months
teams and men have been engaged in
cutting through the sandhills interven-
ing between Point Lobos avenue and d
street. a distance of four blocks, and in
laying out the land in plantations, etc.
HILLS that looked from A distance to be
.formida Bile were moved easily. being all
sand. and now the eyes OF the Rich
mond people are gladdcned by broad
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and falls from Lake street toward Gold
cn Gate park
The Richmond section is particularly
fortunate in having in its confines four
routes Of travel and ways of pleasure,
that would be noted in any American
city by reason Of their width. These
are First avenue, which is generally
accepted as the eastern boundary of
Richmond Point Lobos avenue. that
runs the entire length Of the district
eastward and westward, and which will
be traversed by a municipal railroad
unless the efforts now under way are
sufficient to prevent il from being con-
structed, the great highway that fronts
t.he ocean and makes a superb western
boundary for the entire width of Rich
n 7nd: aud finally the nearly completed
'sou levard that runs centrally through
the district and that will be juplicat-
ing the park panhandle in certain at
tractive features. not the least attrac-
tive feature Of Richmond's fine thor
ouEhfares.
Of the four great ways enumerated.
First avenue is the least scenic, al
though from il, at some points, there
are fine views. Point Lobos avenue,
over a large share of its course, runs
in view of the Pacific ocean and is the
key to many scenic blocks that are on
the slopes that slant downward to
Golden Gate park. The great highway
IS splendidly scenic throughout its en-
tire course, fronting the entire width
Of both the Richmond and the Sunset
districts. The boulevard from Golden
Gate avenue TO Lake street, at several
points. brings into view the ocean and
Elfmpses Of the Golden Gate and at
the park end is remarkably attractive.
TO connect this boulevard with the
system of governmental roads that run
through the military reservation, IL is
necessary TO perform some work on the
governments land. but this is not of an
expensive nature and when the work is
done between c street and the park, the
completion of the governmental part
OF the boulevard enterprise viii be
matter of but a short time.
AN UNSURPASSED DRIVE
The circuit of the Golden Gate park
and Of the Preside can be made in
one drive without passing through
anything but charming parts OF the
city from the time the route is entered
upon in either direction The forest
ing Of the Preside is about as well ad-
.ranced as that Of the Golden Gate park
IN places. The Vistas, including those
Of rzrk and Preside combined, viii be
Of a sufficiently interesting sort TO
stimulate the pleasures Of vision at
every turn. The lawns, tree planta-
tions. vast flower beds, sylvan ways
and the scores Of attractions in the
mark. all of which are well known To-
cally. will be supplemented by the
frowning heights of the Preside along
which superb roads run far above the
sea level and commanding marine
views OF iIimitable extent.
VALUABLE COMMERCIAL ASSET
Attention is called TO this improve
rnent because ii not only will serve
= locality as commercial asset but
will also promote the delights of liv-
ing in the. neighborhood. IT is the best
sort of an advertisement. No one will
be able TO make the round of travel
from Park entrance to close, traverse
tho verdant links Of the boulevard
chain to the Presidio, climb the wind
swept Preside heights and see the
Pacific from above. wind around the
sinuous rosdwsys sufficiently TO
glimpse the Golden Gate at various
angles and points OF view, and then
90 away and forget the impression
Since the Richmond boulevard was
originally projected the Richmond dis
trict. both in a business way and resi-
dentially, has been extended westward
very largely The boulevard was
originally west of most of Richmond's
building activity 1t is now more nearly
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