The San Francisco call., 1910-07-23
MISSION PROGRESS
SEEMSPHENOMENAL
Great Section of City Making
Strides in Every Phase
of Development
By F. J. CHURCHILL,


a gradual resumption of building
operations. q growing confidence among
the business interests and steady ad-
vance in municipal improvements are
the signs Of prosperity noticeable dur
ing May throughout the entire Mission
district.
The permanent character of buildings
being erected in Valencia street has
done much TO improve the condition Of
this thoroughfare. The Mission saw
ings bank has just completed its mis-
sion style class A building at Six
teenth and Valencia streets, and the
steel work of the knights of Pythias
temple at Valencia and Hermann
streets is in course Of erection. Fol-
lowing in the footsteps OF the Mission
savings bank, the Mission turn verein
is erecting q class A mission style
building in Eighteenth street between
Valencia and Guerrero streets. 1t will
be two stories in height and used ex-
clusively for hall and lodgeroom pur-
poses.
MANY FINE BUILDINGS
Mission street property has been
greatly improved by the assurance that
the state srmory and auditorium build
ing will be erected at the corner of
Fourteenth and Mission streets. The
completed, is q, distinct addition to the
block between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, and it is reported that the
labor council intends TO build its $780,
600 building alongside of this school and
next TO the concrete building of the
nglo-Californian trust company. The
Premium theater, q brick freproof
building, has just been added to the
playhouses between Twenty and
Twenty-second streets, and the Wig
wan amusement company has issued
stock for its 100000 building on the
present site of the Wigwam theater.
The number OF fat buildings being
erected is greatest in the section
bounded by Sixteenth, Twentieth, Guer-
rero and Douglass streets. A compari-
son Of the number of empty flats in the
Mission and other sections of the city
shows that the excellent climatic con-
ditions of the Mission are being more
generally appreciated. AS a residence
street, Dolores seems to be in favor
The projected system Of central parks.
which will be made continuous. the
width and historical Importance of this
boulevard and the proposed plan of
beautifying the Mission park, have all
contributed TO this effect. Now the
plan to extend the Dolores boulevard
on the south TO Mission street and on
the north 10 the Golden Gate park pam
handle which was temporarily aban-
doned on account of the numerous de-
raands made on the city treasury, has
been revived.
TRACTS ON THE MARKET
Several tracts have been placed on
the market during the present month
in the southwestern quarter OF the
Mission, where residence sites at a
reasonable price are in such demand
that il was found necessary to convert
the vegetable gardens between San
Jose, Onondaga avenues and Mission
and Milton streets into building lots
The survey of streets IN these newly
opened tracts will provide for easy
access to Mission street, the main
thoroughfare, AMI medium restrictions
viii govern the sale Of the lots. To
make all portions of the peninsula di-
rectly accessible the specifications of
several tunneling projects are being
prepared. The tunneling Of the Po-
trero Nuevo hill by way of Twentieth
street, the leveling or boring of Six
teenth street west of Castro, so as TO
join the Mission and the Sunset dis
tricts, and the Twin peaks tunnel are
among these.
School accommodations are being i'm
proved in accordance with the popula-
tion of the respective tracts Land
has been purchased 70 enlarge the
Monroe school in the Excelsior. home
stead, and a contract price has been