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SFStreets: History of San Francisco place names

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by varenc

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I extracted all the history information to a single file if others like me would find this useful: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/d3cikbe5siw4uuiurcd...
(Though I do love the website's interface)

by 1-more

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If you like Main being named after Charles Main, maybe I can interest you in this list of unexpected eponyms https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/

by rahimnathwani

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OpenAI Deep Research is great for this. Here's a report about College Hill, a small area of SF between Bernal Heights and Glen Park:
https://chatgpt.com/share/685b0890-fa44-8013-adce-8db2855d13...
(Glen Park Library is where Ross Ulbricht was arrested.)
Here's a similar one about Colliers Wood (South London), another small area whose location is often described as 'between X and Y' (in this case, Tooting and Wimbledon):
https://chatgpt.com/share/685b09a4-14f0-8013-ad2c-3c2c7f8c25...

by lvl155

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I worked on a project long time ago similar to this. I had to dig up old maps from major public libraries across a handful of cities and overlay them on top of modern maps using key historical landmarks and geographical features. It’s amazing how cities evolve and transform over time. I think what would be cool is if someone could build a street-level time capsule of places like New York. Perhaps monthly or even daily.

by yogurtboy

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This is unbelievably cool. I would love to see the same for the Twin Cities, or Seattle.

by madcaptenor

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This has been here before, but nice to see it again.
If only this answered the great puzzle of San Francisco street names - why are the state-named streets in Potrero Hill and the Mission in that order?

by wagwang

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by davchana

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