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Golden Gate Park
In 1871 William Hammond Hall, an ex-army engineer, was appointed as the parks first superintendent. Within 5 years, he designed the park, figured out how to anchor the sand dunes by planting imported sand grass and how to make the trees grow, and he had begun at the east end to landscape the barren waste. Uncle John McLaren later took over the work. The park that Hall designed and McLaren built is one of the great monuments of romantic landscape design. The park is perennially green, since most of the vegetation is not deciduous and there are beautiful gardens throughout. Also, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Academy of Sciences occupy the park. The 'de Young' is currently being re-designed by noted architects Herzog and de Meuron.
Jordan Park
Boundaries include Geary Boulevard, California Street and Parker Avenue. It is adjacent to Children's Hospital and home to many doctors. The area has handsome stately homes that are well-designed and nicely landscaped. The closest shopping area is Laurel Village.
Lake Street
The Lake Street area runs parallel with the Richmond area and borders the Park Presidio. Most of these homes are detached and many of the cul-de-sacs North of Lake are traffic free and back up to the Presidio. The North of Lake homes are often the bigger in the area. A nice neighborhood.
Lincoln Manor
A select corner of the outer Richmond, with old and gracious houses. Also known as Shoreview Terrace.
Lone Mountain
Close to the University of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Park, this handsome and neat neighborhood offers older and newer homes, with well maintained gardens and surrounded by greenery. There is also the newer USF sports center.
Richmond Area
An ethnically mixed area, where immigrant Russians and East European Jews settled in the late teens and twenties. Businesses, restaurants, bookstores and the Russian Cathedral on Geary still testify to their presence. The largest ethnic group is the Chinese, who, overflowing from Chinatown, found it easier to acquire property here than in the inner-city areas. The commercial strips along Geary and Clement are the new Chinatown. The residential boom in this area began in 1912 with the opening of the Municipal Railway line on Geary Boulevard, providing good transportation to downtown. The next boom followed World War II and succeeded in filling all of the blocks to the ocean.
Rossi Park
A flat area, named for its adjoining playground. The houses are well maintained and quiet.
Sea Cliff
City living rarely offers a residential area as dramatically perched as Sea Cliff. It is high enough above sea level to be out of reach of the waves, yet close enough to the shore to share with its residents a sense of intimacy with the salt spray and the sound of the surf. Its winding landscaped streets, beautiful houses and no overhead wiring attract many sightseers. There are also two beaches here; China Beach and Baker Beach.
Sutro Heights
Adolph Sutro acquired his estate in 1879. He passed away in 1898. The park named after him, offers fantastic views of the Ocean and is well landscaped. Surrounded by pretty houses in the outer Richmond area.
West Clay Park
A prestigious neighborhood, with two-story, square shaped houses of good size, pleasantly isolated by the Presidio and close to Lake Street.
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