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The Golden Fire Hydrant (also called "the Little Giant") is a fire hydrant on the corner of Dolores Park in the Mission District of San Francisco.The hydrant is celebrated for being one of the few functioning hydrants after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
[3] [4] The resolution states, in part, “Therefore…..to protect the town against another such calamity by organizing fire companies”, and the San Francisco Fire Department was born. Town Council met on January 28, 1850, and formally elected Kohler as the first Chief Engineer of the San Francisco Fire Department.
The Mission District (Spanish: Distrito de la Misión), [4] commonly known as the Mission (Spanish: La Misión), [5] is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name is derived from Mission San Francisco de Asís, built in 1776 by the Spanish. [6]
The San Francisco Fire Department was called to the scene about 9 p.m. in the 700 block of Jackson Street, authorities said. Chinatown was bustling as people celebrated Lunar New Year.
Mission District: San Francisco's New Mission Theater Chronology at The Friends of 1800 website. 118: Niantic: Niantic (Storeship) May 16, 1991 : NW corner of Clay and Sansome Sts. Financial District: 119: Ohlandt Newlyweds House
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Multiple victims were struck by bullets during a mass shooting in San Francisco's Mission District Friday night, but authorities said there were no fatalities.
Mission Local began as a hyperlocal project of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, [3] focusing on San Francisco's Mission District. [4] As some of the mainstream newspapers in San Francisco were shrinking and downsizing, it was believed that local media sites might fill some of the holes in reporting that were being left. [5]
Original - San Francisco Mission District burning in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Image taken on a rooftop near the fire by H. D. Chadwick. Edit 1 - The image has been sharpened and as much noise as a result has been removed Reason