Quiz 4
Question: What can the street curbs tell you about Forest Hill history?
Answer: If your street curb has a metal edge with a right angle, then your home was in the original Forest Hill subdivision. If your street curb has a rounded metal edge, your home is in Forest Hill Court, the second land purchase by Mason-McDuffie. The rounded metal edge is the better design. It doesn't seem to lift up and puncture tires.
If you street curb doesn't have a metal edge, your curb has replaced, either by the City or by a homeowner.
Question: What can the street curbs tell you about Forest Hill history?
Answer: If your street curb has a metal edge with a right angle, then your home was in the original Forest Hill subdivision. If your street curb has a rounded metal edge, your home is in Forest Hill Court, the second land purchase by Mason-McDuffie. The rounded metal edge is the better design. It doesn't seem to lift up and puncture tires.
If you street curb doesn't have a metal edge, your curb has replaced, either by the City or by a homeowner.
Quiz 3
Question: Who was Ching Wah Lee and what was his role in Forest Hill history?
Answer: Ching Wah Lee was a Chinese American actor, born in 1901. He appeared in the Good Earth (1937), Flower Drum Song (1961) and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). Later in life he gave guided tours of San Francisco's Chinatown, showing the sights and explaining Chinese culture and history to thousands of children. The Forest Hill Juniors, a group for young adults of Forest Hill, went on one of his tours. He gave each participant an autograph photo of himself.
The Forest Hill Juniors was organized by several mothers who wanted to offer the young adults in the neighborhood some interesting activities. Besides the trip to Chinatown, the group visited the Tonga Room in the Fairmont Hotel and held dances in the Clubhouse.
Question: Who was Ching Wah Lee and what was his role in Forest Hill history?
Answer: Ching Wah Lee was a Chinese American actor, born in 1901. He appeared in the Good Earth (1937), Flower Drum Song (1961) and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). Later in life he gave guided tours of San Francisco's Chinatown, showing the sights and explaining Chinese culture and history to thousands of children. The Forest Hill Juniors, a group for young adults of Forest Hill, went on one of his tours. He gave each participant an autograph photo of himself.
The Forest Hill Juniors was organized by several mothers who wanted to offer the young adults in the neighborhood some interesting activities. Besides the trip to Chinatown, the group visited the Tonga Room in the Fairmont Hotel and held dances in the Clubhouse.
Quiz 2
Question: Why can't the two houses adjacent to the pillars on Pacheco Street become members of the Forest Hill Association?
Answer: The short answer is the boundaries of Rancho San Miguel.
Per Wikipedia, Rancho San Miguel was a 4,443-acre Mexican land grant given in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to Jose de Jesus Noe. In 1880, former San Francisco Mayor Adolph Sutro bought the northwesterly section of the Rancho (Sutro Forest). Finally, Newell-Murdock bought the land which became Forest Hill from Mayor Sutro's heirs. Because the land grant perimeter did not follow the streets laid out by the City, the lots for the two houses at the end of the 400 block of Pacheco are outside the boundary of the land purchased by Newell-Murdock, and outside of the Forest Hill subdivisions.
Somehow, Newell-Murdock got permission to erect the 2 pillars.
If you want to know more about Sutro Forest, read Richard Brandi's page on his Outside Lands website.
If you want to know more about the Rancho San Miguel land grant, read Mae Silver's excellent book, Rancho San Miguel: A San Francisco Neighborhood History
Question: Why can't the two houses adjacent to the pillars on Pacheco Street become members of the Forest Hill Association?
Answer: The short answer is the boundaries of Rancho San Miguel.
Per Wikipedia, Rancho San Miguel was a 4,443-acre Mexican land grant given in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to Jose de Jesus Noe. In 1880, former San Francisco Mayor Adolph Sutro bought the northwesterly section of the Rancho (Sutro Forest). Finally, Newell-Murdock bought the land which became Forest Hill from Mayor Sutro's heirs. Because the land grant perimeter did not follow the streets laid out by the City, the lots for the two houses at the end of the 400 block of Pacheco are outside the boundary of the land purchased by Newell-Murdock, and outside of the Forest Hill subdivisions.
Somehow, Newell-Murdock got permission to erect the 2 pillars.
If you want to know more about Sutro Forest, read Richard Brandi's page on his Outside Lands website.
If you want to know more about the Rancho San Miguel land grant, read Mae Silver's excellent book, Rancho San Miguel: A San Francisco Neighborhood History
Quiz 0:
Question: What were home prices in Forest Hill in 1978?
Answer: You'll be surprised. Read this and weep.
Question: What were home prices in Forest Hill in 1978?
Answer: You'll be surprised. Read this and weep.