Van Ness Avenue
Books
- Three Days of Fire Earthquake, Fire, and the Forging of Modern San Francisco · Liszt Think
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shattered. The true catastrophe began moments later when Fire Chief Dennis Sullivan died in the rubble and water mains ruptured, leaving the city defenseless against…
- 2 to His Presence…ed through construction of the high-pressure system along the waterfront, twelve miles of mains fed by Pumping Station No. 2 at the foot of Van Ness Avenue, capable of throwing streams to the roofs of six-story warehouses lining the commercial district. He had standardized hose couplings after…
- The Birth of the First Major…eet fire, by 8: 00 a. m., had established a perimeter of approximately twelve square blocks, bounded roughly by Market Street on the south, Van Ness Avenue on the east, Golden Gate Avenue on the north, and Laguna Street on the west. Within this perimeter, the fire continued to generate new igni…
- The Individual Fires Ignited…immediate action to prevent total loss of the business district. The action they contemplated was dynamite demolition along a line west of Van Ness Avenue, creating a firebreak that would sacrifice the residential zone to preserve the financial core. This was not yet official policy; it had no…