Comments on: 26th and Valencia Through The Ages

By: Know Your South Mission Historic Resources « Burrito Justice

Know Your South Mission Historic Resources « Burrito Justice — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:37:04 +0000

[...] (And a little more historical digging I did last year on the Orange / San Jose area.) [...]

By: j dizzle

j dizzle — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:39:14 +0000

toads & south end are owned by the same person. i think he just changed the name / format. still amazing though.

By: I Can See 200 Yards « Mission Mission

I Can See 200 Yards « Mission Mission — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:33:33 +0000

[...] the semi-permeable hipster membrane this evening, if you dare! Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Translucent Rita [...]

By: La Lenguans of the World, Unite! « Burrito Justice

La Lenguans of the World, Unite! « Burrito Justice — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:08:18 +0000

[...] I recently expanded our northern border to 24th since the Mission didn’t seem to be using it (semi-permeable hipster membrane, etc). Considering a further thrust to [...]

By: tk

tk — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:01:02 +0000

“. . . A handsome blonde, just merging from her teens, and of a most charitable disposition.”

Ooooh, a fin de siecle Girl Gone Wild! HOTT.

By: Hoy en la Misión: 29.01.10 | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version

Hoy en la Misión: 29.01.10 | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:00:23 +0000

[...] tanto, el historiador favorito de toda la Misión, Burrito Justice, saca a la luz unos antiguos registros de lo que solía haber sobre las calles 26 y Valencia. En el espacio (ahora desaparecido) del Club Dovre y Toad’s para ser exactos. ¿A qué no adivina? [...]

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:39:57 +0000

Thanks Danny! I will take you up on that offer. Digging around the city directories, a guy named John Stelling lived at 242 San Jose from at least 1918-1924. From 1915-1921, Stelling's occupation is listed as secretary for Rolph Navigation & Coal. (He was a bookkeeper before that, and the general manager for the Pacific Coast Jockey Club afterwards.) The interesting bit? Rolph Navigation was founded by 'Sunny Jim' Rolph, our fine mayor from 1911-1930. Rossi served for 13 years after Sunny Jim became governor... Anyway, here's the detail on 242 San Jose from 1911-1924, and the directory listings for John Stelling from 1904 to 1924.

By: Fried what? – Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:07:38 +0000

[...] favorite Mission historian over at Burrito Justice, meanwhile, digs up some old records of what used to be at 26th and Valencia. In the spaces of (now defunct) Toad’s and the Dovre Club to be exact. Wanna guess? It starts [...]

By: Ariel Dovas

Ariel Dovas — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:55:19 +0000

I remember when the Dovre moved. I lived right around the corner and was still a teenager, but was really amazed at the insistence of the Women’s Building to move them out.

By: jan@janadams.com

jan@janadams.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:33:16 +0000

I long chiefly noticed the building that was briefly Toad’s because it was an extreme example of how stucco siding can reveal the underlying rot in foundations of old buildings. From sometime in the ’70s when I first noticed it through sometime in the last decade, the stucco along the curtain wall on the 26th St. side buckled and crumbled until one could see into the crawl space.

Then an owner put in a foundation. Most of the old buildings in San Francisco have undergone this repair or need it. (I did this sort of work in the 70s and 80s so it is a bit of a fixation for me.)