Meet Jasmine Vaucresson. The Sunset resident won a citywide essay-writing contest for high school students recounting their neighborhood’s history and the meaning it has today. Her essay “Sand Turned Gold: The Warmth of the Sunset” was awarded a Fracchia Prize by the San Francisco Historical Society. Jasmine tells the story of the Sunset from when it was sand dunes to the many immigrants who arrived — including her mother — to make the Sunset what it is today.
Read MoreMeet Jeana Loraine, the artist who founded Sealevel — a creative sanctuary and performance space near the ocean in the Outer Sunset.
Read MoreMeet Richard Hansen. His house on Sloat Boulevard doubles as a veritable museum of San Francisco history. Three rooms are dedicated to the photos, maps, and records dating back to the Gold Rush.
Read MoreDiscarded horse-drawn streetcars became affordable housing in the early 1900s, attracting bohemian residents to San Francisco’s undeveloped Outside Lands near the ocean. What happened to this eccentric community?
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