Events by Decade Archives - Page 20 of 101 -

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AUGUST 27, 2005: A large crowd attended the opening ceremony for the 16th Ave Steps in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Heights.

With its 43 hills, San Francisco is the hilliest city in the United States. As a result, there are over 600 public stairways to accommodate…

AUGUST 26, 1952: Thousands of crypts and mausoleums at San Francisco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery were destroyed, and remains were removed to make way for redevelopment.

UPDATED August 26, 2022 In 1850, when San Francisco was first established, Larkin Street was the City’s western boundary. Everything west of Larkin was left…