Presidio Terrace Update: Street View Screenshot

Things have changed since our last post about Presidio Terrace. Go on, take a look at the old post - we'll wait for you. Now, instead of one Yellow Man inside the gate, it's a bunch. And they've brought a few friends along as well in a kind of virtual demonstration, as you can see in the screenshot above. Oh my!

More seriously, this isn't the only neighborhood with houses that have/had racial covenants of course. But the sentry gate and the covenants are tied up with each other so that's why Presidio Terrace takes heat to this day. And for those of you who think this is all ancient history, the mayor San Francisco from just four years ago ran into some difficulty for merely looking at houses in the Forest Knolls area of San Francisco in the sixties.

Well perhaps it is from a while back, but this story is still interesting nevertheless. See how Willie Brown first met fellow former S.F. mayor Diane Feinstein! Of course DiFi gets criticised for having lived in the Terrace (yes, she has moved out) but, to her credit, she was literally on the front lines of this issue back in the day. Isn't it ironic, don't ya think?

[Sure it's ironic, commenters. It's like rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you've already paid, that kind of thing. Also, 1. This community has a gate. Ergo, "gated community". 2. There IS a guard at the gate. See the photo in the link. He was on the job. 3. It's private propet'ah. Ergo, "private street". Thanks for reading!]