SFist: Blocker: 3400 Sacramento

DC1974

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:12:16 -0800

When I lived in SF on Post near Laurel Heights, I had also heard that it was known as Jewish area. But I can't find any reference to it. However, in the more things change department... I do see that one of the reasons given for moving the "big four" cemeteries from that area beginning in the 1920s to Colma was over concern about "homeless encampments." (These charges may have been trumped up as the area around Masonic and Geary and Laurel Hill was a prime development spot as well.)

suckafree

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:17:49 -0800

i just did guest i am out you guys can carry on without me good luck!

guest

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:56:32 -0800

oh yeah, I call it the Sacramento Slalom from having to weave in and out of all those double parkers! I also call this area Therapists' Row because so many mental health professionals have their offices on Sacramento between Presidio and the CPMC campus some blocks further west. In answer to comment 3, the Jewish Community Center is in fact located very near there at the corner of California and Presidio, but I don't think that Laurel Heights has a particularly high concentration of Jewish residents. Someone could probably check the census data but that's my impression anyhow.

trixie

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:10:20 -0800

Oh man! I'm just sorry Charles didn't get to experience the gauntlet of double-parked cars that says "Sacramento Street" to me...

guest

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:14:01 -0800

Please, suckafree, if you hate the homeless so much, then just get it over with and move to the suburbs instead of voluntarily living here and constantly bitching about it. Living in San Francisco and complaining about homelessness is like living in Phoenix and complaining about how hot it gets in the summer.

guest

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:37:36 -0800

I always sort of though of Laurel Heights as a somewhat Jewish area. Is this (still) the case?

Leanne

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:52:17 -0800

I love the lighting in the first photo. And I love Goodbyes! (Not so much the kids on leashes.)

suckafree

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:42:43 -0800

i love presidio heights. it's my favorite part of town. too bad the entry point is about 15 million for a fixer upper to enjoy this one of several exclusive enclaves where you wont get accosted by homeless people every day. oh well. we can all dream to be able to afford that kind of quality of life someday. anyone want to lend me 13 million after i sell my middle class place? ;)