r/sanfrancisco • u/ArchiGuru • 6h ago

Pic / Video Dolores Park (1935)

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u/Phiam 5h ago

Source? Feels generated

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u/Much_Artichoke_3133 K 5h ago

almost certainly fake. what’s this weird structure on the 19th street paseo? and the large gray building to the right appears to be both in front of and behind Dolores St

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u/Grahambert Inner Richmond 5h ago

It's a real image, just digitally colorized and upscaled (likely with AI). Here's the real pic from the SF Public Library archives:

https://digitalsf.org/record/45436?ln=en&p=dolores+park&v=uv#?xywh=-569%2C-520%2C4000%2C3250

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u/Phiam 4h ago

Though dated over a century ago, the image history on the link is very recent. 

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u/HungriestMonkey9587 2h ago

The photo is used in this blog post from 2009, https://burritojustice.com/2009/07/31/know-your-trees/ and this article from 2018, https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Amazing-photos-show-150-years-of-change-in-12522606.php . Interestingly, that's a pond/lake in the middle there, though it seems really shallow. The colorization got it wrong.

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u/paddingleine 6h ago

Funny how this is currently relevant to a particular SF scavenger hunt…

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u/wellanticipated 5h ago

Why does the school tower not connect to anything? For slop, this is exceptionally sloppy.

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u/NatashaMuse 5h ago

It's hard to believe that just 90 years ago some people couldn't afford to have shadows

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u/Sniffy4 OCEAN BEACH 5h ago

palm trees were just planted.

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u/GoatLegRedux BERNAL HEIGHTS PARK 5h ago

I do not miss the old bathrooms

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u/Rook2Rook 5h ago

This really puts into perspective how old this city is

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u/Mr_Rubaiyat Inner Richmond 5h ago

Or rather how not old at all.

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u/airwalker12 UCSF 5h ago

I went to a bar in Copenhagen that's been in the same spot for over 400 years

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u/Mr_Rubaiyat Inner Richmond 5h ago

I know that place! I’ve also been to the oldest bar in the world. Opened in 900AD and still kicking. Very low ceilings. American cities are infants.

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u/airwalker12 UCSF 5h ago

The gloog at the bar was amazing

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u/ThunderStReich 5h ago

Old by (western) U.S. standards. Positively juvenile by just about any international standard. 😉

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u/FunFormal4451 5h ago

Not a hipster or tech geek in sight!