Cesar Chavez Street
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Cesar Chavez Street (formerly Army Street) [1] is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, United States. The street was renamed in 1995 in honor of American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez.[2]
It starts at Pier 80 in the Bayview neighborhood and ends at Douglass Street in the Noe Valley.[3][4]
Background
Originally named Army Street in 1850, the street paralleled Navy Street and ended at the Army Pier.[1] In the 1930s it was widened and meant to be a thoroughfare for automobiles.[5] It is seen as the dividing line between the Mission District on the north, and Bernal Heights on the south.[6] At one point it was two-lane street with its own streetcar line, but had been widened to six lanes by 1950.[7]
The name of the street was changed to honor the city's Latino community, but the change was controversial at the time.[4]
References
- ^ a b Smith, Susie. "Cesar Chavez Street". Critical Sustainabilities. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ Rubenstein, Steve (1995-04-01). "Cesar Chavez Signs Go Up On S.F.'s Former Army Street". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "The location of Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco". Google Maps.
- ^ a b Paddock, Richard (1995-10-31). "Chavez Street: a Route to Discord in S.F." L.A. Times. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ Lappin, Todd (2013-08-14). "A Brief History of Cesar Chavez/Army Street". bernalwood.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ Gordon, Rachel (2011-01-07). "San Francisco's Cesar Chavez Street gets makeover". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ Burdick, Natalie (2016-06-12). "Exploring the transformation of Cesar Chavez Street". L.A. Times. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
External links
- "Cesar Chavez Street". localwiki.org.
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