Comments on: Ponds and Streams in the Mission http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Burrito Justice http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3562 Burrito Justice Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:51:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3562 Hell yes! Insanely interested. Will ping you.

]]> By: Christopher Richard http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3561 Christopher Richard Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:36:06 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3561 Allen,

I’m Christopher Richard, coauthor and publisher of Creek & Watershed Map of San Francisco. I’m also curator of aquatic biology at Oakland Museum of California. Several of my maps have shown up in blog discussions of the Mission District, including Burrito Justice.

It is time to reprint the map and I have had second thoughts about the original hydrology of the Mission District. I have compiled a mountain of research, including over 100 maps of the Mission District pre 1870. I have retranslated the journals of Anza, Font, and Palou about the founding of the mission.

To date, I have had very productive reviews of my research by mission locals, Joel Pomerantz and Bob Isaacson. I would very much enjoy the opportunity to go over my materials with you if you would be interested in doing so.

If you, or anyone else knowledgeable on the topic would be so kind, I would enjoy a get-together, either at the museum or in San Francisco.

Please forgive me; I am about to spam you with requests in all the indirect portals into your web world, as none of them seem like reliably read email accounts.

Please contact me via the link on this page: http://museumca.org/creeks/contact.html

Thanks,
Christopher

]]> By: Sinking Cities – Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3560 Sinking Cities – Mission Loc@l -- San Francisco Mission District's News, Food, Art and Events Wed, 26 May 2010 23:06:56 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3560 [...] Justice displays the intelligence of cities built on water (know any neighborhoods like that?) Filed Under: Today's Mission This entry was written by Mark Rabine, posted on at 8:03 am, [...]

]]> By:  | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3559  | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version Wed, 26 May 2010 23:05:58 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3559 [...] Justice muestra la inteligencia de las ciudades que se construyen en el agua (¿sabe de algún barrio así?) « De Paseo en Kayak en el Arroyo [...]

]]> By: johnny0 http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3558 johnny0 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:19:04 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3558 hey zinzin, plug1 has more on Islais Creek, the abattoirs and Butchertown.

]]> By: Concerned http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3557 Concerned Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:20:26 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3557 Just last week, as they were digging the foundation at 18th and Valencia across from Luna Park, they hit ground water at about 7 feet. You could see the water table exposed, it was a little pond for a day or two, probably for the first time in decades.

]]> By: johnny0 http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3556 johnny0 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:26:22 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3556 A book on Butchertown via Sparkletack. $50-$200 on Amazon, or free to read in the SF public library…

You can’t see Butchertown on the 1859 map, but on the 1869 map there are a bunch of buildings where Bayshore is now, between Jerrold and Oakdale, right above Islais Creek…

]]> By: Mission History as Revealed By Creeks, Streams, Lakes and Lagoons « Burrito Justice http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3555 Mission History as Revealed By Creeks, Streams, Lakes and Lagoons « Burrito Justice Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:41:35 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3555 [...] History as Revealed By Creeks, Streams, Lakes and Lagoons Allan over at Mission Mission and Telstar Logistics are investigating hidden ponds and creeks of the Mission. Thankfully David [...]

]]> By: sangroncito http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3554 sangroncito Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:10:39 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3554 I hope I’m not standing on one on those once upon a time streams and ponds during a major earthquake. I suspect I’d be liquified.

]]> By: Today’s Mission: 01.28.09 | Mission Loc@l http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3553 Today’s Mission: 01.28.09 | Mission Loc@l Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:15:31 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3553 [...] from Mission Mission, these maps on ponds and streams in the Mission are really, really [...]

]]> By: LindyLula http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3552 LindyLula Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:29:55 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3552 Oh and have a look at my friend Ledia’s project. She traced Mission Lake in chalk.

http://lediacarroll.com/projects/missionlake/

]]> By: LindyLula http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3551 LindyLula Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:27:06 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3551 Yep. Kasey has it right. Butchertown.

]]> By: K http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3550 K Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:15:02 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3550 You can also see the stream in the SF Armory, particularly when it rains heavy.

]]> By: eddo http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3549 eddo Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:04:06 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3549 another tip on mission history – if you go to homestead, the bartenders there have all the records of all the owners of the bar since 1902, and have a crazy amount of maps and stuff of the area and old articles about the bar and its owners. in fact, they have a copy of both maps that you showed above, in addition to a whole slew of other historic goodies.

]]> By: olu http://www.missionmission.org/2009/01/28/ponds-and-streams-in-the-mission/#comment-3548 olu Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:47:51 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2385#comment-3548 apparently you can see water in the basement of Mission High.

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