Mt. Davidson, 1922 Considered a suburb of the inner City, the newly built Westwood Park (1) subdivision was built on the site of the Sutro Forest, which extended to Ocean Avenue (2) on the south, and Ridgewood Avenue (3) on the east slope of Mt. Davidson. The area would feel the impact of World War II as the future site of the the Phelan Avenue Reservoir (4) would be used as W.A.C. barracks and Hamburg St. would be changed to Ridgewood Avenue, after General Ridgewood. The future sites of Monterey Heights (5) and Westwood Highlands (6) remain cloaked in the shadows of the Sutro Eucalyptus Forest. Farragut Elementary School (7) and Homewood Terrace (8), an orphanage, have been replaced with housing developments. Historical notes above reproduced with permission from Ken and Kathy Hoegger's "In the Community" newsletter, March 2003. Photograph provided compliments of Ken and Kathy Hoegger, residents of Westwood Highlands. — Photo scanned, 2003, from copy made by Gregory Gaar. |