Divisadero Street
Divisadero Street is a north–south city street in San Francisco, California. Beginning at the city's northern waterfront, it runs south, passing through the Marina District, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, and further provides the traditional boundary between several neighborhoods before terminating at 14th Street, near Buena Vista Park and Corona Heights Park.
Background
Divisadero Street is continuous with Castro Street in the Castro District, San Francisco. The road was laid out when the Western Addition was planned in the 1850s. It was initially the western city boundary. San Francisco [cable car system|Cable car]s along the street provided traffic which supported a vibrant commercial corridor in the streetcar suburb starting in the 1870s.In 1909, the road, Street was renamed Divisadero Street.
"San Francisco ought to be able to put up with, even if it is an improper spelling of a Spanish word" - San Francisco Chronicle, November 1910
The neighborhood would evolve from a Jewish population to a predominantly African American population, which was largely displaced by urban renewal projects in the 1960s.