[PW] the Buena Vista in 1958-1960

[Marian Drabkin]

It was down near where the Ghiradelli Square area and the Cannery area are 
now.  Possibly if you can get an old map showing that part of SF, you could 
locate it?  I wish I could remember the street-names, but as I wasn't able 
to drive yet at that time, I never noticed street-names, just where it was, 
on a corner, not far from the street where the cable-car tracks turned and 
only a few blocks from the water.
Possibly the history room at SFPL would be of more help than the UCB folk 
here.  Or you could try the really excellent history room at the Oakland 
Public Library.   Both public libraries would have material on past 
businesses.

Marian Drabkin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Halpern" <markhalpern at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Wombat" <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: [PW] the Buena Vista in 1958-1960


> Colleagues,
>
> A friend of mine needs to know, for a memoir or story he's writing, 
> exactly where the Buena Vista Cafe of fond memory was located in San 
> Francisco in the period 1958-1960.  It's turned out to be harder than I 
> thought to answer this question; the Reference Desk at UCB was unable to 
> help, other than to make a few broad suggestions as to where else I might 
> look.  I wonder if anyone might know the answer, or be able to suggest 
> other people or books that might?
>
>            Mark Halpern
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