The Sunset: Realtors Came Up with the Name, Which is Apt (When it’s not foggy)

Discussion

District 2: Sunset and Parkside

The Highlights

The Outer Sunset/Parkside: Large swaths of rectangular homes laid out in giant grids in coastal setting. Massive mid-century building boom of relatively uniform houses (the Junior 5, center patio, tunnel entry, etc) laid out along alphabetical and numbered streets Known for fog (Karl), good schools, Ocean Beach, and the N-Judah and L-Taraval MUNI lines serve area even though most homes come with parking. Many unwarranted in-law spaces on ground levels shared with garages. 

The Central Sunset: Features standard 2-bed, 1-bath homes, with some larger houses having 3+ bedrooms and 1+ bathrooms, various specialty ‘upgraded’ blocks with more details, embellishments (Rousseau homes)

The Inner Sunset: Divided into two parts, one closer to Lincoln and 19th Avenue with Victorian/Edwardian houses, and another closer to UCSF with big Arts & Craft houses.

Golden Gate Heights: Above the Inner Sunset and near Forest Hill, the top of a large rock outcropping that extends all the way towards the beach). More uniform original, mid-century homes, some with epic views over the Sunset to the ocean. Larger parcels but with unusable slopes, Steep hills/curvy; fierce blown fog. 

The Parkside The Outer Sunset/Parkside variation: various recent-build condominiums. Various projects contemplated, poster child for up-zoning debates. Also, Slow Street/permanent closure of Great Highway was much-debated topic

What About It?

USEFUL LINKS ABOUT THE CITY

• How the City thinks of its neighborhoods - CCSF
• Latest Demographics in San Francisco - SF Chronicle reporting Census data
• The 5 Political Clusters of San Francisco (as based on voting precinct information) SF Chronicle
• How policymakers can’t agree on what SF neighborhood boundaries are - SF Chronicle
• Look up Walk Scores - Walkscore
• San Francisco Maps - Eater SF
• The Body Politic from 2024 the redder parts of the City - SF Chronicle
• Will it be Foggy Today?

2E - Central Sunset

2D - Parkside | 2G - Inner Parkside

2C - Outer Sunset

2F - Inner Sunset

2A - Golden Gate Heights