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Forest Hill, San Francisco
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| <!-- Basic info ----------------> | name | Forest Hill |
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| settlement_type | Neighborhood of San Francisco | |
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| image_skyline | Entrance to Forest Hill from Dewey Boulevard, July 2020.JPG | |
| imagesize | 300px | |
| image_caption | Entrance to Forest Hill from Dewey Boulevard | |
| pushpin_map | United States San Francisco Central | |
| pushpin_label_position | right | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Central San Francisco | |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 | |
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| leader_title | Supervisor | |
| leader_name | Myrna Melgar | |
| leader_title1 | Assemblymember | |
| leader_name1 | ||
| leader_title2 | State Senator | |
| leader_name2 | ||
| leader_title3 | U.S. House | |
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| area_total_sq_mi | 0.359 | |
| area_land_sq_mi | 0.359 | |
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| population_as_of | 2021 | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| population_total | 2800 | |
| population_density_sq_mi | 8663 | |
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| <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type | ZIP Code |
| postal_code | 94116 | |
| area_code_type | Area code | |
| area_code | Area code 415 | |
| website | https://foresthill-association.com/ |
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Forest Hill is an affluent neighborhood located on the West Side of San Francisco, California. Forest Hill is one of eight master-planned residence parks in San Francisco. Forest Hill is located near the middle of the City of San Francisco, southeast of the Inner Sunset and northeast of West Portal. Boundaries are roughly Seventh Avenue/Laguna Honda Boulevard to the north and east, Taraval Street to the south, and 14th Avenue to the west.
The area south of Dewey Boulevard is known as Laguna Honda or the Forest Hill Extension. The name Laguna Honda means "deep lagoon" in Spanish and presumably refers to the Laguna Honda Reservoir at the intersection of Laguna Honda Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue.
History
The property for Forest Hill was purchased by a private firm, the Newell-Murdoch Company, from the heirs of Adolph Sutro. Development of the neighborhood began in 1912. Advertisements emphasized the deed restrictions that disallowed apartment buildings and other multi-family homes and ownership by racial minorities. Deed restrictions were in place in Forest Hills until at least the 1930s, and the residence parks remained racially homogenous for much of the 20th century.
The streets in Forest Hill in Forest Hill did not conform to San Francisco's standards regarding width and grade, and therefore were not initially approved nor maintained by the City until 1978. Landscape architect Mark Daniels developed the master plan for Forest Hill. Several homes and the neighborhood clubhouse were designed by California Arts and Crafts Movement architect Bernard Maybeck. Harold G. Stoner also contributed to the architecture of the area, designing several houses as part of projects for Lang Realty.
References
References
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- (October 2016). "Gardens in the City: San Francisco Residence Parks, 1906–1940". Western Neighborhoods Project.
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- Newell-Murdoch Company. (March 13, 1913). "The most talked of residence park in California [advertisement]". San Francisco Chronicle.
- "Forest Hill". Western Neighborhoods Project.
- [http://www.outsidelands.org/daniels.php "Mark Daniels: Landscape Architect of Forest Hill, Sea Cliff and More"]. Western Neighborhoods Project, Outsidelands.org, April 2, 2003.
- McCoy, Esther. (1960). "Five California Architects". Reinhold Publishing Corporation.
- "Mt. Davidson » Harold G. Stoner".
- "Streetwise: Forest Hill". Western Neighborhoods Project.
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