Thanks for another great backgrounder, Paul. Two small corrections:
135 Van Ness was the HQ for SFUSD a long time ago, but it is still very much in full use. It now houses a number of HR and Payroll functions. It has a spectacular conference room. This was going to be the site for SOTA. Now it is mostly where employees who need in-person payroll assistance go to languish.
170 Fell Street (the site of the former HS of Commerce) is completely unused & unusable due to its being badly damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. I also believe the 1989 earthquake damage exposed a lot of problematic asbestos issues.
I don't know if this answers your footnote question, but https://guardiansofthecity.org/sffd/companies/engines/engine31.html says:
1972 May 16th, company reorganized and assigned to quarters at 441 - 4th Avenue, the former quarters of Engine Co. No. 46
1994 April 20th, relocated to the quarters of Engine Co. No. 22, 1290 - 16th Avenue, for the earthquake retrofitting of the firehouse
1996 April 4th, returned to quarters at 441 - 12th Avenue
Presumably they meant "12th Avenue" where it says "4th Avenue".
Thanks for another great backgrounder, Paul. Two small corrections:
135 Van Ness was the HQ for SFUSD a long time ago, but it is still very much in full use. It now houses a number of HR and Payroll functions. It has a spectacular conference room. This was going to be the site for SOTA. Now it is mostly where employees who need in-person payroll assistance go to languish.
170 Fell Street (the site of the former HS of Commerce) is completely unused & unusable due to its being badly damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. I also believe the 1989 earthquake damage exposed a lot of problematic asbestos issues.