Excelsior
A working-class residential district in the city's south-east, laid out in the early 20th century and named, like its streets, after countries and cities of the world.
Streets documented so far
- Amazon Avenue
A 1930 house recorded as Jerry Garcia's first home. - Athens Street
1 building, built 1925. - Geneva Avenue
1 building, built 1922. - La Grande Avenue
1 building, built 1957. - Mission Street
1 building, built 1982. - Moscow Street
1 building. - Ney Street
1 building, built 1900. - Russia Avenue
1 building, built 1915. - Silver Avenue
1 building, built 1922.
Adjacent neighborhoods
The Outer Mission adjoins west along Mission Street and Bernal Heights north-west beyond Alemany Boulevard. Portola is north-east across the ridge, and Visitacion Valley south-east on the far side of McLaren Park.