Todd Lappin of Telstar Logistics just turned us onto this: Craig Butz created an amazing site illustrating the route the Southern Pacific Railroad once took through the Mission District. Today the tracks are long gone of course, but there are some lasting remnants in the form of diagonally oriented buildings, parking lots and gardens. Did your backyard used to be a rail yard? Link.
And who knew there used to be a railroad bridge over Dolores Street!?
Thanks, Todd!
Previously on Mission Mission:
From the Mission to Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Thanks to Google Maps Walking Directions)
