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49-552: In August 1877 a residents' meeting was called by state senator George H. Rogers and Andrew Smith Hallidie who advocated the creation of a free public library for San Francisco. A board of trustees for the Library was created in 1878 through the Free Library Act , signed by Governor of California William Irwin on March 18, which also created a property tax to fund the Library project. The San Francisco Public Library (then known as

98-448: A Board of Supervisors and the mayor of San Francisco, Mayor London Breed was supportive of this action. It was approved and September 15, 2019, was the first day all fines were cleared. Under the "Browse and Bounce” program, the public library began reopening its doors to visitors on May 3, 2021, for the first time since its shutdown in March 2020 due to the stay-at-home order issued during

147-487: A champion for the community even after being promoted to district manager. During the library’s remodel in 2012, she fought for the opportunity of constructing the site be given to a locally led crew/company from the Bayview Community. Upon her passing, the community came together and campaigned for the name change. Many patrons who had essentially grown up in the library spoke at the many community meetings, fighting for

196-449: A gold miner whilst also working as a blacksmith , surveyor and builder of bridges. In 1856, while working on the construction of a flume at a mine at American Bar , Hallidie was consulted over the rapid rate of wear on the ropes used to lower cars of rock from the mine to the mill. These ropes were wearing out in 75 days. Hallidie improvised machinery to make a replacement wire rope to his father's design, which lasted two years, and in

245-477: A major renovation and expansion of the Chinatown Branch Library. The branch was seismically retrofitted and expanded to twice its original size with a community meeting room and story-room available to use for programs and special events. The Grand Reopening of the Chinatown Branch Library was held on June 15, 1996. The Eureka Valley Renovation was completed on October 24, 2009. The first branch building

294-600: A new Civic Center for San Francisco, including a new library building. These plans were put on hold after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , which destroyed about 140,000 volumes, nearly 80% of its holdings. The library moved to temporary quarters while a new building was designed and built. In 1917, the new main library building, designed by George W. Kelham , opened in the Civic Center. Ten major murals by California Tonalist Gottardo Piazzoni were installed in 1931–1932; four more were completed in 1945, but left uninstalled until

343-638: A partnership with New Zealand immigrant architect Joseph Francis (or Francisco) Ward (1898–1970) to form Ward & Bolles. They began as collaborators in 1942 on two wartime housing projects, one in Marin City and one in Oakland. From 1943 to 1945, Bolles was project engineer for the Federal Public Housing Authority for San Francisco, where he worked with fellow architect Esther Baum Born acquiring properties for housing war-industry workers. After

392-699: A rich man. Hallidie occupied many positions in San Francisco society. He served as a regent of the University of California from 1868 until his death, and as a trustee and vice-president of the San Francisco Mechanics Institute in 1864 and president from 1868 to 1877 and from 1893 to 1895. In 1873, Hallidie stood for election to the California State Senate , and in 1875 he stood for election as mayo] of San Francisco, but in both cases, he

441-745: Is a Carnegie library originally named the North Beach Branch. It is the third branch in the system. Located in Chinatown on Powell Street between Washington and Jackson, the name was changed in 1958 to more accurately reflect the community served. In 1972, the Chinese language, and the Chinese American Interest collections were started in response to the needs and interests of the Chinatown community. In 1991, public and private funds were obtained for

490-688: The American River at Folsom , and across the Bear , Trinity , Stanislaus , and Tuolumne Rivers. In 1863, he built a bridge across the Fraser River , 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Yale at Alexandra in British Columbia . Also in 1863, Hallidie married Martha Elizabeth Woods. They had no children. The following year, he became a US citizen, and in 1865, he gave up bridge building and devoted himself entirely to his wire rope manufacturing business, which

539-686: The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . The first floor of the Main Branch was the first to open with adjusted guidelines, such as an hour time limit and plexiglass between computers. In addition to the Main Library , the San Francisco Public Library has 27 branch libraries. In 1930, San Francisco voters approved a charter amendment to increase taxes to fund the construction of

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588-577: The California Wire Works in 1883 with Hallidie as president. In 1895, it was sold to Washburn and Moen Co. , the oldest manufacturers of wire in the United States (established in 1831). Hallidie died on April 24, 1900, at the age of 64 of heart disease at his San Francisco residence. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery , and his remains were moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma , California by 1941. In San Francisco, Hallidie Plaza (near

637-611: The Cluny Abbey in France under Kenneth John Conant , a 1929 trip to Anatolia funded by the Rockefeller Foundation , and particularly at Chichen Itza , state of Yucatán , Mexico . In March 1935, Bolles married Mary Van de Water Piper, a Radcliffe student and daughter of William T. Piper of Piper Aircraft . Bolles returned to San Francisco and joined his father's firm in 1936. After his father's death in 1939, Bolles began

686-563: The de Young Museum in 1999. In 2018 Library Journal awarded it the Library of the Year award. In March 2019, the San Francisco Public Library Commission voted to remove standing library fines and completely wipe out future fines because the fines serve as an impediment to access for community patrons who would otherwise use and visit one of San Francisco's twenty-seven public libraries. The vote needed to be approved by

735-422: The 11th in the system, opened in 1925. The neighborhood was served by "library station" at several locations, including 422 Holloway Avenue, 1612 Ocean Avenue and 387 Ashton Avenue. On May 30, 2001, the library moved to a leased facility—the former Bank of America building, at 1649 Ocean (at Faxon). The eagerly anticipated new branch building at 1298 Ocean Avenue (at Plymouth) opened in 2009. The Richmond Renovation

784-702: The 1939 fair he not only assisted his father, but also worked under the Spanish-American muralist Jose Moya del Pino on murals for the Temple of Religion and for the State Ballroom. Moya del Pino also painted a mural for the dining room of the Bolles residence on Lyon, and was engaged as color consultant for Bolles's Hanna School for Boys in 1952, a project which also incorporates sculpture by Ruth Cravath . Bolles insisted on integrated statuary at Candlestick Park and "often

833-417: The 1970s. In 1986, a task force was set up to complete the design of the Civic Center, including the use of Marshall Square, next to the main library at the time, for a new main library. The building was completed in 1995 and opened a year later on April 18, 1996. The old main library, which was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , was rebuilt as the new Asian Art Museum . The Piazzoni murals moved to

882-712: The Anza Branch Library. Using the site of the old Lafayette School, architect John W. Reid Jr. designed and landscaped the new branch building. The new branch was dedicated on April 10, 1932, with 11,823 new books on the shelves. Total cost for the building and its furnishings was $ 57,117.29. Anza Branch Library was the 17th branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. The branch closed temporarily for renovation in May 2009. The Anza Branch reopened on Saturday June 18, 2011. The new Bayview Library opened February 23, 2013. The original Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library

931-475: The Clay Street line was William Eppelsheimer . However, Hallidie's previous experience of cables and cable haulage systems make it likely that he contributed to the design of the system. The Clay Street line started regular service on September 1, 1873, and was a financial success. In addition, Hallidie's patents on the cable car design were stringently enforced on cable car promoters around the world and made him

980-630: The Library Commission officially changed the name of the branch to Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library to honor Harvey Milk , the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. Harvey Milk served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors until he was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone on November 27, 1978. In 2006 the City honored José Sarria ,

1029-629: The Powell and Market Street cable car turntable) and the Hallidie Building (an office building in the city's Financial District) are named after him. John Savage Bolles John Savage Bolles (June 25, 1905 – March 5, 1983) was an American architect. He was most active in San Francisco, and the designer of Candlestick Park . He was a founding partner of the architecture design firm Ward & Bolles . Born on June 25, 1905, in Berkeley, Bolles

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1078-784: The San Francisco Free Library) opened on June 7, 1879, at Pacific Hall on Bush Street at Kearny Street and hired Albert Hart as the first librarian . In 1888 the Library moved to the Larkin Street wing of City Hall at Civic Center. The first three branches opened from 1888 to 1889, in the Mission , in North Beach , and in Potrero Hill . In 1889 the Library became a Federal depository by nomination of Senator George Hearst . In 1905, architect Daniel Burnham presented his plans for

1127-693: The San Francisco Landmarks Board nominated Richmond Branch Library for designation as a city landmark. Funded by both a City bond measure and $ 6 million in Proposition 14 State bond funds, a newly renovated, seismically safe, accessible and technologically updated building opened in 2009. The San Francisco Public Library offers a "homeless and poverty outreach library team" with the help of the Department of Public Health that helps find housing and other services for homeless patrons who set up camp among

1176-427: The change and attributed their continued education or love of reading and learning to the involvement, presence, care and compassion of Mrs. Burton and felt the honor befitting. The Bernal Heights Renovation was completed on January 30, 2010. A “library deposit station” was established in 1920 at 303 Cortland Avenue. As the neighborhood and library grew, it was moved, in 1936, to 324 Cortland. When that proved inadequate

1225-473: The development of this cooperative community project. The building was completed in February 1969, and the formal dedication took place on July 12, 1969. The architect was John S. Bolles & Associates and the contractor was Nibbi Brothers. The façade included a sculpture by Jacques Overhoff. In 2014, the library was renamed in honor of Linda Brooks Burton who served as the branch’s manager for over 20 years and

1274-527: The first openly gay man to run for Supervisor (in 1961) by renaming the section of 16th Street adjacent to the branch as José Sarria Court. José Sarria is best known for founding the Imperial Court System, one of the cornerstones of the GLBT community. The Excelsior Branch Library was the 10th branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. Initially a "library station", the first branch library

1323-430: The first run no later than August 1, 1873, but at least one source reports that the run took place a day late, on August 2, although the city chose not to void the franchise. Some accounts say that the first gripman hired by Hallidie looked down the steep hill from Jones and refused to operate the car, so Hallidie took the grip himself and ran the car down the hill and up again without any problems. The named engineer of

1372-555: The neighbors lobbied for a new building. The one floor branch library at 500 Cortland, was the 21st in the system and built on the site of the original Bernal School at a cost of $ 94,600. It was designed by Frederick H. Meyer , one of the most prolific and versatile architects in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, funded by the Work Projects Administration and dedicated on October 21, 1940. Chinatown Branch Library, built in 1921 by architect G. Albert Lansburgh

1421-455: The park's expansion for the San Francisco 49ers football club in 1970, which Bolles also designed, the wind problems changed, but were no better. The architect "heard a constant chorus of insults directed at his first and only stadium." According to his son Peter, "I think Candlestick was his greatest pride and his greatest disappointment. He was thrilled to be able to do the project. But there

1470-507: The process began wire rope manufacture in California. Hallidie abandoned mining in 1857 and returned to San Francisco. Under the name of A. S. Hallidie & Co. , he began manufacturing wire rope in a building at Mason and Chestnut Streets, using the machinery from American Bar. Hallidie was also heavily involved in bridge building: from 1861 to 1862, he constructed bridges across the Klamath River at Weitchpeck , at Nevada City , across

1519-457: The promotion of the line when the original promoter, Benjamin Brooks , failed to raise the necessary capital. In another version, Hallidie was the instigator, inspired by a desire to reduce the suffering incurred by the horses that hauled streetcars up Jackson Street, from Kearny to Stockton Street. There is also doubt as to when exactly the first run of the cable car occurred. The franchise required

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1568-573: The sixth branch to be renovated through the Branch Library Improvement Program. In June 1917, to serve residents of the growing Golden Gate Valley, Cow Hollow, and Marina neighborhoods, construction of the Golden Gate Valley Branch Library was begun at a site on the southwest corner of Green and Octavia Streets that had been purchased by the city for $ 7,500. The resulting brick and terra cotta Beaux-Arts structure

1617-515: The stacks. In 2009, in the San Francisco Public Library's Main Library, Leah Esguerra became the first library-based social worker. 37°46′44″N 122°24′59″W  /  37.7790°N 122.4163°W  / 37.7790; -122.4163 Andrew Smith Hallidie Andrew Smith Hallidie (March 16, 1836 – April 24, 1900) was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This

1666-520: The war, he and Ward formalized their partnership and designed a series of private houses. In 1949, he became a founding member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute . In 1954 Bolles left the partnership and formed John S. Bolles Associates, which lasted until 1975 and did a variety of Bay Area commissions. All through his career, Bolles was "a strong believer in the artistic embellishment of public buildings." For

1715-535: Was blown off the pitcher's mound during the All Star Game of 1961 . Celebrity attorney Melvin Belli sued owner Horace Stoneham and the ballclub for the return of the price of his season tickets, worth just under $ 1600, proceedings which were heavily reported from jury selection to his victory. Bolles had included a boomerang-shaped concrete wind baffle in the original design, reportedly reduced in construction. After

1764-471: Was born Andrew Smith, later adopting the name Hallidie in honor of his uncle, Sir Andrew Hallidie . His birthplace is variously quoted as London in the United Kingdom. His mother, Julia Johnstone Smith, was from Lockerbie , Dumfriesshire and his father, Andrew Smith (a prolific inventor in his own right, responsible for inventing the first box door spring, a floor cramp and had an early patent for wire rope)

1813-559: Was born in Fleming , Dumfrieshire , Scotland, in 1798. At age 13 the younger Smith was initially apprenticed to a machine shop and drawing office operated by his older brother Archibald. In 1852 at age 16 father and son sailed for California, where the father had an interest in some gold mines in Mariposa County . These proved disappointing, and the father returned to England in 1853. The son, however, remained in California, and became

1862-435: Was completed on May 16, 2009. Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch was the fourth branch established within the San Francisco Public Library system. The first location of the branch, in 1892, was at 809 Point Lobos Avenue (now Geary Boulevard) and Parker Avenue. In 1914 a new Richmond Branch opened at the current location, the first library building in San Francisco constructed with Andrew Carnegie grant funds. In December 2000,

1911-614: Was defeated. Hallidie served as a trustee of the First Unitarian Church , and as its moderator in 1883 and 1884. He held memberships in the American Society of Inventors , American Geographical Society , California Academy of Sciences , and other scientific and literary bodies. He was a member of the old California Historical Society and of the Pacific-Union , Olympic , and Sierra clubs. A. S. Hallidie & Co. became

1960-468: Was designed in the shape of a basilica by local architect Ernest Coxhead . Though Carnegie grant funds paid for the building, City funds were used for the furnishings. The total cost of the building and furnishings came to $ 43,000, and on May 5, 1918, the branch was opened to the public. Golden Gate Valley Branch was the ninth branch established in the San Francisco Public Library system. The new Ingleside Branch opened on September 12, 2009. Ingleside Branch,

2009-484: Was embroiled with staid municipal officials over questions of adornment." Unfortunately Bolles was one of four designers on a committee who approved the widely derided Vaillancourt Fountain on Embarcadero Plaza . John's son Peter joined then continued the firm beginning in the 1970s. Bolles was a member of San Francisco Urban Planning and Research, made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1963,

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2058-623: Was experiencing increased demand from silver mines on the Comstock Lode . In 1867, Hallidie invented the Hallidie ropeway, a form of aerial tramway used for transporting ore and other materials across mountainous districts, which he successfully installed in a number of locations and later patented. Accounts differ as to exactly how involved Hallidie was in the inception of the Clay Street Hill Railway. One version has him taking over

2107-569: Was installed in rental quarters at 7 Bauer Street. In 1925 the branch was located on Ocean Avenue and later at 4465 Mission Street. The current building at 4400 Mission Street was opened to the public October 1, 1967. The branch was designed by architects Appleton and Wolfard and built for $ 248,000. The Excelsior Branch was the first to be renovated under the Branch Library Improvement Program and reopened on July 8, 2005. Glen Park Branch Library first opened in January 1927, at 700 Bosworth Street. The branch

2156-423: Was located at that site for almost 38 years, until the building that housed it was demolished during construction of Interstate 280. Glen Park Branch was then housed in several different locations over the course of 42 years until a multiuse building was constructed in the neighborhood at 2825 Diamond Street. Part of the new building was designated just for the library. The branch opened on October 13, 2007, and became

2205-656: Was one-time president of the California Council of Architects, and was head of the San Francisco Art Association for many years before its dissolution in 1966. His most prominent single work, Candlestick Park stadium, was the subject of civic debate over its perceived design flaws. Its placement near the Pacific Ocean exposed players and fans to chilly temperatures, fog, dew, and particularly wind, all of which grew worse at night. Giants pitcher Stu Miller

2254-492: Was opened as a storefront facility in 1927. It was the 13th branch in the San Francisco Public Library system, replacing a "library station" that had been established in 1921. In 1969, a red brick building was built on the corner of the 3rd Street and Revere Avenue in the Bayview/Hunters Point district with a bequest from Anna E. Waden, a clerical employee of the City of San Francisco. Miss Waden's gift of $ 185,700 paid for

2303-597: Was the second branch in the system and opened on January 2, 1902. It was named the McCreery Branch in honor of Andrew McCreery who donated the land and paid for construction. It was damaged in the Daly City earthquake of 1957 and demolished. The site was used to construct a new building designed by Appleton and Wolford at a cost of $ 192,335 and opened on December 20, 1961. It was named the Eureka Valley Branch. In 1981

2352-502: Was the son of San Francisco architect Edward Grosvenor Bolles (1871–1939), who had arrived in the city in 1893. In 1926, Bolles graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Oklahoma , and graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in architecture in 1932. During his Harvard years he pursued archeological work at the Medinet Habu site in Egypt under Uvo Hölscher , at

2401-457: Was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded as the inventor of the cable car and father of the present day San Francisco cable car system , although both claims are open to dispute. He also introduced the manufacture of wire rope to California, and at an early age was a prolific builder of bridges in the Californian interior. Andrew Smith Hallidie

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