Assessor block 0225 (Chinese Playground)
Assessor blockChinatown1860–2015
213 records of San Francisco tie this block, 1860–2015: 130 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 83 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- Chinatown
- Assessor block
- 0225
- Records
- 213: 130 Board decisions, 83 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1860–2015
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What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 213 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910-11-07 | Flinn & Treacy given 90 more days on Stockton Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-06-10 | Protests against the Stockton Street tunnel have all been heard | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-06-10 | Public Works report on tunnel damages rejected in whole | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-06-10 | Stockton Street tunnel cost report sent back for new version | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-05 | Stockton Street tunnel property charges sent to tax office | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Stockton Street rail line being built, Market to Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Stockton Street line being built from Market Street to Columbus Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-07-14 | Jacobson Bade Company allowed to blast for the Stockton Street tunnel | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-07-14 | Jacobson Bade allowed blasting on Stockton Street for tunnel | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-20 | $49K (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars) paid toward Stockton Street tunnel, city's share | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-08-31 | $15K (≈ $505,410 in 2026 dollars) to remove Stockton Street tracks, Broadway to Columbus | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-05-19 | Franklin, Stockton and Bartlett street frontages rezoned from housing to shops | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-07-20 | Merchants and Chinese Board of Trade lampposts lit on Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-10-19 | Sacramento Street land bought for a playground, $28K (≈ $539,104 in 2026 dollars) | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-08-19 | Twelve loading zones were established along Bush, Clay, Geary, Market and other downtown streets by resolution. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-11-27 | Red Top Cab Company allowed a taxicab stand (one cab) at 833 Clay Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-06-16 | Five loading zones established on Taylor, Eighth, Davis, Ellis and Stockton streets for delivery trucks. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-08-26 | Marina Boulevard and Grant Avenue closed for Harbor Day night | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-02-26 | Donald Adanza to get $125 (≈ $3,008 in 2026 dollars) for a Chinese Playground slide injury; passed first reading only | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-03-11 | Payment of $125 (≈ $3,008 in 2026 dollars) to Donald Adanza for a Chinese Playground slide injury approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-03-28 | Recreation Department funding of $100,960 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) for Chinese Playground land and construction was passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-04-11 | $100,960 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) appropriated from a recreation bond fund for Chinese Playground land and construction passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-17 | Supervisors voted to delete $1,200 (≈ $16,989 in 2026 dollars) for a storage shelter at Chinese Playground from the budget. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-01-30 | Chinese New Year Festival Committee allowed stages on Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-12-31 | Chinese New Year Festival Committee gets a stage on Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-01-27 | Grant Avenue and Waverly Place closed for Chinese New Year | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970 | Chinese Playground on Sacramento Street, Pagoda to Waverly Places | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-12-28 | Anonymous $20,000 (≈ $173,680 in 2026 dollars) gift accepted to improve Chinese Playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-12-28 | Anonymous $20,000 (≈ $173,680 in 2026 dollars) gift improves the Chinese Playground at Sacramento and Waverly | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1971-10-18 | $24,990 (≈ $207,904 in 2026 dollars) for the Chinese Playground and $39,423 (≈ $327,980 in 2026 dollars) for [name withheld] | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1971-12-20 | Gift to improve Chinese Playground; passed first reading only. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1972-06-12 | Federal grant for Chinese Playground improvements increased | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1972-06-12 | More federal money for Chinese Playground work; outcome not shown. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1974 | Chinese Playground on Sacramento Street bought 1925, finished 1928 | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-11-29 | Money to rebuild the Chinese Playground approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-11-29 | Money to rebuild the Chinese Playground approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-12-06 | More time sought to award the Chinese Playground building contract | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-11-13 | Board changes money allocation for a gym and Chinese Playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-04-09 | $35,000 (≈ $162,437 in 2026 dollars) approved to repair Chinese Playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-04-09 | $35,000 (≈ $162,437 in 2026 dollars) approved to repair Chinese Playground. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-10-09 | Streets closed for Oktoberfest, a street fair and Halloween party | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-11-07 | A final negative declaration was adopted finding that reducing height limits on six blocks near the Chinese Playground has no significant environmental impact. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-03 | Height and bulk limits to change near the Chinese Playground; passed first reading only, later finally passed | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-03 | Height limit exceptions proposed for six blocks by Chinese Playground | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-03 | End date for Chinese Playground height exceptions sent to planners | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-01-03 | Negative declaration adopted and height limits cut on six blocks around Chinese Playground. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-12-05 | Height and bulk limits to change near the Chinese Playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-12-05 | Height limit exceptions proposed for six blocks by Chinese Playground | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-11-25 | No major environmental harm from interim controls near Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-11-25 | Environmental review finds no major harm near Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-07-27 | Waverly Place to close for religious and cultural ceremonies | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-06-24 | Chinatown shops-and-homes zoning proposed for California Street at Sabin Place | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-07-01 | Chinatown shops-and-homes zoning proposed for California Street at Sabin Place | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-05-09 | Recreation and Park Department may retroactively apply for a $200,000 (≈ $454,710 in 2026 dollars) federal grant to renovate Chinese Playground. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-08-27 | Alcohol licence for Chine D'Art at 716 Grant Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-05-21 | Blight repair bills approved, with paid addresses dropped from the list | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-05-12 | Blight repair charges approved, six paid-up addresses dropped | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-05-12 | Blight repair charges dropped for 411 and 730 Grant Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | Chinese Playground · cost usd: 24,990 federal grant, total 24,990 | project | City report: Grants report : How much of what is in the second city budget scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Asian Law Caucus · other: Free service to Asians within Federal Poverty Guidelines; Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog spoken | agency | City report: Housing resources for senior citizens in San Francisco : a project of Legal Assistance to the Elderly scanned page ↗ |
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