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Woody LaBounty is the founder of the Western Neighborhoods Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history of western San Francisco. LaBounty grew up in the Richmond District, lives in the Sunset District, and is recognized as the leading authority on the history of these neighborhoods. He is the author of Carville-by-the Sea: San Francisco's Streetcar Suburb, a visual history of the 1890s beach colony south of Golden Gate Park that used horse cars and cable cars as building stock. You can find the Western Neighborhoods Project on Facebook and Twitter @outsidelanz

• Before Now – Fleishhacker Pool and its 6 million gallons

  12/18/12 • (0)

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  Before Now – Remembering Roberts-at-the-Beach

  11/08/11 • (3)

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  Before Now – The Ghost Rider of Golden Gate Park

  10/25/11 • (1)

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  Before Now – Who was Ocean Beach’s first surfer?

  10/11/11 • (3)

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  Before Now – The Gjoa, through the Northwest Passage to Golden Gate Park

  9/27/11 • (9)

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  Before Now – The Olympic Salt Water Company

  9/13/11 • (4)

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  Before Now – Call it fog or invigorating sea mist, it’s all gray

  8/23/11 • (2)

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  Before Now – San Francisco bike activism has roots in 1890s

  8/09/11 • (2)

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  Before Now – The U.S. Lifesaving Service

  7/12/11 • (1)

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  Before Now – The Outer Sunset district’s pioneer markets

  6/28/11 • (3)