So let's hear it... anyone at all familiar with the area of San Francisco lovingly referred to as the Outer Mission? It almost sounds like the hinterlands, doesn't it? Yet there are so many neighborhoods that fall into this non-descript sector.

I grew up in Mission Terrace which was this section of clay-tile roofed homes between Alemany Blvd. and San Jose Avenue. If you crossed to the east side of Alemany (or went through the stinky, scary tunnel underneath the street), you were now in the one-block transitional zone until you reached Mission Street. At that point, you were in the Excelsior. The vague boundaries of the Excelsior were Peru on the north, Mission on the west, Prague on the east, and France on the south. Cross over France to the south and then you were in Crocker Amazon. Just south of Geneva, you began moving up to Southern Hills. East of Crocker Amazon Park and you moved into Visitation Valley.

So... anyone know what the area south of Geneva but west of Mission was called? How about the area around Balboa Park? Did I forget any other neighborhood names?

Hey... is Joe's Fish Grotto still there?

QueenCaffeine
(now living in Twain Harte)