Little Hollywood is a small neighborhood in the southeastern edge of

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. It is centered around Blanken Avenue between Bayshore Boulevard and

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History

The area was developed by the Crocker Estate Company in the early 1920s in what was then called the "Bayshore Tract" — "'where land and water meet,' a reference to nearby

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." The name is derived from the architectural style of the first houses built in the neighborhood back in the late 1920s and early 1930s, many of them resembling homes in the

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Attractions and characteristics

Little Hollywood Park is located on Lathrop Avenue. The park was dedicated to resident Clarence Fleming in 1983 for helping establishing the park. The Bayshore

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station is just south of the neighborhood, on Tunnel Avenue. The neighborhood is adjacent to the

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trash collection and processing site. A sculpture garden was established on the southern hill dividing the neighborhood from the site in 1992. It features artworks made from discarded material found at the trash center. Local legend claims

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once owned a getaway home at the corner of Blanken and Tocoloma avenues, dubbed "Casa Bahia Loma." However, little evidence have been found supporting this claim. It was reported that the

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styled home was actually built by the owner of the

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brand of beer in 1933 for his brewmaster. The brewery was about a mile north on Bayshore Boulevard.

Gallery

Peninsula Ave., Little Hollywood, San Francisco.jpg, A southward view of Peninsula Ave., taken from Hester Ave. at sunset Clarence Fleming Memorial Stone.jpg, Clarence Fleming Memorial Stone at Little Hollywood Community Park

References

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