Pacifica Riptide: Before & After @ Sharp Park: Artichokes to Golf

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January 19, 2011

Before & After @ Sharp Park: Artichokes to Golf

Historic photos courtesy of Rich Harris, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC GOLF ALLIANCE

Posted on January 19, 2011 at 01:55 PM in PACIFICA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SPORTS & HOBBIES | Permalink

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Who said anything about kilts, John? That remark is definitely off-kilter! (You do know that most Scotsmen wouldn't be seen dead in a kilt, and that the kilts you do see when you visit Scotland are almost all worn by Americans tracing their heritage?)
As for your incitement to repatriate: Any more jibes at my heritage will be referred to the Center for Scotological Diversity.

Posted by: Laurie Frater | January 22, 2011 at 12:23 AM

You can see the foreign influences creeping in here: references to Italian seafood, Scottish sports, French appetizers, garlic and kilts. What the hell are we turning into? Pacifica for Pacificans, I say. Locals Only!

Posted by: John Maybury | January 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM

Now I wonder if the snails from Laguna Salada were escargot or scungilli? That would answer the salty or not question.

Wasn't Pacifica part of some Mafia artichoke war? And wasn't Linda Mar nothing but a big artichoke field? (After the lake was filled in, of course.)

Posted by: Bruce Hotchkiss | January 21, 2011 at 07:37 AM

and escargot

with garlic butter

Posted by: Peter Loeb | January 20, 2011 at 03:06 PM

They will be hearing from the Center for Gastronomical Diversity.

Posted by: Ian Butler | January 20, 2011 at 02:26 PM

followed closely by banana slugs

Posted by: John Maybury | January 20, 2011 at 01:45 PM

The artichokes were not native to the area. They were illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Peter Loeb | January 20, 2011 at 01:16 PM

maybe the barnacles ate them

Posted by: John Maybury | January 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM

The entire local population of artichokes was wiped out by the golf course. The Great Artichoke Massacre is a dark but forgotten chapter in our city's history.

Posted by: ian butler | January 20, 2011 at 07:57 AM

Thank you, Richard.

Posted by: todd bray | January 20, 2011 at 06:14 AM

Todd --
The first (artichokes) picture was taken from a vantage point on the hill south of the golf course (in the general vicinity of the Moose Lodge), looking north (that's the Marin Headlands and Tamalpais in the far background).
Note the inlet connecting the Pacific to Laguna Salada approximately midway from north to south on the west short of the lagoon. The second (clubhouse) picture was taken from a vantage point to the east and slightly north of the clubhouse, looking southwest (those are the Mori Point hills in the background).
-- Richard Harris,
San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

Posted by: Richard Harris | January 19, 2011 at 04:10 PM

The topography of the first photo looks wrong... perhaps it was printed back to front?

Posted by: todd bray | January 19, 2011 at 02:47 PM

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