Liberty Street - 2026
photos by Styrous®
My live/work studio was at 55 Liberty Street which I had for 40 years until the landlords sold the building and the new ones had me evicted so they could resell it, which is what the did a year later. The whole time I lived there the parking in the area was a nightmare; this was not a problem for mr as I only had my BMW R60/6 motorcycle (link below) and could park it next to my landlord's car in the garage.
However, for the first 25 years of our relationship Tom would sometimes spend HOURS trying to find a parking space when he came to visit me; He would usually not be in the best of moods when he finally did find one.
The Liberty Hill area is a historic district located in the Mission District neighborhood of San Francisco, California, U.S. It is a residential neighborhood bound by 20th, Mission, Dolores, and 22nd Streets. The southern boundary is the Yerba Buena Spanish settlement charter line of 1834. The name was derived from a hyphenation of Liberty Street and Hill Street, over time the hyphen was dropped. It is not particularly steep.
The area was built as 19th-century middle class housing, and the houses range in size. It has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since October 25, 1985.
It contains the Liberty Street Historic District, a two block area along Liberty Street listed as a California Historical Landmark, and one of the National Register of Historic Places.
A number of homes in the district were designed by prominent architects, including the Newsom Brothers (Samuel Newsom and Joseph Cather Newsom), Albert Pissis, Charles Shaner, William H. Toepke, Charles Havens, and Charles J. Rousseau. People associated with the district include Mark Zuckerberg, John Donald Daly, James Rolph, Jr., Susan B. Anthony, and Lotta Crabtree.
It is the highest district on the list of San Francisco Designated Landmarks.
Styrous® ~ Sunday, November 8, 2026
