What Makes a Street ‘Private’? And Why Does San Francisco Have So Many?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When Victoria Eng did a web search for her Duboce Triangle avenue she learned something curious. “It popped up on a list as an intersection of a privately owned street nearby.” That got her wondering why San Francisco has private streets at all. “Who owns these streets and why would someone want to own one of these streets?” She asked. Today we dive into a private street primer, and revisit one of the city’s most notorious private street sagas. Additional Resources: Sign up for our monthly newsletter to hear about future events What Is A Private Street and Why Are There So Many in San Francisco? Reported by Vanessa Rancaño. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli, Brendan Willard and Ceil Muller. Additional support from Kyana Moghadam, Jessica Placzek, Natalia Aldana, Carly Severn, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	San Francisco's got about a thousand miles of streets.
0:08.0	I live in San Francisco and recently found out I live near a privately owned street.
0:15.0	Why are there private streets at all?
0:18.0	Who owns these streets?
0:19.0	And why would someone want to own one of these streets.
0:22.8	That's Victoria Ang.
0:24.1	She lives near Du Bois triangle in San Francisco.
0:27.1	She got curious about this after she googled her street.
0:31.0	It popped up on a list as an intersection of a privately owned street nearby.
0:36.8	Today we're taking a deep dive into San Francisco's lesser known pavement.
0:41.3	No mission or lumbard streets here. This episode is all about the quirky and mundane
0:46.1	routes that make up the city's collection of privately owned streets. I'm Olivia
0:50.8	Alan Price and this is Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family owned, operated, and argued over.
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1:13.5	Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new favorite beer today.
1:19.0	Today we're answering Victoria's question about private streets in San Francisco.
1:24.2	Why are their private streets?
1:26.1	Who owns them?
1:27.4	And why would someone want to own a street?
1:29.5	We've got KQED reporter Vanessa Ron Canio here to help us out. Hey Vanessa. Hey, Olivia. So Thank you
1:35.0	to help us out.
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