Eureka Valley
Eureka is the Greek word for "I found it!", adopted in 1850 as California's motto.
The real boom in house building followed the opening of the Castro Street segment of the Market Street Cable Railway in 1887.
Although built and inhabited by primarily the working class, the workers were well-paid then and comfortable houses emerged. German and Scandinavians, then Irish American families folded in. Home to The Castro and surrounding hills full of Victorians that will keep you engaged and entertained.
“A city is a state - of mind, of taste, of opportunity. A city is a marketplace - where ideas are traded, opinions clash and eternal conflict may produce eternal truths.” ~Herb Caen
Collingwood near 18th Street
Mural, Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy
