SAN FRANCISCO – OUTER RICHMOND DISTRICT
Lee Heidhues 7.30.2025
Another gas station has shut down in my neighborhood. It’s all for the better, I say. The toxic eyesore has polluted our neighborhood for decades.
It gives me joy to know that it’s gone. Particularly when I see the three empty gas containers which have been embedded underground for who knows how long. Who knows what toxins have seeped into the soil.
Our first house was less than half block away from this disaster waiting to happen. I cringe when I think what would have happened had a disaster occurred and the fuel containers exploded. The conflagration would have come down the block and incinerated the homes.
During the fuel crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis of 1979 and 1980 cars were lined up down the street past our home every morning as the gas guzzling motorists fed their fuel driven appetite.
Decades ago there was an abundance of gas stations in the outer Richmond District of San Francisco. Now, fortunately, there are only three remaining west of Park Presidio Boulevard.
Perhaps, one day, the three remaining climate killing relics will be gone, too.
Top Photo: The empty fuel tanks which have polluted the neighborhood for decades.
Lee's Perspective 