Mabel Powell News Today

How Michael Powell got his first job in the film industry, and the excited letters he wrote home from the French Riviera.

Please Donate 70 years ago the Parkside celebrated public transporation to the zoo. L - Taraval Extension Mayor Angelo Rossi, center, and Parkside residents celebrate at 46th Avenue and Taraval, September 15, 1937., 1937 - On September 15, 1937, after five years of lobbying by neighborhood residents, the L-Taraval line was extended to turn on 46th Avenue and reach all the way to the Fleishhacker Playground, todays San Francisco Zoo. Mayor Angelo Rossi, continuing the tradition begun by prede...