Please Donate Streetwise - The Sands of Time Frank Dunnigan tells of St. Ignatius High School's move to the Sunset, and some student high jinks too. Frank Dunnigan, WNP member and columnist. - Streetwise - The Sands of Time by Frank Dunnigan September 2009 There was a time, not all that long ago, when sand dunes still covered most of the Outside Lands. Even today, I can recall the massive expanse of sand that once covered the corner of 17th Avenue & Vicente Street where St. Cecilia's Church now stands. There was an even bigger area at the Sunset Reservoir near my grandmother's house on 21st Avenue near Quintara, plus any number of corner lots on Taraval, Vicente, and Noriega, from 19th Avenue all the way out to the beach. But the biggest sand dune that I remember, and the one that had the biggest impact on my life stretched from 37th Avenue to 39th Avenue, and from Pacheco to Rivera.