Architect and engineer . ers were installed and theyare in full harmony with the beauti-ful homes, lawns and gardens withwhich the neighborhood abounds. Theelectroliers are not quite so elaborate asthose on Buena Vista avenue, but arevery efficient and less expensive to oper-ate. It is the opinion of experts in streetlighting that this kind of lamp-post oughtto be the standard for all of the Haightand Ashbury district and for all other res-idence sections. In contradistinction to the foregoingwell-lighted streets, Fell street, west ofBaker, which was at one time consideredthe best lighted stre
Architect and engineer . ers were installed and theyare in full harmony with the beauti-ful homes, lawns and gardens withwhich the neighborhood abounds. Theelectroliers are not quite so elaborate asthose on Buena Vista avenue, but arevery efficient and less expensive to oper-ate. It is the opinion of experts in streetlighting that this kind of lamp-post oughtto be the standard for all of the Haightand Ashbury district and for all other res-idence sections. In contradistinction to the foregoingwell-lighted streets, Fell street, west ofBaker, which was at one time consideredthe best lighted street in San Francisco,and of which the residents and propertyowners along its line to the entrance ofGolden Gate Park felt justly proud, isnow one of the poorest lighted streets inthe city. It started out well, soon after the clos-ing of the Exposition, with three-globed,double-light Welsbach gasoliers of an ex-ceptionally pleasing and artistic design,but had to submit at the very outset to a THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 131.
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