San Francisco historian Woody LaBounty is now telling the little-known story of the historic Geneva Office Building and Powerhouse.
Writing a definitive history of the city’s first electric railway facility at Geneva and San Jose avenues was a natural project for LaBounty, who is the president and CEO of preservationist group San Francisco Heritage and a former history columnist for The Ingleside Light.
“I always try to highlight the sort of unsung histories of the city,” LaBounty said. “I got started doing a lot of preservation and history work on the west side of town, including the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside, because I felt like there were significant stories that weren't getting told. I love taking a place that people may have noticed but don't know anything about and just sort of opening their eyes to how deep the history runs in these what people think of as sleepy parts of town.”
