ASNA History
Neighbors formed the Alamo Square Neighborhood Association in 1963 to successfully defeat dual threats to the area: “Measure D” which proposed leveling a good portion of Alamo Square for a playing field and the planned construction of the Panhandle Freeway which would have levelled buildings along Fell Street including, of course, Sacred Heart Church.
Not long after, the neighborhood association waged a successful battle to keep redevelopment’s bulldozers from razing the neighborhood’s Victorians and instead, pursuaded the City to extend residents rehabilitation loans under the FACE program (Federally Assisted Code Enforcement)
These were our earliest accomplishments and we have continued to represent and protect the neigborhood’s interest to the present day.
– Joe Pecora, ASNA Newsletter
