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San Francisco Is Painting the Streets with Historical Creeks
A placemaking project traces the city's long-buried arroyos.
Though it's not common knowledge today, there used to be a waterway that burbled through the heart of downtown San Francisco. This was Hayes Creek, a since-culverted gully that stretches under Hayes Valley and just south of City Hall.
The Oakland Museum of California gives a little insight into the disappeared stream: