Construction Site on the San Francisco State Campus After Demolition of the Commons (Updated two months ago)

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Photograph of construction activity on the San Francisco State campus following the demolition of The Commons and nearby temporary huts used by student organizations. A bulldozer and truck are visible as workers prepare the site for new construction. The area was cleared in early 1973 to build the Student Union, completed in 1975 and later renamed the César Chávez Student Center in 1994.

Tags: historic construction - lake merced

Added to SFSU Over the Years on July 31, 2026.

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  • Identifier: TP-ATA-1264
  • Date: 1973
  • Context: <p><strong>Credits:</strong>&nbsp;Some descriptions were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.</p>
  • Geographic Coverage: San Francisco, CA
  • Temporal Coverage: 1970s
  • Type: Still Image
  • Format: 35mm Slide
  • Source: San Francisco State University Archives
  • Rights: Public

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