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Before there was Carmel-by-the-Sea there was Carville-by-the-Sea. A neighborhood of homes built near the ocean in San Francisco. This was a bohemian community. At it’s founding the ocean beach was a formidable place, blowing sand everywhere. A few hardy folks under Adolph Sutro’s help created a group of homes built from discarded streetcars, both horse [...]