Stanyan Street is a north–south street in

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marking the eastern side of the

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and the western side of the

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. It is named after Charles H. Stanyan, a city supervisor from 1866 to 1869 who was on the committee which sited the park. The street is celebrated in one of

Rod McKuen Rodney Marvin McKuen ( ; ; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide ...

's poem collections ''Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows'' (1966), and in

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's song "Stanyan Street", from his 2016 release ''Never Twice''.

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