Following a brief stint as a refugee camp after the 1906 earthquake , the area was touted as a resort . A small amusement park , Playland at the Beach , was built where Cabrillo and Balboa streets now end . Major development occurred in the 1920s and 1930s with construction of the Great Highway and housing in the adjacent Sunset and Richmond Districts . After the destruction of the Sutro Baths in 1966 , the neighborhood lost its resort appeal ; the amusement park was also torn down in 1972 , to be replaced by apartment blocks and a supermarket in the 1990s
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Ocean Beach, San Francisco