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Por Boy Drive-In. Large angled plate glass, neon striping, chromed double doors, and Acme Beer. What's not to love about the long-gone Por-Boy Drive-In, which stood on the southwest corner of South Van Ness Avenue at Adair Street.
Mission
View northeast across intersection to the American Trust Company bank (which merged with Wells Fargo in 1960)and The White Cow cigar store on Mission Street. Since modified, this building still exists in the same location as a Wells Fargo bank. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
Arrow Pharmacy at 439 Cortland Avenue, built 1910. When it was sold by owner Michael Anthony Callagy, Jr. in 1996, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Steve Rubenstein penned Ode to a Pharmacy's Passing - For seniors, S.F. druggist's closing is a bitter pill, in memoriam.
Bernal Heights
The Wells Manufacturing Co., at 220 9th Street, founded by George F. Wells in 1920, produced electric cooking products.
South of Market
115 14th Street near Folsom Street
Mission
Hotel Coronado at 373 Ellis Street, and the El Coronado Restaurant, built 1910. Now a Community Awareness and Treatment Services (CATS) hotel. To the left is the Golden Gate Photo Engraving Co., and to the right is a restaurant.
Tenderloin
View northeast across intersection to the oldest still extant stable building in the Tenderloin, built as the Santa Clara Stables by architects O'Brien Brothers in 1909, later the Civic Center Garage. It was the offices of the Golden Gate Theatre & Realty Corp., owned by Samuel H. Levin and his son Irving 'Bud' Levin, the latter being the founder and director of the San Francisco International Film Festival, 1957-1964. The building was the festival's headquarters during those years. The company shared the offices, as well as company ownership with United California Theatres, Inc., which grew into United Artists Communications. (PF)
Tenderloin
448 Brussels, built in 1900, has been heavily modified and bears little resemblance to this picture. The side yard is occupied by a structure built in 1962.
Portola
The Hillside Manor Apartments, 1545 San Jose Ave at the corner of the now non-existent Calvert Drive, near the intersection of San Jose, Monterey, Joost, and Gorham in Glen Park. Built in 1950, the building was moved to 455 Arlington Street in the mid 1960s for the construction of Interstate 280. The intersection no longer exists and the site is directly under I280 today.
Glen Park
Al's Service, run by Albert Belingheri at 4401 Mission Street, southeast corner of Mission and Avalon, featured Chevron gasoline.
Excelsior
Selective Service System office at 2038 Mission Street, built 1902 and heavily altered. Local Boards 37-39-41. Signage for Tres Joli store on building next door.
Mission
4139 Cabrillo St, single family home, built 1950.
Richmond Outer
Set of two flats at 2331 Post Street. Probably originally looked like its neighbor at left. Both buildings have been demolished. Apartment building on right, 2345 Post, was built in 1925 and is still extant.
Lower Pacific Heights
837 33rd Ave; single family home, built 1949.
Richmond Outer
807-809 31st Ave; set of 2 flats, built 1950.
Richmond Outer