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Cabrillo & Great Highway
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Cabrillo & Great Highway

View northwest to Sacramento Northern Birney streetcar #62 on rail fan excursion at Cabrillo Loop, Playland at the Beach. Cliff House in distance.

Richmond
Sunset Boulevard
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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard construction. View North from Santiago Street [DPW A2963]

Sunset
19th Ave near Sloat
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19th Ave near Sloat

View looking north on 19th Ave north of Sloat Blvd. Road work in progress. [A5413 11-5-37 19th Ave N. of Sloat Blvd]

Sunset
Judah & 19th Ave
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Judah & 19th Ave

View east on Judah from 19th Avenue. St. Anne of the Sunset and Mt. Sutro in the background [DPW A6819]

Sunset
St. Francis Circle
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St. Francis Circle

View northeast up West Portal Avenue and Portola Drive, streetcar, St. Francis Wood gate [DPW A2603 Intersection of Junipero Serra with Portola Drive looking NE]

West Portal
West Portal near Ulloa
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West Portal near Ulloa

West Portal Avenue looking west from Ulloa [DPW A2126]

West Portal
Market Street at Drumm
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Market Street at Drumm

Elevated view east from Market and California. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Lincoln Hotel (115 Market), Lincoln Tailoring Co., C.C. Morse & Co. seeds. Horses drinking from trough at lower left. [7114 6-23-21] [DPW 7114]

Downtown
3rd from Market
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3rd from Market

Elevated view south on 3rd Street from Market Street. Ad on Examiner Building for Bay Bridge souvenir edition. Call Building on right with Owl Drug Co. in corner retail space. United Cigar Store, Hotel King with Hotel Doric sign on side, Kane's Log Cabin Dairy Lunch Cafeteria, Aronson Building in center distance, Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) 6 and 15-Line streetcars. [DPW A4957]

Downtown
Galvez & Coleman
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Galvez & Coleman

View southeast across Galvez toward Coleman Street, proposed route of Hunters Point Boulevard. [DPW A7262]

Hunters Point
3rd Street at Cargo
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3rd Street at Cargo

View north on 3rd Street from Cargo (then Arthur). Market Street Railway (MSRy) 16-line Kearny Streetcar and Islais Creek Bridge. Firehouse 25 is just visible at right. Potrero Hill in the distance at left.[DPW A6488]

Hunters Point
3rd & Cesar Chavez
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3rd & Cesar Chavez

View northwest across intersection to Shell Gas Station at the corner of 3rd and Cesar Chavez (then Army) Streets. Potrero Hill in the background. Public housing in distance left. [DPW A6451]

Central Waterfront
Sansome near California
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Sansome near California

View west on Sansome to northwest corner of California, Bank of California building.

Financial District
California & Montgomery
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California & Montgomery

View east down California. On left, Kohl Building, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)under construction in distance. At right on corner, remains of Safe Deposit building (six stories prior to earthquake and fire, refurbished and reopened. Merchants Exchange beyond.

Downtown
California & Leidesdorff
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California & Leidesdorff

View north on Leidesdorff to Bank of California on northwest corner; the building was originally the London and San Francisco Bank, built in 1873-1874. It survived the 1906 earthquake and fire and was rehabbed by Willis Polk, who added a short top story, shown here under construction. Side of Merchant's Exchange Building in foreground left.

Financial District
California near Leidesdorff
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California near Leidesdorff

Elevated view southwest across California. Merchants Exchange on left, Nob Hill in distance right. Safe Deposit Building (California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Bank) on southeast corner, reduced from 6 stories by demolishing top 4 stories of ruins and refurbishing bottom 2. On southwest corner, 7-story Thomas Clunie Building under construction (demolished 1969).

Financial District