Contains 4894 photos
View southeast across intersection to Union Square, I. Magnin & Co., Macy's, Dohrmann's, George S. May, Western Airlines on Geary. Cable Car #509. Very large Union Pacific Railroad Billboard, Old Crow Billboard. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast across California between Stockton and Grant. Sabin Place and 720 California St. building with 2 story addition at left. Cathay House, Old St. Mary's church at center, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954, demolished 1991), Fireman's Fund Building (built as Home Insurance Company Building 1951, demolished 1983). Southern Pacific Building in distance, with S-P sign atop. Wells Fargo Headquarters Building at 464 California under construction in distance.
Chinatown
View north on Stockton from Sutter. Stockton Tunnel in the background. Page Boy Maternity Shop and Navarre Guest House Hotel at left, Hotel Victoria background right. Buildings at far right demolished for Sutter-Stockton Parking Garage.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Washington. Building at far left demolished and replaced by large apartment building.
Polk Gulch
View north across Market toward the Pioneer Monument in its original location at Hyde & Grove Streets. Old Main Library (now Asian Art Museum) in the background. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library.
Civic Center
Embarcadero Freeway Construction. View north on The Embarcadero from about Mission Street, initial pilings and excavation for for freeway. Ferry Building at right.
Financial District
Festival of Progress Parade, looking southeast across Market to Fremont St. Horse-drawn carriage and people in costume passing West Coast Electronics Store. Greyhound Building at 371 Market.
Financial District
View north along Embarcadero to Ferry Building. Embarcadero Freeway under construction at left.
Financial District
Looking west on Duboce Street to Buena Vista Park, with US Mint at right.
Mint Hill
View Northerly toward Mt. Davidson Quonset Huts, Westwood Park/Grading for roads
Sunnyside
View of Transamerica Pyramid from Bank of America Building.
Chinatown
Looking east on 14th across Market, 37-line Corbett bus.
Duboce Triangle
View east on California Street from a Powell Street Cable Car. Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building (with SP sign added March, 1954) in the background. At center, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's Church, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (completed 1954, demolished 1991). Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel.Delis Garage on right with Chevron gas station.
Nob Hill
View northeast across Pacific Avenue to Gay N' Frisky Club (590 Pacific Avenue), Lee's New Hot Dog Stand, The Carousel, Lucca's, Gene's, DeSoto Plymouth, Associated Parking. In right distance, large sign spanning Pacific at Montgomery St. reads 'Thank You! Come Again.' (Area once known as the Barbary Coast and International Settlement.) Most buildings still stand 2022.
North Beach
View northeast across Powell to Cable Car #504, Marlow Hotel, Hotel Stratford, Fitzhugh Building, and Omar Khayyam's restaurant.
Downtown / Union Square