Financial District
View east from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Financial District, Bay Bridge, and Yerba Buena Island
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North Beach
View northeast from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward North Beach and Coit Tower
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Russian Hill
View north from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward Russian Hill, Alcatraz, and Angel Island. Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments and Brocklebank Apartments in foreground. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell Street.
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Market near 2nd
View northeast down Market, probably from the Hobart Building. Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building in the distance, Flatiron Building at lower left.
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Marina District
Christofferson (either Silas or Harry) landing the 'Flying Boat' near the proposed PPIE site. Promotional air meets started at the future fair grounds in November 1913. [Christoffersen with flying boat at Fair Grounds - 1913. $15 each for carrying passengers]
Marina
View from Nob Hill
View northeast from the roof of the Stanford Mansion at California and Powell toward Ferry Building and Yerba Buena Island (then Goat Island). At left, Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Squear, Montgomery Block, Appraiser's Building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building(1893). At right , Shaari Zedek synagogue at northeast corner California and Stockton, Old St. Mary's Church. At far right, Safe Deposit Building, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Building (Sansome & California). Notably absent is Kohl Building, built 1900-1901. [original - from direct negative][1900 panorama 2/4]
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View from the Fairmont
View northeast from the roof of the Fairmont Hotel. (Fairmont Tower now obscures this view) Hall of Justice and adjoining County Jail on Portsmouth Square and Sentinel Building at center, Appraisers Building behind. Treasure Island in early stages of construction in the background. Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, East Bay Hills.
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Peninsula Aerial
View north over the peninsula above San Mateo, SF Airport (SFO) at center [11524]
Outside SF
Diamond Heights Aerial
View northeast over under construction Diamond Heights development, Noe Valley, Mission District, Bernal Heights, South of Market, and Potrero Hill. Houses have been built on the lower portion of Red Rock Hill, but the rest of Diamond Heights is still undeveloped. Portions of Midtown Terrace at bottom left, Miraloma Park , Glen Canyon and Glen Park at bottom, Twin Peaks at far left. [15078]
Sherwood Forest
Sunset Aerial
View east from Pacific Ocean toward the Sunset District, Golden Gate Park, spanning the the entire bay, Mt. Diablo in the distance. [74003]
South Beach Aerial
View northwest toward Bay Bridge and piers along Embarcadero, across downtown to the Golden Gate Bridge. Large fog bank beyond the bridge.
Embarcadero Aerial
Aerial view west over the Embarcadero, south of the Ferry Building toward south of Market, Downtown and extending to the Pacific Ocean. Geary street at center. Embarcadero Freeway and piers south of the Ferry Building in the foreground.
Fort Mason Aerial
Aerial View southeast above SF Bay west of Fort Mason and Aquatic Park. Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, Russian Hill, North Beach, Downtown, Embarcadero Freeway and Bay Bridge are notable. The first unit of the Fontana Apartments is under construction at lower center.
Embarcadero Aerial
Aerial view west past the Bay Bridge toward downtown. Piers south of Market, Embarcadero Freeway. 650 California Street and Golden Gateway development under construction. [15160]
View from Nob Hill
Elevated view east from Nob Hill probably from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at center, Bay and Yerba Buena Island beyond. Notable skyscrapers include Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Standard Oil Building, Hobart Building, Matson Building, PG&E Building (under construction, completed 1925). Pacific Telephone Company business offices (430-444 Bush) under construction between Bush and Pine at right center, across from Pacific Telephone Building at 445 Bush. Original Federal Reserve Bank, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, Bank of Italy at left. At right of center, Mills Building, Alexander Building. (Notably absent is Russ Building, 1927).
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