Mission
View southeast from near north end of Mission Viaduct to approaching Muni 14-line #270.
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19th & Folsom
View east across Folsom near 19th Street from bottom of excavated lot. Wolfe Lumber Yard and gas station at center. Potrero Hill visible in the distance. [Excavation - PG&E lot 19th St. & Folsom St.] [dpwbook45 dpwA2138]
Mission
Portola near Twin Peaks
View east on Portola Drive from between Twin Peaks Boulevard and Glenview Drive toward Clipper, showing grading and construction. Portola was straightened in this location in the 1950s to bypass the curve, and the roadway closest to the photographer's location was cut off and became a dead-end block off of Glenview. [Portola east from Twin Peaks Blvd. dpwbook45 dpwA2247]
Glen Park
Mission near Trumbull
View north on Mission from Trumball, workers repaving the Mission Viaduct. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893), St. John's School (1910, later demolished) and St. John's Ursuline Convent (1916) in distance left. St. Mary's Park neighborhood at right, Holly Park and Junipero Serra Elementary School beyond. [Repaving Mission viaduct dpwbook48 dpw10531]
Mission Terrace
Mission near Trumbull
View north on Mission from Trumbull, workers repaving the Mission Viaduct. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893), St. John's School (1910, later demolished) and St. John's Ursuline Convent (1916) in distance left. Holly Park and Junipero Serra Elementary School in distance right. [Repaving Mission viaduct dpwbook48 dpw10533]
Mission Terrace
Market & Van Ness
Elevated view southwest from roof of building across intersection. Civic Center Hotel in background right. [Van Ness/Market dpwbook48 dpw10371]
Civic Center
Bayshore Blvd.
Bayshore near Industrial. View northeast toward Alemany Farmer's Market site and Bernal Heights, Doidge Koren Paints 210 Bayshore Blvd. in center distance. Fence on hill painted with Kunst Bros. Paints sign. [Crack Sealing Equipment dpwbookXXX A6971]
Apparel City
Union Square
Elevated view southeast from United Airlines Building (former Argonaut Club) at Powell & Post. Lighting on trees for Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign. Whittell Building, City of Paris, I. Magnin, Macy's, Blum's, Werner's, Dohrmann's, Western Air Lines, Union Pacific Railroad office with very large billboard on roof. Birdcage traffic signals. Gray Line bus. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
Townsend near 3rd
View northeast across Townsend next to Southern Pacific Passenger Depot to Muni 20-Line #294 with zip stripe livery. U.S. Post Office with flag atop at left at 210 Townsend (building still stands 2021. Most buildings on north side of Townsend still stand 2021, including California Wine Association Building 180 Townsend and California Electric Light Co. Building 166 Townsend at far right. M.J. Brandenstein (M.J.B) Building, 665 3rd St., background left. [AS]
Mission Bay
Polk & North Point
View northeast across Polk toward North Point, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 19-line #271, Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory in the background. Advertisements for San Carlo Opera, Polack Bros. Circus.MSRy
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Polk & North Point
View northeast across Polk toward North Point, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 19-line #281, Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory in the background. Advertisements for San Carlo Opera, ice skating at Sutro's, Polack Bros. Circus.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Fox Theater
View northeast across Market at 10th Street to Fox Theatre, playing 'Absent Minded Professor', Gold Room cocktail bar, Riviera Snack Bar in retail space. Larkin Lane restaurant across Larkin in distance. 100 McAllister, former Empire Hotel, in distance. Muni K-Line PCC #1130
South of Market
Balboa & 2nd Ave
These two homes and the gas station on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Balboa Street have all been demolished for apartment buildings. In 1951 the basement of 26 Balboa, center, housed the Helene Hardin Theatrical Talent Agency.
Richmond Inner
California near 19th Ave
Russian Orthodox Church of Our Lady Kazan, 5717 California between 19th and 20th Avenues, built in 1909 but modified with what appears to be an additional floor after this photo was taken.
Richmond Outer
Howard near 2nd.
608 Howard Street. View north across Howard. This location has had many incarnations: as Dan McCarty's Livery Stable in 1884, as Indian Warehouse Supplies in 1916, and as home Nanco Incorporated in 1951.
South of Market