Howard & 1st
Looking south down 1st. Simonds Saw and Steel at 228 1st is at right. 235 1st, on left with 2 parked cars in front, is still extant.
South of MarketBridge
Contains 1254 photos
Howard & Beale
Looking south, construction of rail loop to Transbay Terminal
Financial District
Howard & Main
Looking south down Main. Payne's Bolt Works at 201 Main on left, Pacific Pipe Co. on right, Bay Bridge ramp in background.
Financial District
Howard & Spear
Looking south down Spear. E. A. Howard Lumber on left, at 80 Howard. Hills Bros. Coffee tower, Bay Bridge in background. Tall building on right still extant.
Financial District
Howard & Spear
View east on Howard toward Spear. Embarcadero YMCA, Pier 16, Bay Bridge, and Seaboard Hotel in background. Howard Lumber company
Financial District
View E from Mark Hopkins
From the Top of The Mark to downtown, financial district, and Bay Bridge
Nob Hill
View NE from Mark Hopkins
View northeast from the Top of the Mark over Financial district towards bay, Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island. Telegraph Hill, Columbus Tower / Sentinel Building at left, Appraisers Building, Hall of Justice and County Jail on Portsmouth Square, Old Federal Reserve Bank at right.
Nob Hill
View from Top of the Mark
View east toward Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. Old Federal Reserve Building, Ferry Building, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building.
Nob Hill
China Beach
View northeast towards Golden Gate Bridge, with sunbathers on the beach.
Seacliff
Financial District
View east from Mark Hopkins Hotel's Top of the Mark to Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. At far left, old Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square and County Jail, U.S. Appraiser's Building. California St. at center with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 720 California St. after 2 story addition (then Hartford Insurance Building), Old St. Mary's Church. Fireman's Fund Building with Colonial tower atop (built as Home Insurance Company Building 1951, demolished 1983). Clunie Building Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel). Russ Building at right. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building (with large S-P sign atop) in distance.
Nob Hill
View W from Coit Tower
View looking west toward North Beach, Aquatic Park, Golden Gate Bridge
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest over North Beach towards Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands. Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Ghirardelli factory, Haslett Warehouse and Cannery buildings, Fisherman's Wharf, gas works, gas storage tank (gasometer) at end of Powell St.
Telegraph Hill
View of Retail District
Elevated view southeast from 450 Sutter. Hobart Building, Pacific Telephone Building, Central Tower. In distance, Union 76 clock tower on Bay Bridge approach.
Downtown / Union Square
California & Powell
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 from Presidio
View east from Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza towards Telegraph Hill and Bay Bridge.
Presidio