Buildings

Contains 285 photos

Folsom & Hawthorne
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Folsom & Hawthorne

View southwest to south side of Folsom[Folsom from Hawthorne dpwbook24 dpw5824] Regal Hotel, 317 3rd St., in background right

South of Market
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with landscaping growing in) towards Russian Hill. Columbus Avenue not yet cut through. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.184a. [984. Russian Hill]

Telegraph Hill
Potrero & 22nd
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Potrero & 22nd

View northeast to H-Line #402, San Francisco General Hospital, Emergency Hospital and ambulance entrance on right, Potrero Hill in background. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #102 renumbered #402 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #102.)

Potrero Hill
Leavenworth near O'Farrell
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Leavenworth near O'Farrell

Leavenworth between Ellis & O'Farrell. View north on Leavenworth [dpwbook28 dpw6914]

Tenderloin
Leavenworth near McAllister
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Leavenworth near McAllister

View north on Leavenworth St. between McAllister St. and Golden Gate Ave. Advertisement for cartoon 'Bringing Up Father' on wall at right. [dpwbook28 dpw6915]

Tenderloin
S. Van Ness extension
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S. Van Ness extension

Elevated view southeast from Masonic Temple, Van Ness & Oak, showing proposed Van Ness Avenue southern extension. Symon Bros Wrecking yard 1525 Market, block between 11th and 12th streets, Market and Mission Streets in foreground. [Looking S.E. from Masonic Temple Van Ness & Oak (Line of Pro. Van Ness Extension)]

Civic Center
19th Ave near Rivera
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19th Ave near Rivera

19th Avenue bet. Quintara & Rivera. Board of Public Works, Dept. of Street Cleaning No. 2 [dpwbook31 dpw7903] Chemical Engine Company Firehouse No. 12 at far right.

Parkside
Caine & Lakeview
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Caine & Lakeview

View east at dirt street before improvements in Columbia Heights. [Caine Ave E from Lakeview dpwbook32 dpw8502]

Oceanview
Bush & Sansome
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Bush & Sansome

View northwest from roof of Standard Oil Building past Commercial Union Assurance Building (1921) 315 Montgomery at Pine (later Bank of America), to Chinatown, Nob and Russian Hills. From left, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Fairmont Hotel, St. Mary's Park, Sing Chong & Sing Fat Buildings, Old St. Mary's Church and rectory. [View to Russian Hill from Standard Oil Building dpwbook32 dpw8647]

Financial District
Geneva & San Jose
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Geneva & San Jose

View northeast across intersection to PCC #1015 with wings livery and Market Street Railway (MSRy) special 'San Francisco' students streetcar, buildings along east side of San Jose Ave. Rail fans on an excursion in foreground.

Cayuga
Oakwood from Cumberland
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Oakwood from Cumberland

Elevated view looking north down Oakwood from back stairway of 56 Cumberland St, with Oakwood St in view. US Mint is visible toward left at horizon. In 1964 an apartment building would be built in the open lot in the foreground.

Mission Dolores
Larkin & Grove
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Larkin & Grove

Elevated view northwest at Civic Center with 19-line Polk tracks, State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction, Civic Center Plaza with Welcome Home Victory Monument, Cathedral Hill in background.

Civic Center
Grove & Larkin
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Grove & Larkin

Elevated view northwest at Civic Center with 19-line Polk streetcar passing. State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction, Civic Auditorium at left, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza with Welcome Home Victory Monument, Fred C. Gerdes Storage, Cathedral Hill in background.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Man posing on Grove Street. View northwest towards Old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum) and State Building (later Earl Warren Building), under construction.

Civic Center
View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

View East toward Call Building

Nob Hill