Market & 1st
View east on Market from 1st Street, Ferry Building in distance
Financial DistrictBus
Contains 217 photos
San Bruno & Bayshore
View southeast to H-line streetcars #182 & #133 (with wings livery), Lumber yard in background on Bayshore Boulevard near Industrial. Entire view now dominated by US101 and I280 freeways.
Bernal Heights
4th near Market
Elevated view south to MSRY 20-line streetcar #304 with zip stripe livery, Santa Fe Passenger Terminal on right, Hotel Keystone, 4th & Market St. Garage.
South of Market
Market near 2nd
View east to Ferry Building, Patrick and Co. stationery store, Ye Olde King Kole bar, Flatiron Building, Crown Zellerbach Building, Board of Trade Building. At right, Underwood Building 525 Market (demolished), PG&E Building. Hooker & Lent Building and Sheldon Building at 1st and Market corner. Most buildings at right since demolished.
Financial District
Early Bus
Western Rapid Transit Company Bus, Unidentified location. Turrill and Miller
Post Near Broderick
View east on Post toward Broderick. A line of children getting on city bus marked Special School Coach and being checked in by a park counselor for bus ride. SF Municipal Railway White motor coach [Recreation & Parks]
Lower Pacific Heights
California near Stockton
View east downhill toward Financial District, cable car approaching. From left, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Trademark Building with Cathay House Restaurant, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory with crowd leaving, Home Insurance Company Building under construction at Kearny St. corner in distance (completed 1951, later Fireman's Fund building), Muni bus with wings livery crosses Kearny intersection, States Hotel. Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).
Chinatown
6th & Mission
Northeast corner of 6th & Mission - Hart Hotel, Austin's Cafeteria, 99 Club, large advertisement for Foster's Cafeteria on side 986 Mission St, the headquarters for Foster's chain of cafeterias, with art department, bookkeeping, kitchen and delivery facilities. [N.E. Cor. 6th & Mission - Hart Hotel]
South of Market
Market & Geary
Elevated view west toward Lotta's Fountain, Geary, Kearny & Market Streets. Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Citizens Federal Savings and Loan) at left, Flannery Building (with Dr. Alexander Dentist signage, The Stag bar, Dinty's Kitchen in basement), Chronicle Building (with Dr. Willetts chiropractor, Security Finance Co. and W & H Cigars & Liquors) at right. Bank of America, Lundstrom's Hats, Bankers Investment Building at left on Market. Granville's, Schmidt Buildng, Dr. M.B. Rich optical, Whittell Building, Foster's Cafeteria, Keifer's Shoe Repairs, California Savings on Geary at center. Birdcage traffic signals. SFMR (Muni) J-line Streetcars #94? and PCC #1031, Bus #0132 with wings livery. 12:15 p.m., see wnp100.00642.
South of Market
San Francisco Airport
The San Francisco Airport terminal building entrance, San Bruno. Cafe, 'Airport Limousine' shuttle bus.
Stockton & O'Farrell
View north past police officer, Municipal Railway 30-line trolley bus #637, and shoppers. Macy's department store, City of Paris.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 7th
View east to Ferry Building in distance. Municipal Railway L-Taraval line streetcar #1020. Muni buses. Emporium sign, Kress, Federal Hotel, Odd Fellows Temple. Town House restaurant. Chinese American Cafeteria. Grant Building. David Hewes Building with modernized exterior. BART entrances boarded up.
Civic Center
Market & 1st
View north across Market. Pedestrians crossing at 1st Street. Donahue (Mechanics) View northeast across Market to Mechanics Monument in plaza across street. Union Carbide, in 22 Battery, Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Dante's Inferno restaurant, 450 Market (demolished), Tilden Sales building, 420 Market, with water tower on top (demolished).
Financial District
McAllister & Van Ness
Night view looking south on Van Ness Ave. Auto accident, policeman and pedestrians at left. 47 Potrero bus (#788?) at right. January or February 1954
Civic Center
Market near 3rd
View southwest from center of Market. Hub Theatre and Glatt's in Bancroft Building, Schwabacher-Frey, Bercut's Meats, First Savings, Farros Theatre (previously Portola) Muni streetcar #269, [JT02 Hub Theatre ca 1958 01]
South of Market