Business

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Mission near Geneva
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Mission near Geneva

5150 Mission Street. Bank of America on Mission Street, same as today. Also in view is the S. Romani & Sons Royal poultry & delicatessen shop run by Salvator, Charles, and Vincent Romani.

Crocker Amazon
Mission near Persia
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Mission near Persia

This building at 4666 Mission Street near Persia Avenue, home of Thomas Valegra Real Estate in 1951, was demolished and is now a parking lot. The building at left, 4680-4690 Misson Street, built 1949, is still extant.

Excelsior
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Zukor's Department Store at 885 Market Street near 5th Street. Zukor's specialized in women's clothing. This site is now part of the San Francisco Shopping Centre.

South of Market
Bryant near 15th
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Bryant near 15th

1634 Bryant Street between 15th and 16th Streets. Rainier Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 3, part of the Rainier Brewery operation.

Mission
Bryant near 16th
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Bryant near 16th

1640 Bryant Street near 16th Street. Rainer Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 4. Part of the Rainier Brewery operation, with the brewery at 15th and Bryant Streets.

Mission
Bryant near 16th
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Bryant near 16th

1676 Bryant Street near 16th Street, next to Rainier Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 4. Yard with gate and low wooden structure with barrels in front. Part of the Rainier Brewing Company operation. Billboard advertising Budweiser Beer at right.

Mission
Bryant & 15th
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Bryant & 15th

1600 Bryant Street at 15th Street. This reinforced concrete structure with subtle art deco styling, built 1929, was originally the American Laundry Machinery Company, next to Rainier Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 3. It now serves as a post office.

Mission
Potrero & 15th
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Potrero & 15th

200 Potrero Avenue at 15th Street, southwest corner. This concrete light industrial sturcture was designed by James H. Hjul in the Gothic Revival style, and built in 1928 for the International Harvester Company.

Mission
Utah & 15th
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Utah & 15th

Westinghouse Electric Supply Co., official address 201 Potrero Avenue. This heavy timber frame and brick industrial building was designed by E. P. Antonovich and built in 1911. The structure occupies the entire south side of 15th Street between Potrero and Utah. Image shows the Utah and 15th side.

Showplace Square
24th & Potrero
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24th & Potrero

2700 24th St, northwest corner of 24th St and Potrero Ave.

Potrero Hill
Hampshire near 17th
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Hampshire near 17th

Knaster Furniture Manufacturing Co. at 445 Hampshire Street, on the east side between 17th and Mariposa Streets. One-story reinforced concrete industrial building, built 1924.

Mission
Florida near 19th
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Florida near 19th

Small warehouse at 745 Florida between 18th and 19th Street. Demolished for housing.

Mission
Florida near 20th
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Florida near 20th

753 Florida, (then 755 Florida) Super Craft Wood Products and Manufacturing, between 19th and 20th, built 1905. Building still stands in modified form, top floor has been removed.

Mission
Bryant & 19th
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Bryant & 19th

2100 Bryant Street at 19th Street, on the southwest corner, built 1946. Stucco clad structure, built as an office, features continuous windows on two sides.

Mission
Potrero & 25th
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Potrero & 25th

1298 Potrero Avenue at 25th Street is a concrete commercial structure, built 1947. This view is northwest across Potrero, to U-Toast-It Fountain Lunch Restaurant and Coffee Shop. Visible at right behind billboard is 1290 Potrero, the now-demolished Good Samaritan Community Center.

Potrero Hill