Union Square
Looking down onto Square from St. Francis Hotel outside elevator
Downtown / Union SquareColor
Contains 9006 photos
Hyde & Chestnut
Cable car #511 with three sailors on outside step.
Russian Hill
Fisherman's Wharf
View southeast over fishing boat basin to Gas Tank (gasometer), gas works, Coit Tower, Fishermen's Grotto, Alioto's, Tarantino's (opened 1946).
Fishermans Wharf
Grant near Sacramento
Chinatown, looking southwest along Grant. Shangri-La Bazaar, Far East Cafe,Sing Chong building, Cathay House
Chinatown
California near Grant
View east toward Bay Bridge. Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954) under construction, Home Insurance Co. Building (1951, later Fireman's Fund, demolished 1983). At right, St. Mary's Square Park and Parking Garage (1954) House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sun Fat Building. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign on top in center distance, installed March, 1954.
Chinatown
View E from Mark Hopkins
From the Top of The Mark to downtown, financial district, and Bay Bridge
Nob Hill
View E from Twin Peaks
Market Street, Corona Heights, New Randall Museum
Clarendon Heights
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
Market near Dolores
View east across Market down Clinton Park to J-line #143 with wings livery approaching. California Volunteers Monument commemorating the Spanish-American War at right.
Mission Dolores
Mission Dolores
Color photo of Mission Dolores and basilica, viewed from median of Dolores Street.
Mission Dolores
Downtown
Pine Street, near Grant, looking east. St. Mary's Square, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building. Matson, PG&E Buildings in distance. Buildings on north side of Pine beyond St. Mary's Square Garage (completed 1954) to 315 Montgomery have been demolished.
Chinatown
Market near Montgomery
Elevated view across Market northeast to Crocker Building (architect A. Page Brown, demolished 1966), Union Trust Building AKA Nevada Bank Bldg, Wells Fargo Union Trust Building (built in 1893-1894, demolished in 1966), Hobart Building in background right. Muni M-Line streetcar at bottom right.
Downtown / Union Square
View S from Cliff House
Playland at the Beach, Ocean Beach, Lurline Pier
Sutro Heights
View from Twin Peaks
Corona Heights, Union 76 tower being rebuilt at foot of Bay Bridge; Safeway Store & sign at Church & Market below south side of US Mint (opened May, 1954); Equitable Life Building completed June 1955
Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
View east down Market Street to bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island. Not a very clear day.
Midtown Terrace