Financial District View
Elevated view north from Pacific Telephone Building. Left to right, Palace Hotel, Hunter-Dulin Bldg, Hobart Bldg, Equitable Bldg, Standard Oil Bldg, Coit Tower, Angel Island, Shell Bldg.
South of MarketColor
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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
Point Lobos
Looking north from the Cliff House. Sky Tram at center passing Sutro's. Marin Headlands in distance.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Sky Tram
View looking North from Cliff House towards Sutro's and Point Lobos. Sky Tram about to enter station (out of view at right.) Marin Headlands in distance.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
3rd Cliff House
Policeman talking to occupants of a car on Point Lobos Ave. outside Cliff House
Sutro Heights
Bay & Taylor
View south across intersection to Muni cable car #503 on turntable, passengers boarding.
North Beach
Pacific near Kearny
View northeast across Pacific Avenue to Gay N' Frisky Club (590 Pacific Avenue), Lee's New Hot Dog Stand, The Carousel, Lucca's, Gene's, DeSoto Plymouth, Associated Parking. In right distance, large sign spanning Pacific at Montgomery St. reads 'Thank You! Come Again.' (Area once known as the Barbary Coast and International Settlement.) Most buildings still stand 2022.
North Beach
Stockton near Sacramento
View North from Stockton Tunnel. To F-Line Streetcars
Nob Hill
Aerial View
Above the Panhandle. USF, Presidio
Buena Vista
California & Grant
View northeast across intersection to approaching California Street Cable Car #11 with signage for D. Zelinsky & Sons Painters on front and top, Old St. Mary's church and rectory, Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Home Insurance Co. Building under construction at Kearny corner (1951, later Fireman's Fund, demolished 1983). Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge in distance right.
Chinatown
Powell & O'Farrell
View northeast across Powell to Cable Car #504, Marlow Hotel, Hotel Stratford, Fitzhugh Building, and Omar Khayyam's restaurant.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north across Market and up Powell St. Flood Building, Owl Drug .Co, Cable Car on turntable, St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake Hotels in distance. Bank of America Building, Powell Theatre on left. Birdcage traffic signals. Woolworth's opened in Flood Building street level in October, 1952.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Sacramento
Chinatown. View north on Grant Ave toward intersection with Sacramento St. Neon signs advertising Hang Far Low restaurant, 'The Chop Stick' restaurant at 747 Grant, Western Union Office, Kimonos and Tai Ping Chop Suey.
Chinatown
Japanese Tea Garden
Golden Gate Park. Two ladies posing in front of Buddha statue.
Golden Gate Park
View N from Telegraph Hill
View north towards Fisherman's Wharf and Bay. Marin County in distance. At right, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill