California & Taylor
Elevated view northeast to Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club), Fairmont Hotel, Fairmont Tower under construction. Park Lane and Brocklebank Apartments at far left.
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Sacramento & Jones
View north on Jones toward Clay. The Comstock Apartments under construction at Jones and Clay. Chambord Apartments(SFLandmark 106) at right.
Nob Hill
Sacramento near Waverly
View northwest up Sacramento to street work, Chinese Baptist Church (later First Chinese Baptist Church), Salvation Army on Waverly corner. Independent Paint Co. Dutch Boy Paint at left.
Chinatown
Market near Sanchez
Workers building new rails on Market Street [Market east from Sanchez] - United Railroads [U01220]
Castro
Gough near Filbert
View northwest on Gough to Presidio and Ferries Railroad Carhouse - United Railroads [U01959]
Union Street
Clay & Kearny
Elevated view northeast to track work. Cable car line with its innards exposed. Cable car track crossing a street car track. Near site of the first cable car turntable. McDonough Bros. Bail Bonds on northeast corner. - United Railroads [U00312]
Chinatown
Sutter & Kearny
View west on Sutter from center of intersection of track work. In the distance are two Sutter Street cable cars. - United Railroads [U00226]
Downtown / Union Square
Divisadero & Hayes
Looking north from center of Divisadero to work crew installing tracks in intersection. To the right is The Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home. [Devisadero & Hayes Sts.]- United Railroads [U00278]
Alamo Square
Polk & Sacramento
Cable Car Crossing. Wide gauge tracks on Polk Street (5-ft) while the tracks on Sacramento were narrow gauge (3-ft). Looking north. - United Railroads [U00296]
Polk Gulch
3rd & Bryant
Elevated view west of track installation at intersection. Sign for Laventhal Bros. Silkwood Whiskey on J.J. Sweeney liquor store, - United Railroads [U00044]
South Beach
Clement near 8th Ave
View east on Clement from 8th Avenue. Richmond Congregational Church at right at the southwest corner of 7th Avenue. Congress Hall Whiskey advertisement on 538 Clement on the the left, the grocery store of Pietro (Paul) Del Piano. Mr. Piano got out of the grocery business a few years later, and opened three successive saloons in the inner-Richmond, up until Prohibition closed him down. (JF) The white 3-story building at left still stands at 524 Clement. - United Railroads [U00226A]
Richmond Inner
9th & Market
View north across Market to corner of Hayes & Larkin. 9th & Larkin Line of what was the Sutter Street Railway. Mechanics Pavilion, later site of Civic Auditorium. - United Railroads [U00219]
South of Market
Frederick & Stanyan
View Southeast toward Cole Valley. Putting in new set of tracks. Almost all of the buildings in this photo exist today. - United Railroads [U00318]
Parnassus Heights
El Camino Del Mar near Seal Rock
48th Ave Depot during conversion of Ferries & Cliff House steam railroad line to streetcar line. The depot, built in 1888, was moved several feet and refurbished by United Railroads during the conversion. Sutro Heights Casino in right background at today's 48th Ave & Point Lobos. United Railroads [Reconstruction Ferries & Cliff Line] [U00411]
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
4th & Howard
Looking north toward Market Street. In the far distance you can see the St Francis Hotel, Academy of Sciences and Pioneer Hall. At far left, New Golden Gate Hotel 164 4th Street. Saloon with Wunder Beer sign at right at Natoma St. corner. [Rerailing 4th St between Howard & Mission]. . - United Railroads [U00457]
South of Market