Construction

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Mission near 11th
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Mission near 11th

14-line MSRY streetcar #1608, Coca Cola Tower under construction, Hotel Sherman 87 11th Street, looking west on Mission, Twin Peaks in background. Fox Theatre 'That Night in Rio' advertised on front of streetcar

South of Market
Building of new US Mint
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Building of new US Mint

View south from Buchanan & Hermann Sts. Dolores St. and Mission Dolores church at left, Dolores Heights beyond.

Mint Hill
Bay Bridge Construction
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Bay Bridge Construction

View of suspension section of San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge looking towards Yerba Buena Island

SF Bay
Bayshore near Leland
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Bayshore near Leland

View northwest across Bayshore to Market Street Railway (MSRy) wrecker streetcar #0131 and crew removing tracks. Bayshore Theatre, since demolished, in background. Apartment building, once a hotel, at right (built 1905), and Bank of America branch beyond (built 1939) still stand in 2021. (AS)

Little Hollywood
Geary near Van Ness
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Geary near Van Ness

View northwest across Geary near Van Ness, Muni C-Line #644 with wings livery. Prompt Radio & Television Co. in background.

Lower Nob Hill
Market near Montgomery
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Market near Montgomery

Muni N-Line PCC #1108, during BART construction. Looking southeast across Market to Second, Balboa Building at right with large CANADA sign at corner, 555 Market (Standard Oil Building, completed 1964) at center back.

Financial District
Geary near Van Ness
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Geary near Van Ness

View northeast across Geary near Van Ness, Muni B-Line #141 with wings livery and red cross flag. Prompt Radio & Television Company in background. Buildings on left demolished 2015.

Lower Nob Hill
Washington & Davis
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Washington & Davis

SF Golden Gateway Project. View northeast across intersection to demolition of Produce District. Large painted sign with pastoral scene for John DeMartini Co. 170 Washington St. and Sunkist. Scatena Galli Fruit Co., 104 Washington in distance right. Embarcadero Freeway at far right.

Northern Waterfront
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Construction. View from Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach). The suspension cables have been strung in preparation for hanging the roadbed.

Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Section of cable of on display near Toll Plaza

Presidio
View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View northwest from Top of the Mark. Grace Cathedral with single bell tower, incomplete sanctuary, rectory. In background, Golden Gate Bridge, Chambord Apartments, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. at lower right completed in 1958.

Nob Hill
View of the Golden Gate
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View of the Golden Gate

View northwest from Telegraph Hill, Golden Gate Bridge under construction. Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais. Fort Mason, Municipal Pier, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf. Tower of San Francisco Art Institute at center left.

Telegraph Hill
Fox Plaza Construction
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Fox Plaza Construction

View north on Market between 9th and 10th Streets. Civic Auditorium in background.

South of Market
View toward Potrero Hill
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View toward Potrero Hill

View northeast from Bernal Heights, Bayshore Freeway US101 being graded in the foreground, Potrero Terrace public housing, Bayshore Machinery & Pipe Co 33 Bayshore Blvd., J.H. Mohr Company, and Islais Creek Incinerator..

Bernal Heights
GG Bridge construction
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GG Bridge construction

View north of Golden Gate Bridge from top of South Tower

SF Bay