Construction

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27th Street from Diamond
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27th Street from Diamond

View east on 27th Street from about Diamond. Houses at center are 1907 and 1913 Castro (at center) and still stand. Hillside on the right is now the Castro-Duncan Open Space. [Looking Easterly along 27th from Diamond. DPWA6575]

Noe Valley
DeHaro near 25th
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DeHaro near 25th

DeHaro St. between 24th & 25th St. Department of Public Works study prior to paving. [DPW A7077]

Potrero Hill
South Line Quintara
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South Line Quintara

100' West of 30th Ave. Looking Westerly [DPW A7483]. New homes.

Parkside
Bernal Cut
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Bernal Cut

View Southerly on San Jose Avenue From St. Mary's Avenue. Men working in the street and along Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Arlington Street in the background right. [Bernal Cut looking Sly from St. Mary's Ave][DPW A2532]

St. Marys Park
Sunset & Santiago
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Sunset & Santiago

View north on Sunset Boulevard from Santiago, street is graded, workers planting trees on either side, large sand dunes on both sides of Sunset.[DPW A2963]

Sunset Outer
Van Ness Avenue Extension
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Van Ness Avenue Extension

Elevated view south to construction crew extending South Van Ness from Mission to Howard Street [DPW A3132]

South of Market
Van Ness Avenue Extension
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Van Ness Avenue Extension

Elevated view north to construction crew working on the new street right of way from Howard Street to Market. Masonic Temple, City Hall in distance. [DPW A3133]

South of Market
Monterey & Yerba Buena
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Monterey & Yerba Buena

View south on Yerba Buena toward Monterey. 975 Monterey at left, Merced Heights in the distance [Intersection Monterey Blvd and Yerba Buena Blvd.][dpwA3282]

Monterey Heights
Monterey & Yerba Buena
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Monterey & Yerba Buena

Looking southeast from steps leading up to 1000 Monterey [DPW A3287]

Monterey Heights
Alemany at San Jose
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Alemany at San Jose

View southwest on newly paved Alemany Boulevard toward the intersection of San Jose Avenue. Gas station and homes at right later possibly demolished for I280 Freeway. Hillcrest, Daly City visible in the distance. [Alemany Blvd. Sec. C. at San Jose Ave. DPW A3728]

Outer Mission
Alemany & Orizaba
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Alemany & Orizaba

Paving work in progress on Alemany Blvd. [A 4705 3-16-36 Alemany Blvd. San Jose to Orizba] [DPW A4705]

Oceanview
Van Ness & Bay
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Van Ness & Bay

Cistern construction. Fontana Warehouse in background. MUNI Pier and bay at left, wall enclosing Galileo Playing Field at right. [DPW A4673]

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Grand View & 21st
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Grand View & 21st

New retaining wall on Grand View Street. [A5502 2-5-38 Grand View Ave at 21st St.] [DPW A5502]

Noe Valley
Mt. Vernon near Cayuga
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Mt. Vernon near Cayuga

View southwest from Mt. Vernon Avenue between Cayuga and Rome toward future site of Geneva Terrace development. Merced Heights in the background. Future grade of Cayuga Avenue at center, Southern Pacific railroad right of way (future route of I280 freeway) is visible in front of Merced Heights. First houses visible on San Jose Avenue. [Southwest from Mt. Vernon] [DPW A5534]

Cayuga
Geneva Terrace
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Geneva Terrace

View southeast from from about Modoc Avenue. upper left is Mt. Vernon, upper right is the intersection of Ottawa and Alemany.[North of Cayuga Ave DPW A5533]

Cayuga